Sirius

End of Game Statements

Paul Bolduc (R. Olivaw): Aargh! Never seem to get that second ship early enough.

Dennis Cain (Space Revolver): Memo to self--ports, then factories.

Chris Geggus (Atlantis): I love the game, but can't seem to do anything worthwhile in these games. Congrats to everyone else as usual and see you all next time around.

Dave Partridge (Venus-Orion Oligarch Merchantile): Frankly, I'm new enough to this game that I'm not sure I know why I won. My basic strategy was an obvious, try to make a sale every turn and sell as much as possible. I found a loop through certain ports (4,5,6,7) and never really stopped at others (1&3, 8&9 not often). I went up to the fast freighter as soon as I could do so because it seemed to me that I could still move fast enough to make frequent sales. Of course at that point I also started buying ports to let me sell as much as possible each turn. I think the auto pilot was a help as well as it meant I could expect better than average on my movement points, and it turned out that 4 was a very useful pilot number for me. The second ship also helped it seems. 3 issues ago I was pretty much even with MM4 and Olivaw, but in those last couple of issues I was gaining 700+ in cash in each round. I'd be happy to hear the thoughts of anyone with more experience with the game.

Thanks to Chris for running the game. I had a lot of fun and am definitely looking forward to playing again.

Andy Lewis (Mystery Machine 4): Congrats to Dave on the win.  My two biggest mistakes were A) forgetting that we were playing to $4,000 so second ships are a reasonable idea. I was like I'm in like flint; oops the finish line is still a mile ahead, dang! and B) not having a better die roller.  Man, I'm not sure how many turns I was below the average.  Thanks Chris.

Bob Robles (Dells Without Names): A particularly weak effort if I may say so.