Norwich Terrier

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

Round 1

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Explore (+1, +1).
The Space Age Caananites select Explore (+1, +1).
Tigris Imperium selects Explore (+1, +1).
Exponential Growth selects Develop.
AAnn selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

The Greenies draw 3 cards and keep 2.
The Space Age Caananites draw 3 cards and keep 2.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards and keep 2.
Exponential Growth draws 2 cards and keeps 1.
AAnn draws 3 cards and keeps 2.

Develop

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites pass.
Tigris Imperium pass.
Exponential Growth draws a card and develops Investment Credits.
AAnn discards 1 card to develop Public Works.

Round 2

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Develop.
The Space Age Caananites select Explore (+1, +1).
Tigris Imperium selects Settle.
Exponential Growth selects Explore (+1, +1).
AAnn selects Settle.

Explore

The Greenies draw 2 cards and keep 1.
The Space Age Caananites draw 3 cards and keep 2.
Tigris Imperium draw 3 cards and keep 1.
Exponential Growth draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
AAnn draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Develop

The Greenies discards 5 cards to develop the Alien Tech Institute.
The Space Age Caananites discard a card to develop R&D Crash Program.
Tigris Imperium passes.
Exponential Growth draws a card and discards 3 cards to develop Research Labs.
AAnn passes.

Settle

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites discard 3 cards to settle Galactic Bazaar, gaining a novelty windfall good.
Tigris Imperium conquers Blaster Runners.
Exponential Growth pass.
AAnn discard 2 cards to settle Gem World, drawing a card.

Round 3

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Explore (+1, +1).
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (Trade).
Tigris Imperium selects Explore (+1, +1).
Exponential Growth selects Explore (+1, +1).
AAnn selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

The Greenies draw 3 cards and keep 2.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 3 cards and keeps 3.
AAnn draws 3 cards and keeps 2.

Consume

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites trade the novelty good on Galactic Bazaar, gaining 3 cards.
Tigris Imperium passes.
Exponential Growth passes.
AAnn passes.

Round 4

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Settle.
The Space Age Caananites select Produce.
Tigris Imperium selects Develop.
Exponential Growth selects Explore (+1, +1).
AAnn selects Settle.

Explore

The Greenies draw 2 cards and keep 1.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 3 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 3 cards and keeps 3.
AAnn draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Develop

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites discard R&D Crash Program from their tableau and 2 cards from their hand to develop Consumer Markets.
Tigris Imperium develops Investment Credits.
Exponential Growth draws a card and passes.
AAnn passes.

Settle

The Greenies discard 1 card to settle Smuggling World, drawing a card.
The Space Age Caananites pass.
Tigris Imperium discards 3 cards to settle Prosperous World.
Exponential Growth discards 7 cards to settle Alien Data Repository.
AAnn discard 3 cards to settle Interstellar Prospectors, drawing a card.

Produce

The Greenies gain a novelty good on Smuggling World.
The Space Age Caananites produce novelty goods on Earth's Lost Colony and Galactic Bazaar, gaining 2 cards.
Tigris Imperium produces a novelty good on Prosperous World.
Exponential Growth produces an alien good on Alien Data Repository and gains a card from Research Labs.
AAnn produce a novelty good on Gem World, a rare good on Interstellar Prospectors, and draw a card.

Round 5

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Explore (+1, +1).
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (Trade).
Tigris Imperium selects Explore (+1, +1).
Exponential Growth selects Consume (Trade).
AAnn selects Explore (+1, +1).

Explore

The Greenies draw 3 cards, add them to their hand, and discard 1.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 2 cards, adds them to its hand, and discards 0.
AAnn draws 3 cards and keeps 2.

Consume

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites trade the novelty good on Galactic Bazaar, gaining 3 cards and consume a novelty good on Earth's Lost Colony, gaining 1VP.
Tigris Imperium consumes a novely good from Prosperous World on itself, gaining 1VP.
Exponential Growth trades an alien good for 5 cards, then discards 1 card.
AAnn consumes a novelty good from Gem World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, and a rare good from Interstellar Prospectors on Public Works for 1VP.

Round 6

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Develop.
The Space Age Caananites select Produce.
Tigris Imperium selects Produce.
Exponential Growth selects Produce.
AAnn selects Develop.

Develop

The Greenies discards 3 cards to develop Drop Ships.
The Space Age Caananites discard 1 card to develop an R&D Crash Program.
Tigris Imperium discards 2 cards to develop Galactic Advertisers, gaining the goal to have cards with abilities in all phases.
Exponential Growth draws a card and discards 4 cards to develop Galactic Survey: SETI.
AAnn discards 2 cards to develop Mercenary Fleet, drawing a card.

Produce

The Greenies does not produce.
The Space Age Caananites produce novelty goods on Earth's Lost Colony and Galactic Bazaar, gaining 2 cards.
Tigris Imperium produces a novelty good on Prosperous World.
Exponential Growth produces an alien good on Alien Data Repository and gains a card from Research Labs.
AAnn produce a novelty good on Gem World, a rare good on Interstellar Prospectors, and draw a card.

Round 7

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Settle.
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (x2VP).
Tigris Imperium selects Explore (+1, +1).
Exponential Growth selects Consume (Trade).
AAnn selects Settle.

Explore

The Greenies draw 2 cards, add them to their hand, and discard 1.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 4 cards, adds them to its hand, and discards 2.
AAnn draws 3 cards and keeps 1.

Settle

The Greenies conquer Alien Robot Scout Ship, drawing a card and gaining the Highest Military goal.
The Space Age Caananites discard 1 card to settle Secluded World.
Tigris Imperium discards 3 cards to settle Gem Smugglers, gaining a rare windfall good.
Exponential Growth discards 2 cards to settle Rebel Cantina.
AAnn conquer Pirate World, drawing a card.

Consume

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites consume a novelty good from Earth's Lost Colony on itself for 2VP and a novelty good from Galactic Bazaar on Consumer Markets for 2VP, gaining the First to have 5VP goal.
Tigris Imperium consumes a novely good from Prosperous World on itself, gaining 1VP.
Exponential Growth trades an alien good for 5 cards, then discards 2 cards.
AAnn consumes a novelty good from Gem World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, and a rare good from Interstellar Prospectors on Public Works for 1VP.

Round 8

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Explore (+1, +1).
The Space Age Caananites select Produce.
Tigris Imperium selects Consume (Trade).
Exponential Growth selects Produce.
AAnn selects Consume (Trade).

Explore

The Greenies draw 3 cards, add them to their hand, and discard 1.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 4 cards, adds them to its hand, and discards 2.
AAnn draws 2 cards and keeps 1.

Consume

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites pass.
Tigris Imperium draws a card and trades a rare good from Gem Smugglers for 4 cards.
Exponential Growth passes.
AAnn trades a novelty good from Pirate World for 5 cards.

Produce

The Greenies does not produce.
The Space Age Caananites produce novelty goods on Earth's Lost Colony, Galactic Bazaar, and Secluded World, gaining 3 cards, then discarding 3 cards.
Tigris Imperium produces a novelty good on Prosperous World.
Exponential Growth produces an alien good on Alien Data Repository and gains a card each from Research Labs and Rebel Cantina, then discards 4 cards.
AAnn produce a novelty good on Gem World, a rare good on Interstellar Prospectors, and draw a card, then discarding 5 cards.

Round 9

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Develop.
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (x2 VP).
Tigris Imperium selects Produce.
Exponential Growth selects Settle.
AAnn selects Develop.

Develop

The Greenies develops Expedition Force.
The Space Age Caananites discards R&D Crash Program and 3 cards to develop New Galactic Order.
Tigris Imperium develops Public Works.
Exponential Growth draws a card and develops Deficit Spending.
AAnn discards 4 cards to develop Galactic Federation, drawing a card.

Settle

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites conquer Rebel Sympathizers, gaining a windfall novelty good.
Tigris Imperium conquers Devolved Uplift Race.
Exponential Growth discards 5 cards to settle Galactic Studios.
AAnn pass.

Tigris Imperium and Exponential Growth each gain the First to have Eight Cards in his Tableau goal.  The Space Age Canaanites claim the most rare and novelty good worlds and gains the First to have 4 goods in his tableau goal.

Consume

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites consume a novelty good from Earth's Lost Colony on itself for 2VP and novelty goods from Galactic Bazaar, Secluded World, and Rebel Sympthizers on Consumer Markets for 6VP.
Tigris Imperium consumes a novely good from Prosperous World on itself, gaining 1VP.
Exponential Growth consumes an alien good on Galactic Studios, gaining 1 card and 1VP, then discards 2 cards with Deficit Spending to gain 2VP.
AAnn consumes a novelty good from Gem World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, and a rare good from Interstellar Prospectors on Public Works for 1VP.

Produce

The Greenies does not produce.
The Space Age Caananites produce novelty goods on Earth's Lost Colony, Rebel Sympathizers, and Secluded World, gaining 4 cards, then discarding 3 cards.
Tigris Imperium produces novelty goods on Prosperous World and Devolved Uplift Race and a rare good on Gem Smugglers.
Exponential Growth produces an alien good on Alien Data Repository, a novelty good on Galactic Studios, and gains 3 cards.
AAnn produce a novelty good on Gem World, a rare good on Interstellar Prospectors, and draw a card, then discarding 5 cards.

Round 10

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Explore (+1, +1).
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (x2 VP).
Tigris Imperium selects Consume (x2 VP).
Exponential Growth selects Consume (Trade).
AAnn selects Produce.

Explore

The Greenies draw 3 cards, add them to their hand, and discard 1.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 4 cards, adds them to its hand, and discards 2.
AAnn draws 3 cards and keeps 1.

Consume

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites consume a novelty good from Earth's Lost Colony on itself for 2VP and novelty goods from Galactic Bazaar and Rebel Sympthizers on Consumer Markets for 4VP.
Tigris Imperium consumes a novely good from Prosperous World on itself, gaining 2VP, and a novelty good from Devolved Uplift Race on Public Works, gaining 2VP, and gains a card.
Exponential Growth trades an alien good from Alien Data Repository, gaining 5 cards, and consumes a novelty good from Galactic Studios on itself, gaining 1 card and 1VP, then discards 2 cards with Deficit Spending to gain 2VP.
AAnn consumes a novelty good from Gem World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, and a rare good from Interstellar Prospectors on Public Works for 1VP.

Produce

The Greenies does not produce.
The Space Age Caananites produce novelty goods on Earth's Lost Colony and Secluded World, gaining 2 cards, then discarding 2 cards.
Tigris Imperium produces novelty goods on Prosperous World and Devolved Uplift Race and a rare good on Gem Smugglers.
Exponential Growth produces an alien good on Alien Data Repository, a novelty good on Galactic Studios, gains 3 cards, and discards 4 cards.
AAnn produce novelty good on Gem World and Pirate World, a rare good on Interstellar Prospectors, and draw a card.

Round 11

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Settle.
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (x2 VP).
Tigris Imperium selects Consume (x2 VP).
Exponential Growth selects Develop.
AAnn selects Develop.

Develop

The Greenies passes.
The Space Age Caananites discards 2 cards to develop Space Marines.
Tigris Imperium discards 3 cards to develops Diversified Economy, drawing a card.
Exponential Growth draws a card and discards 4 cards to develop Galactic Exchange.
AAnn discards 3 cards to develop Pan-Galactic Research, drawing a card.

Settle

The Greenies discard 1 card to settle Expanding Colony.
The Space Age Caananites conquer Rebel Underground.
Tigris Imperium conquers Runaway Robots, gaining a rare windfall good.
Exponential Growth discards 3 cards to settle Rebel Warrior Race, gaining a biological windfall good.
AAnn discard 2 cards to settle Sepratist Colony.

Consume

The Greenies consume a novelty good from Smuggling World on Expanding Colony, gaining 1VP.
The Space Age Caananites consume a novelty good each from Earth's Lost Colony and Secluded World on Consumer Markets for 4VP.
Tigris Imperium consumes a novely good from Prosperous World on itself, gaining 2VP, a rare good from Gem Smugglers on Public Works for 2VP, a novelty good from Devolved Uplift World and a rare good from Runaway Robots on Diversified Economy for 4VP, and gains a card.
Exponential Growth consumes an alien good from Alien Data Repository, a novelty good from Galactic Studios, and a biological good from Rebel Warrior Race on Galactic Exchange, gaining 3VP and 3 cards, and discards 2 cards with Deficit Spending for 2VP.
AAnn consumes a novelty good from Gem World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, and a rare good from Interstellar Prospectors on Public Works for 1VP.

Round 12

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Explore (+1. +1).
The Space Age Caananites select Produce.
Tigris Imperium selects Explore (+1, +1).
Exponential Growth selects Settle.
AAnn selects Develop.

Explore

The Greenies draw 4 cards, add them to their hand, and discard 2.
The Space Age Caananites draw 2 cards and keep 1.
Tigris Imperium draw 4 cards, add them to its hand, and discards 2.
Exponential Growth draws 4 cards, adds them to its hand, and discards 2.
AAnn draws 6 cards and keeps 2.

Develop

The Greenies discard 4 cards to develop Replicant Robots.
The Space Age Caananites discards 1 card to develop Imperium Troops.
Tigris Imperium develops R&D Crash Program.
Exponential Growth draws a card.
AAnn discards 2 cards to develop Galactic Imperium, drawing a card.

Settle

The Greenies passes.
The Space Age Caananites conquer Smuggling Lair, gaining a rare windfall good.
Tigris Imperium passes.
Exponential Growth discards 4 cards to settle Imperial Armaments World, drawing a card.
AAnn conquer Rebel Homeworld.

Produce

The Greenies produces a novelty good on Smuggling World.
The Space Age Caananites produce novelty goods on Earth's Lost Colony, Secluded World, and Rebel Sympathizers, gaining 4 cards.
Tigris Imperium produces novelty goods on Prosperous World and Devolved Uplift Race.
Exponential Growth produces an alien good on Alien Data Repository, a novelty good on Galactic Studios, and a rare good on Imperial Armaments World, gaining 4 cards.
AAnn produce a novelty good on Gem World, a rare good on Interstellar Prospectors, and draw 3 cards.

Round 13

Phase Selection

The Greenies select Consume (Trade).
The Space Age Caananites select Consume (x2 VP).
Tigris Imperium selects Consume (Trade).
Exponential Growth selects Settle.
AAnn selects Develop.

Develop

The Greenies pass.
The Space Age Caananites discards 6 cards to play Imperium Lords.
Tigris Imperium passes.
Exponential Growth draws a card.
AAnn discards 2 cards to develop Prospecting Guild, drawing a card.

Settle

The Greenies passes.
The Space Age Caananites conquer Hidden Fortress, claiming the Highest Military goal.
Tigris Imperium passes.
Exponential Growth discards 1 card to settle Deserted Alien World, gaining a card.
AAnn discard 3 cards to settle Mining World.

Consume

The Greenies trade an alien good for 5 cards and consume a novelty good from Smuggling World on Expanding Colony, gaining 1VP.
The Space Age Caananites consume a novelty good each from Earth's Lost Colony, Rebel Sympthizers, and Secluded World on Consumer Markets for 6VP, and a rare good from Smuggling Lair on Earth's Lost Colony for 2VP.
Tigris Imperium trades a novely good from Prosperous World gaining 2 cards, consumes a novelty good from Devolved Uplift World on Diversified Economy for 1VP, and gains a card.
Exponential Growth consumes an alien good from Alien Data Repository and a novelty good from Galactic Studios on Galactic Exchange, gaining 2VP and 2 cards, and discards 2 cards with Deficit Spending for 2VP.
AAnn consumes a novelty good from Gem World on Epsilon Eridani, gaining 1 card and 1VP, and a novelty good from Pirate World on Public Works for 1VP, and a rare good from Interstellar Prospectors on Prospecting World for 1VP and 1 card.

End of Game

Exponential Growth and the AAnn now have at least 12 cards in their tableaux, and the VP chit pool has been exhausted, ending the game.

Victory Points

6 Cost Developments

The Greenies have the Alien Tech Institute, gaining 4VP for 1 alien windfall world and 1 alien development.
The Space Age Canaanites have New Galactic Order, providing 8VP for 8 military and Imperium Lords, providing 8VP for 2 Imperium cards and 4 military worlds.
Tigris Imperium has no 6 point developments.
Exponential Growth has Galactic Survey: SETI, providing 11VP for 2 developments with Explore properties, 2 worlds with Explore properties, and 5 other worlds, and Galactic Exchange, providing 10VP for worlds with 4 different good types.
AAnn has Galactic Federation, providing 10VP for 4 6-cost developments and 2 other developments, Galactic Imperium, providing 3VP for 1 rebel military world and one other military world, and Prospecting Guild, providing 9VP for 2 rare worlds and 5 other worlds.

Most Goals

Most Rare and Novelty Production and Windfall Worlds:  GCD has 4, UICW and Benevolent Overlords each have 3, The New Phoenicians and CJVH each have 2, and SNAFU has 1.  GCD gains 5VP.

Highest Military:  UICW has 10, CJVH has 6, SNAFU has 3, GCD and Benevolent Overlords each have 0, and The New Phoenicians have -4.  UICW gains 5VP.

Victory Point Totals


The Greenies
The Space Age Canaanites
Tigris Imperium
Exponential Growth
AAnn
Tableau
9
18
14
20
22
6-Cost Developments
4
16
0
21
22
Goals
0
16
6
3
0
Chits
2
31
15
15
13
Total
15
81
35
59
57
Congratulations to Kieth Marple on his resounding victory!

End of Game Statements

Christopher Hunt (The Greenies):  Good game.   Thanks to Chris for running the game.   Got a 6pt development with VPs for Alien cards but never saw an alien card afterwards.

Keith Marple (The Space Age Caananites):  Very fun game, thank you all for playing.  Things really came together for me in an unusual way in this game, between the opening hand novelty world synergy, to some nice military cards to keep me ahead in rare/novelty worlds, and even drawing the Hidden Fortress at the end.  Thank you Chris for running it seamlessly as always.  I've found a new appreciation for this game and look forward to bringing it back to my irl gaming group.

Bill Scharf (AAnn):  Thanks for running the game, and congratulations to Keith for winning it. Almost second place, I had my usual so-so luck with cards, not as bad as last game though! I started with production and consume worlds, just missed out on a couple of goal cards, then got a lot, a lot! Of six cost develop cards, probably eight or nine of them over the course of the game, some helped with other cards, some did not. Fun to play as usual.

Chris Hibbert (Exponential Growth):  Well played Keith. Starting around turn 9, you were generating VPs from consume at a rate I could see I wasn't going to keep up with.

I should have ended the game a turn earlier, and I would have been 10 points closer. I thought the 8 points I was going to get that last turn would move me closer, but you totally eclipsed that amount.

Also Well Done to Bill, who nearly passed me for second place in the last round or two.

That was a lot of fun. Thanks to Chris Hassler for running it so well.

Kevin Wilson (Tigris Imperium):  I got too focused on firsts and mosts and didn’t try early enough for 6-cost VP cards. My homeward was military but other than the first couple of cards I had I didn’t see any until it was too late to catch Keith. I didn’t flip to another thought quickly enough and failed to spread VP opportunities.

Congrats to Keith. Thanks to Chris for running the game and to the rest for the play. It was fun.

The Players

Player Name

Player Faction

Cards
VPs
Claimed Goals
Christopher Hunt
The Greenies
5
2

Keith Marple
The Space Age Caananites
0
31
First to have 5VP, Most rare and novelty worlds, First to have 4 goods in tableau, Highest Military
Kevin Wilson Tigris Imperium
8
15
First to have cards with powers in each phase, First player to have at least 8 cards in his tableau
Chris Hibbert Exponential Growth
5
15
First player to have at least 8 cards in his tableau
Bill Scharf AAnn
4
13

VP Pool:  0

Available Goals

Goals


The Greenies

The Greenies

The Space Age Caananites

The Space Age Caananites


Space Age Canaanites Goals

Tigris Imperium

Tigris Imperium

Tigris Imperium Goals

Exponential Growth

Exponential Growth

Exponential Growth Goals

First goal represents the First to have 8 cards in his tableau goal.

AAnn

AAnn