Turn 5, Phases 3 through 6
Turn 5, Phase 3: Play Cards
Paris plays Black Death in Area II.
Venice plays Metal (Venice, Hamburg, and Paris each gain $24, Barcelona gains $54, shortage removed) and Grain (Hamburg receives $16, Barcelona receives $36, and Venice receives $64, shortage removed).
Barcelona plays Stone (London and Hamburg each gain $1, Genoa, Paris, and Venice each gain $4), Spice (Venice gains $9, Barcelona gains $36), and Timber (Venice and Paris each gain $3, Hamburg and Barcelona each gain $12).
Hamburg plays Ibn Majid (20: T, Y) and Mongol Armies (gains $10, Marco Polo now worth 40 discount/rebate, The Crusades is now an unplayable Misery burden).
London passes.
Genoa plays Long Bow, Johann Gutenberg (30: O), and Wine (Venice, Paris, and Barcelona each gain $5, Genoa gains $80).
Played Leaders
Ibn Majid (20: T, Y) (Hamburg only)
Johann Gutenberg (30: O) (Genoa and one other)
Turn 5, Phase 4: Purchases
Paris buys Holy Indulgence (F, $10 credit from Religion, $50, Misery increases to 250), Caravan (I, $20), stabilization ($3)
Venice buys Interest and Profit (L, $30 credit from Commerce, $50), Holy Indulgence (F, $60, Misery increases to 175), Nationalism (W, $60), and stabilization ($1)
Barcelona buys Institutional Research (X, $50 credit from Civics, $50), Patronage (E, $20 credit for Religion, $10, Misery increases to 125), Seaworthy Vessels (S, $20 credit for Exploration, $10 credit for Institutional Research, $50), Printed Word (O, $30 credit for Communication, $30 credit for Johann Gutenberg, $0), Caravan (I, $10 credit for Institutional Research, $10), Improved Agriculture (J, $10 credit for Institutional Research, $30, Misery reduced to 100), Laws of Matter (C, $20 credit from Science, $10 credit from Institutional Research, $60), and stabilization ($6). Misery Relief reduces Misery to 90.
Hamburg buys The Heavens (A, $30), Overland East (R, $40), Galley 6 ($10), and stabilization ($3)
London buys stabilization ($3)
Genoa buys Printed Word (O, $30 credit from Communication, $30 credit from Johann Gutenberg, $0), Nationalism (W, $20 credit from Civics, $40), Wind/Watermill (K, $20 credit from Commerce, $30), Ocean Navigation (T, $40 credit from Exploration, $80), stabilization ($3)
Turn 5, Phase 5: Expansion
Holy Indulgence: Barcelona, Venice, Paris, and Genoa each gain 4 tokens (Genoa gains $4 due to lack of tokens), Hamburg and London each lose 8 tokens.
Paris expands to St. Malo (4, vs. London; dr = 3, 5, 4; wins), Chester (4, vs. London; dr = 5, 2, 5; wins), York (4, vs. London; dr = 5, 2, 4; wins), Amsterdam (2, vs. Hamburg; dr = 1, 6, 3; wins)
Venice expands to Kamishim (1), Serai (2), Abasgia (1), Poti (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 2, 3, 3; loses), Poti (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 6, 2, 5; wins), Marseilles (11, vs. Genoa; dr = 1, 4, 5; loses), Salzburg (2, vs. Hamburg; dr = 6, 1, 2; wins)
Barcelona takes a card (3) and expands to Barcelona (3, vs. Genoa; dr = 3, 4, 5; loses), Barcelona (3, vs. Genoa; dr = 4, 3, 4; wins), Kaffa (2, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 2, 3; loses), Kaffa (2, vs. Venice; dr = 6, 5, 6; wins), Tana (4, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 6, 4; wins), Varna (5, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 2, 6; loses), Varna (5, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 3, 5; loses), Novogorod (4, vs. Hamburg; dr = 1, 5, 4; wins).
Hamburg expands to Novogorod (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 6, 1, 6; wins), Kiev (4, vs. Venice; dr = 1, 4, 3; wins; uses Written Record to trade a card with Venice), Malmo (2, vs. Paris; dr = 4, 2, 3; loses), Malmo (2, vs. Paris; dr = 2, 3, 3; loses), Malmo (2, vs. Paris; dr = 1, 6, 4; wins), Stockholm (6, vs. Paris; dr = 2, 5, 3; wins).
London expands to London (4), Portsmouth (4), Edinburgh (1), Wales (1), Waterford (1), Iceland (1), Bergen (2), York (6, vs. Paris; dr = 2, 6, 4; wins), Shetland (1).
Genoa expands to East Indies (5), Poti (3, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 5, 3; wins), Dubrovnik (6, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 5, 2; wins), Riga (4, vs. Hamburg; dr = 5, 2, 2; wins), Bergen (5, vs. London; dr = 4, 6, 3; wins), Fez (3, vs. Barcelona; dr = 1, 5, 2; wins), Bordeaux (7, vs. Paris; dr = 6, 6, 5; wins), Sicily (2, vs. Barcelona; dr = 4, 4, 2; wins).
Expansion bonus goes to Genoa.
Turn 5, Phase 6: Income
Interest and Profit: Venice gains $54
Paris gains $45
Venice gains $93
Barcelona gains $99
Hamburg gains $75
London gains $51
Genoa gains $141
Surplus of Cloth (Genoa pays $3), Shortage of Silk (Genoa gains a card).
The Players
Player |
Country |
Misery |
Tokens |
Money |
Order |
Dominance |
Ships |
Cards |
Advances |
Michael Lowrey |
Barcelona |
90 |
$103 |
14 |
10 |
4 |
A, C, E, F, I, J, N, O, R, S, V, W, X |
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Christopher Hunt |
Venice |
175 |
$201 |
13 |
1 |
F, I, J, K, L, R, W |
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Chris Geggus |
Hamburg |
200 |
$87 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
A, E, I, N, R, V |
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Martin Burgdorf |
Genoa |
200 |
$151 |
21 |
O-1 |
4 |
A, B, E, F, I, J, K, N, O, R, S, T, V, W |
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Bob Robles | Paris | 250 | $60 | 5 | 4 | 2 | A, E, F, I, N, R | ||
Geoff Richardson | London | 350 | $125 | 6 | 8 | 3 | A, I, V |
Commodity Log
Commodity |
Christopher |
Chris |
Bob |
Michael |
Martin |
Geoff |
Stone (2) |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-- |
2 | -- |
Wool (3) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5 |
-- | 4 |
Timber (4) |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
6 | -- |
Grain (5) |
1 |
2 |
-- |
1 |
1 | 1 |
Cloth (6) |
2 |
2 |
-- |
-- |
3 | -- |
Wine (7) |
1 |
-- |
1 |
2 |
3 | -- |
Metal (8) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
-- | -- |
Fur (9) |
2 |
1 |
-- |
1 |
-- | -- |
Silk (10) |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
3 | -- |
Spice (11) |
1 |
-- |
-- |
2 |
1 | -- |
Gold (12) |
1 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 | -- |
Ivory (12) |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 | 1 |
Surplus, Shortage
Basenji, Issue 218 |