[Blend]

Depending on how many players we have, I'm likely going to pull a tournament map from Space Cats Peace Turtles, and we're going to try a 14 point game, just to see how it goes.

If we get enough signups quickly enough, we can likely start on Monday!


1) Morgoth
2) Tattersail
3) Khellendros
4) IH
5) Drek
6) Tapper
7) Twelve


Game Map


Alright, randomized order of play (Table Order) is: Drek > Tattersail > Khellendros > Twelve > Morgoth > Tapper > IH


You guys can start drafting now. As a reminder, we are doing a snake draft for factions and starting positions. That means Drek chooses either her starting position or her faction, then Tatts and so on until we reach IH who will choose both his faction and his starting position, then Tapper will choose whatever he hasn't chosen yet, and so on until we make our way back up to Drek.

The Speaker token will be randomized at game start.



Drek: Starting Position # 7; Hacan
Tattersail: Starting Position # 3; L1Z1X
Khellendros: VuilRaith Cabal; Position # 2
Twelve: Starting Position # 1; Mahact Gene-Sorcerers
Morgoth: Starting Position # 5; Sardakk N'orr
Tapper: Starting Position # 6; Letnev
IH: Starting Position # 4; Muaat

This post has been edited by Galactic Council: 16 April 2021 - 04:02 PM

[Morgoth]

I'm in!

[Tattersail_]

In

[Khellendros]

In!

[Imperial Historian]

In! Are the codex maps any good?

[D'rek]

In!

Blend, on 15 April 2021 - 12:56 PM, said:

Depending on how many players we have, I'm likely going to pull a tournament map from Space Cats Peace Turtles

Are those the wild and creative type like the codex maps? Or more of a "make sure everyone has exactly 11 influence, 1 anomaly, and perfect symmetry so that only player ability will factor into the game" ?

Blend, on 15 April 2021 - 12:56 PM, said:

and we're going to try a 14 point game, just to see how it goes.

Oooooooooo okay! More play time for us!

And suddenly the Arborec are looking very intriguing...

[Blend]

D, on 15 April 2021 - 01:55 PM, said:

In!

Blend, on 15 April 2021 - 12:56 PM, said:

Depending on how many players we have, I'm likely going to pull a tournament map from Space Cats Peace Turtles

Are those the wild and creative type like the codex maps? Or more of a "make sure everyone has exactly 11 influence, 1 anomaly, and perfect symmetry so that only player ability will factor into the game" ?

They tend to be more about balance so that their tourneys are about player ability rather than dependent on faction stuff and the slice you get.

I'll see if I can dig up some tourney maps and post them.

[Blend]

Here's the 2021 tournament map that we will likely use:

Spoiler

Their tournament rules is snake draft for starting location / faction and roll for speaker, so likely we'll do that.

[D'rek]

Not gonna lie, I kind of hate it. But that's what makes it fun, isn't it

If Twelve and Tapper both join in though you'll have to pick something else or stretch it out a bit.

[Blend]

D, on 15 April 2021 - 02:26 PM, said:

Not gonna lie, I kind of hate it. But that's what makes it fun, isn't it

If Twelve and Tapper both join in though you'll have to pick something else or stretch it out a bit.

Yeah, if Tapper and Twelve both join and we have 7 players, I'll likely pull one of the codex/PoK pre-made maps for 7 players.

[Blend]

If we have a 7-player game we'll try the "Magi's Madness" map from the Codex 2 book.

[Tapper]

Would love to join, and I *think* I can manage at the edges of the day and with some provisionals.

[D'rek]

Tapper, on 15 April 2021 - 03:15 PM, said:

Would love to join, and I *think* I can manage at the edges of the day and with some provisionals.

Hooray, Tapper's back!

[D'rek]

Blend, on 15 April 2021 - 02:29 PM, said:

If we have a 7-player game we'll try the "Magi's Madness" map from the Codex 2 book.

I both love and hate everything about this map!

[Blend]

D, on 15 April 2021 - 03:19 PM, said:

Blend, on 15 April 2021 - 02:29 PM, said:

If we have a 7-player game we'll try the "Magi's Madness" map from the Codex 2 book.

I both love and hate everything about this map!

Yeah, it looks wild!

[Tattersail_]

Can we hide our race choices?

[Imperial Historian]

Oh man I loved how crazy the magi's madness map looked

[Blend]

Tattersail_, on 15 April 2021 - 03:24 PM, said:

Can we hide our race choices?

No, it will be done in a snake draft like we usually do, for starting position and faction choices, but I'll roll the Speaker Token.

[Khellendros]

I love that map! Can someone remind me about hyperlanes as we haven't used them before? Does it make it just one movement to go from one end of the hyperlane to the other? Can you jump on a hyperlane at a different point, or does it have to be from the end points? Can you move into and stop in hyperlane-only hexes?

[Blend]

Khellendros, on 15 April 2021 - 03:44 PM, said:

I love that map! Can someone remind me about hyperlanes as we haven't used them before? Does it make it just one movement to go from one end of the hyperlane to the other? Can you jump on a hyperlane at a different point, or does it have to be from the end points? Can you move into and stop in hyperlane-only hexes?

A hyperlane can only be entered from one end, and it moves you to the other end in 1 movement. You cannot stop in hyperlane tiles or enter them from anywhere but the ends of the hyperlanes.