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Turn 9, Phase 5 through End of Game Statements

Turn 9, Phase 5: Expansion

Venice expands to Belgrade (4, vs. Genoa; uses Cathedral; wins), Sicily (4, vs. Genoa; dr = 6, 2, 4; wins), Smyrna (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 1, 6, 2; wins).
Genoa expands to Smyrna (4, vs. Venice; dr = 6, 3, 5; wins), Sicily (4, vs. Venice; dr = 4, 4, 3; wins), Vienna (8, vs. Venice; dr = 5, 2, 5; wins).
Paris expands to Treibizond (8, vs. Venice; Venice uses Cathedral; loses), Paris (1), Acre (10, vs. Venice; dr = 6, 4, 1; wins), Treibizond (8, vs. Venice; dr = 1, 1, 5; loses), Poti (4, vs. Venice; dr = 4, 2, 6; loses).
Barcelona buys a card (3), expands to Bordeaux (8, vs. Paris; uses Cathedral; wins), Marseilles (10, vs. Genoa; uses Cathedral; wins), Angora (4, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 4, 3; wins), Nuremburg (6, vs. Venice; dr = 1, 3, 5; loses), Breslau (1).
Genoa gains a card.

Turn 9, Phase 6: Collect Income

Interest & Profit:  Venice gains $19.
Venice gains $83.
Genoa gains $83.
Paris gains $59.
Barcelona gains $75.
Enlightenment reduced Venice's Misery to 450.
Shortage of Spice, Shortage of Grain.

Turn 9, Phase 7: Buy Tokens

Barcelona buys 31 tokens.
Paris buys 14 tokens.
Venice buys 27 tokens
Genoa buys 15 tokens.

Turn 10, Phase 1: Draw Cards

Done

Paris declines to buy off a shortage.  Venice creates a shortage of Metal.

Turn 10, Phase 2: Buy Cards

Paris, Genoa, Venice, and Barcelona each spend $10 to buy cards.
Paris discards Grain.  Barcelona discards Spice.

Turn 10, Phase 3: Play Cards

Paris plays Spice (Paris and Venice each gain $144, Genoa gains $36, shortage removed), Bartolome de las Casas (30: Y), and Andreas Vesalius (20: B, D, gains $20 rebate for B).
Genoa plays Wool (Barcelona gains $18, Genoa gains $8).
Venice plays Spice (Paris and Venice each gain $81, Genoa gains $9) and Cloth (Venice and Paris each gain $45, Genoa gains $20).
Barcelona plays Timber (Genoa gains $12, Venice and Barcelona each gain $3), Timber (Genoa gains $12, Venice and Barcelona each gain $3), Cloth/Wine as Wine (Barcelona gains $80, Genoa gains $20, Paris gains $5), Famine (Misery Increases: Barcelona to 450, Paris to 300, Venice to 500, Genoa to 400), and Fur (Venice gains $28, Barcelona gains $7).

Played Leaders

Bartolome de las Casas (30: Y, Paris only)
Andreas Vesalius (20: B, D, Paris and one other)

Turn 10, Phase 4: Purchases

Paris buys Laws of Matter (C, 40 credit for Science, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $40), Enlightenment (D, 40 credit for Science, 10 credit for Institutional Research, 20 credit for Andreas Vesalius, $50), Proselytism (G, 30 credit for Religion, $60, Misery increases to 350), Interest & Profit (L, 30 credit for Commerce, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $40), Renaissance (Q, 60 credit for Communication, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $50), Cosmopolitan (Y, 90 credit for Civics, 30 credit for Bartolome de las Casas, $30), and Industry (M, 30 credit for Commerce, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $70).  Misery Relief reduces Misery to 150.
Genoa buys Institutional Research (X, 50 credit for Civics, $50), Interest & Profit (L, 30 credit for Commerce, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $40), Laws of Matter (C, 40 credit for Science, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $40), and stabilization ($6).
Venice buys Laws of Matter (C, 60 credit for Science, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $20), Proselytism (G, 50 credit for Religion, $40, Misery increases to 600), Industry (M, 40 credit for Commerce, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $60), Rennaissance (Q, 60 credit for Communication, 10 credit for Institutional Research, $50), Cosmopolitan (Y, 90 credit for Civics, $60), Middle Class (Z, 90 credit for Civics, $80).  Misery Relief reduces Misery to 400.  Venice has all advances, so this will be the last turn.
Barcelona buys Renaissance (Q, 60 credit for Communication, $60), Proselytism (G, 40 credit for Religion, $50, Misery increases to 500), Human Body (B, 20 credit for Science, $40, Misery reduced to 450), and stabilization ($1).  Misery Relief reduces Misery to 400.

Turn 10, Phase 5: Expansion

Venice uses Renaissance to switch places with Genoa.  Barcelona uses Renaissance to switch places with Genoa.
Paris expands to West Africa (4, vs. Venice; Venice uses Cathedral; loses), West Africa (4, vs. Venice; dr = 6, 6, 1; wins), Levant (1), Amsterdam (1), Tarsus (1), and buys a card (3).
Venice expands to Valencia (5, vs. Paris; dr = 6, 4, 6; wins), Erzerum (6, vs. Paris; dr = 5, 5, 5; wins), West Africa (vs. Paris; dr = 6, 4, 1; wins), Sicily (4, vs. Genoa; uses Cathedral; wins), Grenada (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 3, 5, 1; wins), Algiers (4, vs. Genoa; dr = 3, 6, 2; wins).
Barcelona expands to St. Malo (4, vs. Genoa; uses Cathedral; wins), Prague (4, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 5, 5; loses), Prague (4, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 5, 2; wins), Valencia (4, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 5, 6; loses), Valencia (4, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 1, 6; loses), Valencia (4, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 1, 1; loses), Valencia (4, vs. Venice; dr = 4, 2, 1; wins).
Genoa expands to Sicily (4, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 6, 6; loses), Belgrade (5, vs. Venice; dr = 4, 2, 5; loses), Budapest (6, vs. Venice; dr = 6, 2, 6; loses).
Venice gains a card.

Turn 10, Phase 6: Collect Income

Interest & Profit:  Paris gains $7, Venice gains $80, Genoa gains $67.
Paris gains $51.
Venice gains $95.
Barcelona gains $83.
Genoa gains $71.
Enlightenment Misery Reductions:  Paris to 125, Venice to 350.
Shortage of Wool (Barcelona gains a card).  Shortage of Cloth.

Final Card Play

Paris plays Pirates/Vikings on Venice, reducing Venice, Grenada, and Sicily.
Venice plays Rebellion on Paris, reducing East Indies.
Barcelona plays Silk (Venice receives $72, Paris receives $32, and Barcelona receives $8) and Gold (Venice receives $160, Genoa and Barcelona each receive $10).
Genoa plays Papal Decree, barring Religious advances, Religious Strife, canceling Papal Decree (Misery increases: Barcelona to 600, Paris to 200, Venice to 600, and Genoa to 500), and Sir Isaac Newton (20: C, D, receives $20 rebate).

The Players

Player

Country

Misery

Tokens

Money

Order

Dominance

Ships

Cards

Advances

Christopher Hunt

Barcelona

600


$106

5

17
0

A, B, F, G, H, I, J, N, O, P, Q, R, V, W

Dave Hooton

Paris

200


$97

1

8

O-3

 0

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K, L, N, O, Q, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y

Chris Geggus

Venice

600


$487

3

17

O-3

 0
 A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, Q, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Bob Robles Genoa 500
$235 6
 14 10
 0
 A, B, C, E, F, I, J, K, L, N, O, R, S, V, W, X

Commodity Log

Commodity

Christopher

Chris

Bob

Dave

Stone (2)

2

--

4

1

Wool (3)

3

1

1

--

Timber (4)

1

1

2

--

Grain (5)

2

2

--

1

Cloth (6)

--

2

2

3

Wine (7)

4

--

2

1

Metal (8)

2

2

--

--

Fur (9)

1

2

--

1

Silk (10)

1

2

--

2

Spice (11)

--

3

1

3

Gold (12)

1

3

1

--

Ivory (12)

--

2

1

--

Surplus, Shortage

Victory Points

Barcelona

Paris

Venice

Genoa

Advances

840

1700

2100

850

Cash

106

97

487

235

Misery

-600

-200

-600

-500

Total

346

1597

1987

585

Congratulations to Chris Geggus on his victory!

End of Game Statements

Chris Geggus (Venice): A really enjoyable game - and not just because of the result. I've always loved the game, but face to face can be hard work at times, so by mail is ideal.

Thanks to Chris for yet another well run game and thanks to everyone for sticking with it. I think with 4 players an aggressive approach better suits the remaining nations. With less attacks against you, the chance to grab and hold is so much better. And obviously Venice does have that initial opportunity. Yet again Crusades proved very (maybe too) powerful. In a 6 hander the Crusade player will get an earlier and bigger kicking, with 4 it does seem to suffer less.

Results did seem to go my way quite often, so I know I am due those lousy die rolls soon. Maybe next game?

Bob Robles (Genoa): I agree with Chris G's sentiments. This was a really fun game. Lots of action and nice players. Of course, thanks to Chris H for keeping us in line and moving the game along.

Dave Hooton (Paris): I don't know why Chris G. always buys Cathedral, his dice do well enough without it.

I had been urging Barcelona and Genoa to take at least one spice space from Venice before I played my last spice card. As it turned out, this was even more important than I realized. Not only was there a spice surplus but also a second spice card. Not only would the taker had gotten at least $36 and denied Venice at least $108, it would have narrowly prevented Venice from buy one advance and ending the game, allowing the rest of us a chance at closing the gap.

For my part, I was happy to score as high as I did with my underdog board position. Maybe next game Chris G. won't plague me right off the bat.

Thanks to Chris H. for running the game and to my opponents for making it interesting.

Christopher Hunt(Barcelona): Congratulations to Chris. Well played

Many thanks to Chris H for his consistently helpful and kindly direction of the game

I totally miss-played the game, too fixed in my pan to, get boats early when thrown produced a miss match of bad ideas.


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