Khellendros, on 13 June 2018 - 09:22 AM, said:
A real 'new world order' feel to this round.
My predicted struggle to the finish line has become even harder than I could have imagined. The resource shortage which has been present all game for me is finally going to bite hard I think.
Twelve's seeming invincibility has been shattered.
All of Blend's deal and profit-making amounted to little when Tapper came calling.
IH waited like a patient snake in the grass for everyone else to make their moves before feeding on the delicious scraps.
Gnaw rolled dice like a champ and now looks poised to take the mantle of Mecatol ownership. I doubt Tatts will bother taking Imperial from him next strategy phase. May the crown rest heavy.
Morgoth is veritably hounding Twelve and probably has the most powerful fleets now. I wonder if there's some secret objective at play there.
Tapper is also looking very strong, although I think Blend's counterattack did more damage than was expected. Positionally, though, it looks like he could pick up VPs all over the place.
Nico...continues to exist. He does have all those resources though, so one day we may see that manifest into an avenging fleet.
Tatts is in a similar situation to me in that he has a bit of a move and resource shortage on his hands. In a way, I think it would really benefit him to take control over his own wormhole placement rather than selling it every round.
Yeah, I think people needed to see just how weak the -1 ability makes the Jol Nar fleets. Though he is still a powerhouse, but no longer quite so dominant, which is all I wanted. Well, that and tech. Glorious glorious tech! It was more than a little annoying to see him pull out two retreat cards, however, and that he hit with all three pds shots.
Tapper is in an excellent position to pick up points, but the question remains what sort of objectives will be revealed in the following two rounds. That's the deciding factor I think. Most will be impossible for me to accomplish, or require an absurd realignment of fleets. We'll see.
You do have a serious point advantage though, I still expect you to win through in the end.