Topic: PBF Dominant Species, Round 3, Planning Phase, TA' turn (Read 20716 times)

liopoil · « **on:** May 06, 2013, 05:10:34 pm »

Rules: http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/78941/rulebook-3rd-printing

TA to place an action pawn.

Food chain order:
Voltgloss - insects (green) 1 free species anywhere on earth at end of speciation. 16VP.
Hyramgraff - arachnids (red) Can eliminate one species it shares a tile with at beginning of competition. 11VP.
Liopoil - amphibians (teal) Starts with 3 sea elements 13VP.
TwistedArcher - birds (yellow) Species can migrate 2 spaces instead of one. 6VP.
Theorel - reptiles (black) Has a permanent AP in the last regression space. 14VP.
Watno - mammals (white) Can save one species from extinction each round. 26VP.

Turn order:
Voltgloss - insects (green) 2 grass, 1 sun, 3 AP, gene pool=20, eliminated=2
Hyramgraff - arachnids (red) 3 grub, 1 grass, 4 AP, gene pool=26, eliminated=4
Liopoil - amphibians (teal) 3 water, 1 grass 3 AP, gene pool=21, eliminated=2
TwistedArcher - birds (yellow) 2 seed, 1 meat, 3 AP, gene pool=26, eliminated=3
Theorel - reptiles (black) 2 sun, 1 seed, 3 AP, gene pool=23, eliminated=1
Watno - mammals (white) 2 meat, 1 sun, 3 AP, gene pool=26, eliminated=0

Survival card: Voltgloss

Gameboard (last updated at the start of Round 3):

AP placement area (last updated at the start of Round 3):

Dominance cards:
Biodiversity: 1VP per tile shared with 1+ opposing species.
Mass Exodus: Select a tile. Move all species there onto adjacent tiles.
Parasitism: You an each player below you in the food chain gain an action pawn.
Aquatic: Place an element of your choice onto any sea or wetland tile. Place up to 4 species from your gene pool on that tile.
Blight: Select a tile. Remove all but one element disk from that tile.

Other info:

Bonus points for various things: (note that there's a pattern: the amount of points given per extra thing increases by 2, then 3, 4...)
Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+
Points: 1 3 6 10 15 21 28 36 45

Tile scoring:

Sea: 9-5-3-2
Wetland: 8-4-2-1
Savannah: 7-4-2
Jungle: 6-3-2
Forest: 5-3-2
Desert: 4-2
Mountain: 3-2
Tundra: 1

liopoil · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2013, 05:10:45 pm »

/reserved if I need it for some reason.

Twistedarcher · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2013, 05:22:58 pm »

Time to get reading the rules! Here's a link if anyone else needs it:

http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/78941/rulebook-3rd-printing

(It says it's for the 3rd edition which is the same except for graphics and such)

Twistedarcher · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2013, 06:28:38 pm »

So "domination" and "dominance" are two completely different things?

liopoil · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2013, 06:49:15 pm »

Yes, they are, and yes, that is incredibly confusing.

theorel · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2013, 07:42:37 am »

Okay, I can't resist. I want in.

liopoil · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2013, 04:38:16 pm »

okay. Grujah, you want the last spot?

Grujah · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2013, 05:11:45 am »

go without me, I cannot commit right now it seems.

Watno · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2013, 08:22:40 am »

So we need someone else.

liopoil · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2013, 07:30:48 pm »

yep! one more...

hyramgraff · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:16:45 pm »

I'll join. Reading the rules now.

Twistedarcher · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2013, 07:11:25 pm »

Woohoo!

Do we want to do species randomly, or by choice?

liopoil · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2013, 07:30:05 pm »

I'm open to whatever you guys want. each species is distinctly different, and it does seem to me that some are slightly better than others

Twistedarcher · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2013, 07:36:58 pm »

Given that its my first game I would probably rather do random selection.

We are going to be playing this on vassal?

liopoil · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2013, 07:41:48 pm »

another question: do you guys want to play the "short" game (not actually short, and still works just as well), or the long game? the only difference in the short game is that the dominance card deck is 4 cards smaller.

liopoil · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2013, 07:51:00 pm »

I think I'll probably post pictures from VASSAL here.

theorel · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2013, 09:17:07 pm »

I'm good with random species. I'd vaguely prefer the normal game over the short game.

liopoil · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2013, 09:19:13 pm »

okay, I'll do it random. I'd like to hear what other people think about short game/long game. I haven't played the long game, but it seems the cards it includes are imbalanced. They can give players extra action pawns!

liopoil · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2013, 09:22:49 pm »

species have been determined. Each species comes with a color, so those have been determined as well. It's in the OP now.

theorel · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2013, 09:28:30 pm »

Quote from: liopoil on May 10, 2013, 09:19:13 pm

okay, I'll do it random. I'd like to hear what other people think about short game/long game. I haven't played the long game, but it seems the cards it includes are imbalanced. They can give players extra action pawns!

Mmmm...extra action pawns. That's why I want to keep them.

Also, I've been made to understand that the cards are imbalanced with or without them (it makes the early spots on the domination action more valuable). I don't think they're considered the strongest cards, they're just the ones that lengthen the game...but I think that has a lot to do with Analysis Paralysis, which tends to be less of an issue in forum games.

Anyways, that's my 2 cents. Others should weigh in obviously, I've never actually played the game just read about it.

Watno · « **Reply #20 on:** May 11, 2013, 10:23:46 am »

Slight preference for long game here.

liopoil · « **Reply #21 on:** May 11, 2013, 10:35:31 am »

okay, it's ready to go! gameboard is in OP now by the way. I used the long game. It is now Qvist's turn to place an action pawn.

liopoil · « **Reply #22 on:** May 11, 2013, 10:36:15 am »

I hope the board isn't too small. I made it as big as the forum would let me.

Watno · « **Reply #23 on:** May 11, 2013, 10:43:04 am »

I fear it is too small. I can't read the cards.

liopoil · « **Reply #24 on:** May 11, 2013, 12:10:59 pm »

better? I can make the action pawn placement area bigger as well if that is also too small.

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