[Morgoth]

That's the thing with grand plans, tatts. They rarely survive encountering other people, especially when their agendas differ from yours.

[Blend]

Tattersail_, on 21 October 2020 - 06:57 AM, said:

Blend, on 20 October 2020 - 08:56 PM, said:

Well, IH, I've placed all my votes to remove the Nebula agenda. Our only chance is if Twelve did in fact vote on the PDS agenda. Up to you if you want to give it a shot.

I don't really care how the PDS agenda falls, though I'd certainly prefer not to lose any PDS's. I think it'd be silly to give Tatts 3 free CTs at this point of the game, but as the one most likely to be on the receiving end of his shit in the upcoming round, I'm sure that's not a big surprise. I certainly think it would be silly to want to get rid of the point on Torkan - that could easily be the game point for someone if they got lucky, though I promise I won't make it easy for anyone trying.

au contraire

You started this shit against me, I could have had a good chance of winning this round if you didn't fuck up my plans. Kudos to you but unlike you I'm hoping to still go for objectives.

That round where you went for Rex you could have just as easily scored the intimidate Council PO.

You'd be in a lot better situation this round and with your initiative maybe one of the favourites to win the game.

Yet the same round you went full bastard mode to take Jord. For no objective. Just because you could.

Two things to learn from this is one for myself to protect what is mine better

One is for you to not waste moves when it doesn't get you closer to an objective.

Just imagine you still had silence of space and complete surprise on your side. You could really threaten someone's homeworld this round but also in a better point position.

So we are were we are, you want the game to go on another round then probably grab politics to make yourself speaker and swap SftT with me, stop IH from winning. Grab imperial next round to catch up on points and go from there.

That's your best bet.

I hope by then I could be in a position to win too. I think whatever happens next round is the absolute latest this game will go but it is more likely over this round.

I took Jord to make you waste Fleet Tokens. It wasn't completely purposeless. One of the biggest bonuses to being Sol is the extra CT you get just for being Sol and taking Jord forced you to use an extra token to pay for fleet. In that, it fulfilled its purpose.

Had I not fucked up and realized that I had already scored the influence PO, I would be in the same position as everyone else this round, so it did what it was supposed to do and would have kept me well within striking distance of a win. Alas, I fucked up and that's put me in last place. Such is life! But I still disagree that taking Jord had no purpose.

[Blend]

Tattersail_, on 21 October 2020 - 06:45 AM, said:

Blend, on 20 October 2020 - 08:57 PM, said:

I should add that whoever out of Tatts or IH turns on the other first will get my Support for the Throne. So yes, you'll lose one, but you'll gain mine, so think about it.

This is what I was alluding to last round. Swapping SftT, I help stop IH, we have peace you Gain a VP and I don't lose one in the process.

We need to stop him scoring the resource VP.

Thoughts?

I don't know if I can do much about the resource VP, but I should be able to stop him from getting Twelve's HW and keep him off Torkan, which should prevent him from scoring 4VP this round.

You can't swap SftT with me unless IH attacks you. I doubt he'll do so.

But my offer remains - whoever out of Tatts and IH attacks the other first gets my Support for the Throne. And by attack I mean, taking planets, or at least attempting to. I'll even do the trade on the same round that it happens to make it a binding deal.

[twelve]

Blend and Tatts I would like to score Intimidate Council. How much will free refreshes go to help with that?

[twelve]

I would greatly appreciate the assist of pushing IH off of Quann. Any chance you can do that before you use Diplomacy?

[Tattersail_]

I'm promising nothing Twelve. I want to keep options open and I'll have a free refresh anyway.

[Blend]

twelve, on 21 October 2020 - 03:08 PM, said:

I would greatly appreciate the assist of pushing IH off of Quann. Any chance you can do that before you use Diplomacy?

My plan is to strike IH on my first move to get him out of Quann airspace at least (don't think I can get enough infantry there to take the planet and still bring enough ships to threaten him enough), then use Diplomacy on Quann so he can't try coming back through right away.

This should keep your home system safe from him. Definitely won't be able to move out of Quann this round though.

[Blend]

twelve, on 21 October 2020 - 03:07 PM, said:

Blend and Tatts I would like to score Intimidate Council. How much will free refreshes go to help with that?

I'll promise not to stop you from doing anything in the nebula this round for a free refresh.

[twelve]

Blend, on 21 October 2020 - 03:53 PM, said:

twelve, on 21 October 2020 - 03:07 PM, said:

Blend and Tatts I would like to score Intimidate Council. How much will free refreshes go to help with that?

I'll promise not to stop you from doing anything in the nebula this round for a free refresh.

Sweet! We have ourselves a deal then.

[Imperial Historian]

Looks like I'm public enemy number 1.

[Blend]

Imperial Historian, on 21 October 2020 - 03:59 PM, said:

Looks like I'm public enemy number 1.

I've been saying it all game, and I'll say it again, you're in the best position for a win. Morgoth is in a good position too, but you have a larger army and more resources at your disposal, so you're the bigger threat right now.

Tatts is nowhere near the 2 techs of 4 colours PO, and would have to have a pretty quiet round to score the resources PO, and will certainly have a hard time if he tries for my HW, so I'm not too worried about him getting enough for a win right now.

You're adjacent to Twelve's HW AND have plenty of resources at your disposal, so are pretty close to 2 of the 2VP POs, plus you have Imperial. We need to stop you from scoring a 2VP PO during the round with Imperial if we have any chance of stopping you from getting the win.

Don't worry, Morgoth is right behind you as Public Enemy number 2 at this point.

[Morgoth]

And IH will get to draw imperial again.

[twelve]

Yeah. I was seriously torn about what card to pick. I wanted all 4 of them.

[Blend]

Tatts - I'm ready to swap Ceasefires if you want - still interested?

[Tattersail_]

Yes. I believe I am.

[Blend]

Tattersail_, on 21 October 2020 - 07:32 PM, said:

Yes. I believe I am.

Can I put the trade on my current turn, then?

[Morgoth]

Hey twelve, I’d be happy to trade with you.

[Imperial Historian]

Twelve I'll give you my trade agreement for 1 TG

[twelve]

Morgoth, on 21 October 2020 - 07:58 PM, said:

Hey twelve, I’d be happy to trade with you.

Sorry I think you have an action phase secret objective, most ikely unveil flagship, so I'm not giving you the extra 3 resources.

[twelve]

Imperial Historian, on 21 October 2020 - 08:16 PM, said:

Twelve I'll give you my trade agreement for 1 TG

You I also think have one of the action phase secrets, spark or destroy their greatest ship. Plus you are flush with resources as is and with the resources you can probably just use Imperial to score a non action phase secret. The answer is a resounding no.