Colonial Boardgame Thread: Turn 3 Action 4 Begins

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:34 pm

El Guapo wrote:My apologies. I meant to say, I will send an explorer to New Holland, which is somehow mislabeled on the map as New Spain.

New Spain: Difficulty 4, -1 for Seafaring, target number is 3+

Success! The Netherlands gains 1 Prestige. Choose a Merchant Fleet or Treasury to place in New Holland...

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:43 am

Grund, your option, Sovereign or Conqueror.

Then we're off to Turn 1, Endeavor action #3.

Grundbegriff · Post by **Grundbegriff** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:01 am

I'll Conquer Arabia, now that my counters there match the indigenous population.
Having done that, I'll found a company there, moving one counter from Arabia to my Merchant Fleet.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:03 pm

Turn 2 Endeavor Phase - Action 3

Action 3 Cards:

SpaceLord:
Explorer/Ambassador

Qantaga:
Viceroy/Rebel

Vorret:
Scientist/Missionary

Isgrimnur:
Sovereign/Conqueror

El Guapo:
Viceroy/Rebel

Grundbegriff:
Scientist/Missionary

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:06 pm

Please note that The New World has been discovered by the Europeans. All territories now are Explored at their printed Difficulties.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:10 pm

Portugal will Explore the Guyanas.

Diffculty = 4, target number of 4

Failure.

Next action is on Qantaga.

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:25 pm

England plays Viceroy in the West Indies.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:43 pm

Vorret, your turn, choose Scientist or Missionary.

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:06 pm

The great nation of Spain who failed to secure New Spain will advance Seafaring .

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:25 pm

Isgrimnur, it's your action.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:09 pm

Conquer Egypt.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:33 pm

El Guapo, your action.

Then it's Grund.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:11 pm

eh, I hadn't yet posted my explore choice on New Holland/Spain. I'll put a merchant fleet token on the resource.

As my action I'll use Viceroy to add two tokens to New Holland/Spain.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:27 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Conquer Egypt.

Do you have enough tokens for this? I think you need 5 on Egypt to conquer.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:33 pm

The Viceroy should have gotten me to 5 after the Logistics upgrade.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:07 pm

El Guapo wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Conquer Egypt.
Do you have enough tokens for this? I think you need 5 on Egypt to conquer.

2 on turn 1 after Logistics upgrade, 3 on turn 2 after the same.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:10 pm

Grund, it's on you now.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:10 pm

Gotcha. Forgot that you went up to 3 logistics.

Grundbegriff · Post by **Grundbegriff** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:52 am

SpaceLord wrote:Turn 2 Endeavor Phase - Action 2

Action 2 Cards:

SpaceLord:
Scientist/Missionary

Qantaga:
Explorer/Ambassador

Vorret:
Sovereign/Conqueror

Isgrimnur:
Viceroy/Rebel

El Guapo:
Explorer/Ambassador

Grundbegriff:
Sovereign/Conqueror

I understand why I rotated to the back of the line. But why did Isgrimnur (formerly 6th) and El Guapo (formerly 5th) swap positions?

Isn't the metaphor that we're seating around a table? So the sequence from the first turn should be constant, even if its starting position changes.

Grundbegriff · Post by **Grundbegriff** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:03 am

Scientist Logistics

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:01 am

Grundbegriff wrote:
SpaceLord wrote:Turn 2 Endeavor Phase - Action 2

Action 2 Cards:

SpaceLord:
Scientist/Missionary

Qantaga:
Explorer/Ambassador

Vorret:
Sovereign/Conqueror

Isgrimnur:
Viceroy/Rebel

El Guapo:
Explorer/Ambassador

Grundbegriff:
Sovereign/Conqueror
I understand why I rotated to the back of the line. But why did Isgrimnur (formerly 6th) and El Guapo (formerly 5th) swap positions?

Isn't the metaphor that we're seating around a table? So the sequence from the first turn should be constant, even if its starting position changes.

It looks like a copypasta error, sorry. We'll keep it in the current rotation, sorry folks.

Grundbegriff · Post by **Grundbegriff** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:36 pm

SpaceLord wrote:It looks like a copypasta error, sorry. We'll keep it in the current rotation, sorry folks.

I was hunting for some obscure rule, so I'm relieved to learn that none exists.

I guess it might've mattered if we were near the endgame, but I don't think it makes any difference at this stage.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:42 pm

So we're on the next set of cards, right?

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:51 am

Turn 2 Endeavor Phase - Action 4

Action 4 Cards:

SpaceLord:
Viceroy/Rebel

Qantaga:
Merchant/Governor

Vorret:
Explorer/Ambassador

Isgrimnur:
Merchant/Governor

El Guapo:
Merchant/Governor

Grundbegriff:
Explorer/Ambassador

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:53 am

Now things get a bit more interesting.

I'd sorta banked on getting Explorer to work this turn. I probably should have just increased Seafaring, and waited for someone else to improve Economy to 4 before I did. I'm really low on controlled resource slots, ugh.

Lots of resources getting shipped to Market this turn...

So, does anyone feel like a bit of rebellion?

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:34 am

Turn 2, Endeavor Phase Action 4 Game Status

SpaceLord - Portugal (Yellow)
Qantaga - England (Blue)
Vorret - Spain(Red)
El Guapo - Dutch(Orange)
Isgrimnur - Italy(Black)
Grundbegriff - France(White)

Portugal - SpaceLord
Treasury: 2
Prestige:3
Merchant Fleets: 2
Naval Forces: 2
Debt: 10

England - Qantaga
Treasury: 8
Prestige: 4
Merchant Fleets: 2
Naval Forces: 2
Debt: 10

Spain - Vorret
Treasury: 8
Prestige:2
Merchant Fleets: 3
Naval Forces: 2
Debt: 10

Dutch - El Guapo
Treasury: 6
Prestige:3
Merchant Fleets: 1
Naval Forces: 2
Debt: 10

Italy - Isgrimnur
Treasury: 3
Prestige:2
Merchant Fleets: 2
Naval Forces: 2
Debt: 10

France - Grundbegriff
Treasury: 6
Prestige:2
Merchant Fleets: 2
Naval Forces: 2
Debt:10

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:48 am

My Viceroy/Rebel action:

Qantaga has two Monopolies. This will get him two more cheap Merchant Fleets this turn, giving him 4. He's not yet played the Sovereign/Conqueror card this turn(it's one of his two unplayed cards), and that could give him a total of 5 Fleets if he plays Conqueror as his last action of turn 2.

I could try dropping 2 Treasury into the West Indies this turn, but since he just added a 2nd token via Viceroy, that wouldn't flip it to my side.

5 Merchant Fleets is a lot, and I can't stop him.

So I'm going to play Rebel instead, and place 1 Unrest token in the West Indies, and 1 on his player board.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:53 am

Reminder about Unrest tokens/Rebellions

A Rebellion can only be started in a territory with at least 1 Unrest tokens and no Missionary tokens. If a player plays a Rebellion in a territory, that player multiplies the Native Power of the territory times the number of Unrest tokens there, and rolls that many special dice.

For each success, that player removes 1 token from the territory, placing it in the player's general supply. It is possible to be forced to remote your own tokens. If this removes all the tokens, then the resource becomes uncontrolled.

In addition, if this causes a Colony to lose all tokens, then the territory becomes an Independent State. The Native Power of this region is doubled for all purposes, so it takes twice the tokens to Colonize. The player who controlled the Colony loses 1 Prestige. If the Booming City was in this territory, they lose a 2nd Prestige. The Booming City, however, remains there, uncontrolled. In this case, ignore the benefit of the City.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:59 am

Unrest tokens on player boards reminder

During the final phase of a turn, Interest, for each Unrest token a player has on their player board, that player must pay 1 towards each outstanding Loan they have. Note that this does not actually increase the amount owed, it's simply a forced payment. If they cannot pay, nothing happens.

When a player receives a 3rd Unrest token on their board, there is a Revolution at Home.

Revolution:
The player discards all Treasury
The player discards all Unrest tokens on his board
The player will not be allowed to play cards during this Endeavor phase, except during Last Chance
Then, this player gains 1 Prestige

So, basically, don't let things get that far.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:02 am

Removing Unrest

The Ambassador can remove 1 Unrest from the main board, in addition to changing Diplomacy track status.

The Missionary can flip Unrest markers to their Mission side, or add Mission tokens. No Rebellions are possible in a territory with a Mission token.

Finally, the Sovereign can optionally remove Unrest from a player's board. This can occur even if War is not declared.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:34 am

The board is getting a bit more crowded. Notice the Booming City in Angola. This board is before any of us have played actions on round 4.

The Google spreadsheet updated to the beginning of Turn 2, Endeavor Action 4 is here. Let me know if there are any corrections.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:45 am

And I just noticed that the Colony flag is missing from West Africa. It's been accounted for on the spreadsheet and the summary above.

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:12 am

Oh, I see how it is in "civilized" Europe. England opens the New World in a show of good faith and peace to our neighbors and this is the thanks we get.

England will play its Merchant.

Since I have two Merchant Fleets, I believe the way it works is:

1 shipped to Portugal for the Booming City
1 shipped to England.

SpaceLord, If the Booming City is an "extra," forced shipment and doesn't use up a Merchant Fleet, let me know and I'll gladly ship a second unit to England.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:12 am

I miscalculayed Qantaga's Prestige, forgetting the New World bonus. I also had his Treasury wrong, he has 8 now.The spreadsheet and summary above was just corrected.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:15 am

Qantaga wrote:Oh, I see how it is in "civilized" Europe. England opens the New World in a show of good faith and peace to our neighbors and this is the thanks we get.

England will play its Merchant.

Since I have two Merchant Fleets, I believe the way it works is:

1 shipped to Portugal for the Booming City
1 shipped to England.

SpaceLord, If the Booming City is an "extra," forced shipment and doesn't use up a Merchant Fleet, let me know and I'll gladly ship a second unit to England.

You don't ship (as I understand it) to any country; rather, you ship "to market." You then control the resulting resources in the market pool, however, so while Portugal gets a bonus for that shipped good, you then have 2 resources in the market pool just as if both goods had come from your territories.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:16 am

Qantaga wrote:Oh, I see how it is in "civilized" Europe. England opens the New World in a show of good faith and peace to our neighbors and this is the thanks we get.

England will play its Merchant.

Since I have two Merchant Fleets, I believe the way it works is:

1 shipped to Portugal for the Booming City
1 shipped to England.

SpaceLord, If the Booming City is an "extra," forced shipment and doesn't use up a Merchant Fleet, let me know and I'll gladly ship a second unit to England.

Remember(I know it's confusing), Merchant ships tokens to the Market.

The forced BC shipping is not 'extra.'

England places 2 blue tokens in the Market.(1 from their red/beige resource, and 1 from Angola, forced by Booming City)
Portugal gains 1 token in Treasury, bringing them to 3.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:18 am

Vorret needs to go Explorin'/Ambassadorin'.

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:33 am

The people of Spain love their gold and pressure has been put on the kingdom to bring more home.
We sent an expedition to Peru hoping that we can put a foothold in America and bring home more gold.

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:34 am

Ah.

Thanks for the explanations EG and SL.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:35 am

As a side note, I don't think people need to color their actions. I can tell it's England doing something by the fact that you write, "England does X". Coloring it blue only makes it extremely difficult to read on the black background format.