Finnish Spitz

Race for the Galaxy with The Gathering Storm and Rebel vs. Imperium Expansions


Initial Card Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects the Damaged Alien Factory home world and discards 2 cards.

Party People select the Alpha Centauri home world and discard 2 cards.

The Hive selects the Galactic Developers home world and discards 2 cards.

New Hellene Hegemony selects the New Sparta home world and discards 2 cards.
Nova selects the Epsilon Eridani home world and discards 2 cards.

Round 1

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Produce.

Party People select Explore (+1, +1).

The Hive selects Settle.
New Hellene Hegemony selects Settle.
Nova selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Party People draw 3 cards and keep 2.

The Hive draws 2 cards and keeps 1.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 2 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 3 cards and keeps 2.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League passes.

Party People discard 2 cards to play Separatist Colony.

The Hive discards 3 cards to settle the Alien Rosetta Stone World and draws a card.
New Hellene Hegemony conquers Outlaw World and draws a card.
Nova conquers the Star Nomad Lair, gaining a windfall novelty good.

Produce

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards a card to produce on Damaged Alien Factory

Party People does not produce.
The Hive does not produce.
New Hellene Hegemony does not produce.
Nova does not produce.

Round 2

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Consume (Trade).

Party People select Consume (Trade).

The Hive selects Explore (+1, +1).
New Hellene Hegemony selects Explore (+1,+1).
Nova selects Settle.

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Party People draw 4 cards and keep 1.

The Hive draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
Nova draws 3 cards and keeps 1.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 3 cards to play Blaster Gem Mines, gaining a rarity windfall good.

Party People pass.

The Hive passes.
New Hellene Hegemony conquers Alien Robot Sentry, gaining an alien windfall good.
Nova discards 2 cards to play Imperium Warlord.

Consume

Silicon Valley Terraforming League trades an alien good from Damaged Alien Factory for 5 cards.

Party People trades the rare good from Alpha Centauri for 3 cards.

The Hive passes.
New Hellene Hegemony consumes the alien good from Alient Robot Sentry on Outlaw World, gaining 1VP and 1 card.
Nova consumes the novelty good from Star Nomad Lair on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1VP and 1 card.

Round 3

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Consume (Trade).

Party People select Develop.

The Hive selects Explore (+1, +1).
New Hellene Hegemony selects Settle.
Nova selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Party People draw 4 cards and keep 1.

The Hive draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 2 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 5 cards and keeps 2.

Develop

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 3 cards to develop Mining Conglomerate.

Party People discard 2 cards to develop Terraforming Robots.

The Hive passes.
New Hellene Hegemony discards 1 card to develop Public Works.
Nova discards 2 cards to develop Space Marines.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League passes.

Party People discard 1 card to play Volcanic World, drawing a card.

The Hive discard 4 cards to settle Merchant World.
New Hellene Hegemony conquers Rebel Miners, drawing a card.
Nova conquers the Insect Uplift Race, gaining a bioligical windfall good.

Consume

Silicon Valley Terraforming League trades a rare good from Gem Blaster Mines for 4 cards.

Party People has no goods

The Hive has no goods.
New Hellene Hegemony has no goods.
Nova consumes the biological good from Insect Uplift Race on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1VP and 1 card.

Round 4

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Produce.

Party People select Produce.

The Hive selects Explore (+1, +1).
New Hellene Hegemony selects Settle.
Nova selects Settle.

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Party People draw 4 cards and keep 1.

The Hive draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 2 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 4 cards and keeps 1.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 1 card to settle Secluded World.

Party People conquer Rebel Convict Mines, gaining a rare windfall good and drawing a card.

The Hive does not settle.
New Hellene Hegemony discards a card to settle Abandoned Alien Uplift Camp, drawing a card.
Nova conquers Pirate World, gaining a novelty windfall good and a card.

Produce

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards a card to produce an alien good on Damaged Alien Factory, produces a rare good on Blaster Gem Mines, and a novelty good on Secluded World.

Party People produces rare goods on Alpha Centauri and Volcanic World.
The Hive does not produce.
New Hellene Hegemony produces a rare good on Rebel Miners.
Nova does not produce.

Round 5

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Consume (Trade).

Party People select Consume (Trade).

The Hive selects Explore (+1, +1).
New Hellene Hegemony selects Settle.
Nova selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Party People draw 4 cards and keep 1.

The Hive draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 3 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 5 cards and keeps 2.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 1 card to settle Smuggling World.

Party People does not settle.

The Hive does not settle.
New Hellene Hegemony discards 2 cards to settle Distant World, draws a card, and gains the goal to have a power in each phase.
Nova conquers Runaway Robots, gaining a windfall rare good.

Consume

Silicon Valley Terraforming League trades an alien good from Damaged Alien Factory for 5 cards, consumes a rare good from Blaster Gem Mines on Mining Conglomerate for 1VP, and a novelty good from Secluded World on Secluded World for 1 card.

Party People trades a rare good from Alpha Centauri for 3 cards, then consumes a rare good from Rebel Convict Miners on Terraforming Robots, gaining 1 card and 1VP.
The Hive has no goods.
New Hellene Hegemony consumes the rare good from Rebel Miners on Outlaw World, gaining 1VP and 1 card.
Nova consumes a novelty good from Pirate World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining a card and a VP.

Round 6

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Produce.

Party People select Settle.

The Hive selects Explore (+1, +1).
New Hellene Hegemony selects Settle.
Nova selects Settle.

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards, combines them with his hand, and discards 1.

Party People draw 4 cards and keep 1.
The Hive draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 3 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 4 cards and keeps 1.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 3 cards to settle Biohazard Mining World.

Party People discard 5 cards to settle Galactic Trendsetters, gaining 2 cards.

The Hive passes.
New Hellene Hegemony discards 3 cards to settle Comet Zone, drawing a card.
Nova conquers New Survivalists, gaining a card.

Produce

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards a card to produce an alien good on Damaged Alien Factory, produces rare goods on Blaster Gem Mines and Biohazard Mining World, and a novelty good on Secluded World.

Party People does not produce.
The Hive does not produce.
New Hellene Hegemony produces rare goods on Rebel Miners and Comet Zone, and a biological good on Distant World.
Nova produces a novelty good on New Survivalists.

The deck is reshuffled.

Round 7

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Consume (Trade).

Party People select Explore (+1, +1).

The Hive selects Explore (+1, +1).
New Hellene Hegemony selects Consume (Trade).
Nova selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards, combines them with his hand, and discards 1.

Party People draw 5 cards and keep 2.
The Hive draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 3 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 5 cards and keeps 2.

Consume

Silicon Valley Terraforming League trades the novelty good from Smuggling World for 2 cards, consumes the rare goods from  Blaster Gem Mines and Bio-Hazard Mining World on Mining Conglomerate for 2VP, and consumes the novelty good from Secluded World on itself for 1 card.

Party People consume a rare good from Volcanic World on Terraforming Robots, gaining 1 card and 1VP.
The Hive has no goods.
New Hellene Hegemony trades a biological good from Distant World for 4 cards, consumes a rare good from Comet Zone on Outlaw World for 1 card and 1VP, and a rare good from Rebel Miners on Public Works for 1VP.
Nova consumes a novelty good from New Survivalists on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP.

Round 8

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Consume (Trade).

Party People select Develop.

The Hive selects Develop.
New Hellene Hegemony selects Settle.
Nova selects Develop.

Develop

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 6 cards to play Merchant Guild.

Party People discard 5 cards to develop Galacitc Federation.

The Hive plays Public Works and draws a card.
New Hellene Hegemony passes.
Nova discards 5 cards to play Galactic Imperium.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards a card to settle Earth's Lost Colony.

Party People discard 2 cards to settle New Vinland, drawing a card.

The Hive discards 3 cards to settle Mining World.
New Hellene Hegemony discards 5 cards to settle Galactic Studios, drawing a card and claiming the goal to have a production or windfall world of each type.
Nova conquers Clandestine Uplift Lab.

Consume

Silicon Valley Terraforming League trades the alien good from Damaged Alien Factory for 5 cards, then discards 1 card.

Party People have no goods.
The Hive has no goods.
New Hellene Hegemony have no goods.
Nova consumes a rare good from Runaway Robots on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, gaining the first to 5VP goal.

Round 9

Phase Selection

Silicon Valley Terraforming League selects Develop.

Party People select Explore (+1, +1).

The Hive selects Develop.
New Hellene Hegemony selects Produce.
Nova selects Settle.

Explore

Silicon Valley Terraforming League draws 2 cards, combines them with his hand, and discards 1.

Party People draw 5 cards and keep 2.
The Hive draws 2 cards and keeps 1.
New Hellene Hegemony draws 3 cards and keeps 1.
Nova draws 5 cards and keeps 1.

Develop

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 3 cards to develop Deversified Economy.

Party People develop Mining Robots.

The Hive passes.
New Hellene Hegemony passes.
Nova discards 1 card to play Expedition Force.

Settle

Silicon Valley Terraforming League discards 6 cards to settle Alien Robotic Factory.

Party People discard 1 card to settle Artist Colony, drawing a card.

The Hive passes.
New Hellene Hegemony conquers the Last of the Uplift Gnarssh, gaining a biological windfall good.
Nova conquers Rebel Underground, drawing a card.

Produce

Silicon Valley Terraforming League produces novelty goods on Secluded World, Smuggling World, and Earth's Lost Colony, a rare good on Bio-Hazard Mining World, and an alien good on Alien Robotic Factory, and draws 3 cards.

Party People rare goods on Alpha Centauri and Volcanic World, and novelty goods on New Vinland and Artist Colony.
The Hive produces a rare good on Mining World.
New Hellene Hegemony produces an alien good on Alien Robot Sentry, a biological good on Distant World, rare goods on Rebel Miners and Comet Zone, and a novelty good on Galactic Studios, gaining 2 cards.
Nova produces a novelty good on New Survivialists.

End of Game

Nova now has 12 cards in his tableau ending the game.

Victory Points

6 Cost Developments

Silicon Valley Terraforming Leage has Merchant Guild, gaining 12 points for 6 production worlds.
Party People have Galactic Federation, gaining 2 points 1 6 cost development and 2 points for 2 other developments for a total of 4 points.
The Hive have no 6 cost developments.
New Hellene Hegemony have no 6 cost developments.
Nova have Galactic Imperium, gaining 2 points for 1 rebel military world and 6 points for all other military worlds for a total of 8 points.

Most Goals

Most Production Worlds:  Silicon Valley Terraforming Leage has 6, New Hellene Hegemony has 4, Party People have 3, and The Hive and Nova each have 1.  Silicon Valley Terraforming League gains 5 points.

Most Developments:  Silicon Valley Terraforming League, Party People, and Nova each have 3, and The Hive and New Hellene Hegemony each have 1.  No faction qualifies for this goal.

Victory Point Totals


 Silicon Valley Terraforming League
 Party People
 The Hive
 New Hellene Hegemony
Nova
Tableau
 13
 11
 9
 15
17
6-Cost Developments
 12
 4
 0
 0
8
Goals
 5
 0
 0
 6
3
Chits
 3
 2
 0
 4
5
Total
 33
 17
 9
 25
33
Congratulations to Silicon Valley Terraforming League and Nova tie!  The tie breaker is the total of cards in hand and goods on world in your tableau.  Silicon Valley Terraforming League has 2 cards in hand and 5 goods on worlds for a total of 7.  Nova has 3 cards in hand and 1 good on worlds for a total of 4.  Congratulations to Chris Hibbert on his very close victory!

End of Game Statements.

Christopher Hunt (Nova):  Congratulations to Chris on his win.  Thanks to Chris H for explaining the cards and correcting my errors.  It was close.  Made several mistakes. Great game.

Kevin Wilson (New Hellene Hegemony):  Should have turned my mind to a 6-cost development 1 turn sooner. I had several to pick from but just ran out of time. May not have been enough anyway but I also had a shot at the Uplift goal so who knows.  Congrats to Chris on the tight win and thanks to the rest for playing while I learn the game a bit more. Oh, and thank you Chris for continuing to run the game and for answering questions.

Chris Hibbert (Silicon Valley Terraforming League):  Whoo! That was closer than I expected. I thought I had a comfortable lead, but either I was miscounting something, or Christopher came on strong in the end. One thing I forget to account for is that he had plenty of military, and could have placed a 6-point military world at the end if he'd had one. I was doing my calculations based on how many cards people had to buy with.

Anyway, I thought the game started pretty auspiciously. I won my previous game (Bordoodle) going away, starting with Damaged Alien Factory and adding Pan Galactic Research and Diversified Economy. That made me think I knew pretty well how to play a production/trade focused hand. I got Diversified Economy with my first Explore, and so I kept alternating Produce/Trade for as long as I could. I thought I was going to get the bonus for Every World Color, but I never got an affordable Genes world. Unless I get the same starting cards again, I'm going to have to try a different strategy next time.

Thanks for the game, Bill, Bob, Kevin and Christopher! Thanks for keeping us moving, Chris.

Bob Robles (The Hive):  Congratulations to Chris. Well, first time playing this game. A lot of fun. SLowly started to figure out what to do, too slowly. Hope to be a more worthy opponent in the future

The Players

Player Name

Player Faction

 Cards
 VPs
 Claimed Goals
Chris Hibbert Silicon Valley Terraforming League
2
 3
Bill Scharf Party People
 2
 2
Bob Robles
 The Hive
 7

Kevin Wilson New Hellene Hegemony
 6
 4
 Power in each phase, Production or windfall world of each type
Christopher Hunt
 Nova
 3
 5
 First to 5VP.

VP Pool:  47

Available Goals

Goals


Most Goals:  Most Production Worlds (at least 4) and Most Developments (at least 4).

First Goals:  First player to have a power in each phase in their tableau, first player to have 3 Uplift cards in his tableau, first player to have a production or windfall world for each type, and first player to have at least 5VP tokens.

Silicon Valley Terraforming Leage

Silicon Valley Terraforming League

Party People

Party People

The Hive

The Hive

New Hellene Hegemony

New Hellene Hegemony

NHH Goals

Nova

Nova