Khellendros, on 04 November 2018 - 01:18 AM, said:
Tapper, on 03 November 2018 - 01:51 PM, said:
D, on 03 November 2018 - 01:23 PM, said:
Tapper, on 03 November 2018 - 01:15 PM, said:
Khellendros, on 02 November 2018 - 11:56 PM, said:
As Nom did not activate trade, I require someone or someones to lend me 5 trade goods. You will be paid back as soon as the refreshes happen. This will also be to the benefit of all who are not named Tapper.
You sure have a sudden boner for me.
This was the only conceivable play I could make to try and compete with Morgoth. Instead, it seems I have handed him a win since everyone is suddenly focused on me: some because they see me as a frontrunner (spoiler: I am not, but that will probably be only seen when Morgoth moves to 11/12 points when he plays Imperial), but in your case, because I apparently offended your sense of.... something?
You're arguing that even though you have 8 VP, own MR, and can make yourself Speaker you're not a frontrunner...? Yes, Morgoth is *also* a frontrunner, but don't get silly about obvious things, now.
I would put myself at the forefront of the chasing pack, of which anyone with 7 points is also a member
I put myself in a good position, but mostly for next turn. I need 6 points.
Looking at the scoring objectives available: the production one is easy to deny me (once I saw Diplo wasn't played yet, I considered attacking a different system to get that, but ultimately, MR is MR and this move had drama, flair and just a little payback to Khell for his blackmail early game sprinkled on top).
The CT one less so, but any action I take works against it and as long as Leadership is played before Diplomacy, Rex is not going to give me CT this turn. Doing just the 1-pt ones is not going to be enough to win.
Morgoth can theoretically gain 4 points this round, either 2+2, or 2+1+secret objective. That puts him in pole position and makes him the immediate threat.
Payback for the blackmail? Please, this is far worse
Payback would have been you saying, "hey, I'm going to take MR unless you pay me a king's ransom."
The payback was never my main motivation.
And we can both argue whether it is worse to lose MR late game or lose the TG you need for extra transports early game until we're blue in the face.
Anyway, you relied on massed Infantry as a deterrent against people taking MR. Guess what, that doesn't work very well against Sol (as you know from last game). Since you never bothered to reinforce MR with ships or upgrade your Infantry, I'd still be able to take it without Plague, or if Flanking Speed was Sabotaged.
My move further can't have been a total surprise given my promise to IH to evacuate Mallice. Those ships need to go somewhere.
If you mean losing the CT from Mecatol's Influence is terrible: it is not my fault you didn't use Leadership on your first turn, amd you do get the 3 CT from Leadership. either.
And let's be honest, part 1: what ransom could you have paid?
And let's be honest, part 2: how much compassion did you display for, say, Tatts' game plan when you invaded his Home System?
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