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[Galzria]

The problem with the study was that he had effectively 4 Tablets, and 1 gear. Adding a second gear wasn't going to be worthwhile unless he could get TWO compasses, which was unlikely. Otherwise it was only going to be worth 3 VP. So building a Guild that turn made more sense.

Now, you could argue that the Study might've been more correct as a defensive "don't let X get" type play... but we've been more or less focused on just building us up as best we can rather than worrying about others.

[eHalcyon]

Hmm, looking back at my old QT posts, that wasn't quite it.  I wrote:

"I am not sure what mith will do with my hand. Study, probably. It's only 3VP, but it makes future green potentially much better."

Then I talk about another card you might take (which I won't reveal here) but which would be a gamble for mith, and then I added, "Shadows would be a better gamble because there are lots of good Black cards, I get a bonus for building them and Galz can build one for free."

So it wasn't entirely unexpected.

But I think I preferred Study because it seemed like a better gamble to me.  When that guild was built, it was also worth just 3VP.  So Study and GoS were both worth the same.  The gamble was, are you more likely to get more VP in the future from Black cards being built, or from getting some greens?  I would have favoured the greens, with these considerations:

- great if you can get a second Compass
- makes the other Gear a little better
- Watno was unlikely to build more greens, so mith was in a great position for Science

You may not have been sure about that last point.  Our plan from the start was to just get Watno a single set of Science cards for Justinian.  Our most recent hands have not given us better alternatives though.

Edit:

Another point is that there are more compasses and gears in Age III, so it's not that unlikely for you to get two.

BUT, I don't know what your starting hand was, so that could also have influenced your decisions.  And anyway, as it turns out, GoS is looking like it may be better in the end anyway since Watno has taken more science after all.

[Davio]

Qvist discards for 3 coins
Davio builds Town Hall: 6 VPs. Cost: Glass, Ore, 2 Stone (pays Qvist 1 for Stone)

[eHalcyon]

Qvist discards for $3.
Davio builds Town Hall, paying Qvist $1 for Stone.
Tables chains Haven, getting $4.
Insomniac chains Study.
Galzria builds Gardens, paying mith $2 for Brick and Bilkis $1 for Wood.
mith builds Architect's Guild with Ramses.
eHalcyon builds Palace, paying Watno $2 for Papyrus.
Watno builds Study.

Qvist as the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos (A)
Coins: 5
Debt: 4
Strength: 6
Military Tokens: -none-, Total: 0 VP

Wonder stages built: 3

(1) 3 VPs. Cost: 2 Brick
(2) Look through the discard pile and build a card for free. Cost: 3 Ore
(3) 7 VPs. Cost: 2 Cloth

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Cloth
Loom: Produce Cloth
Mine: Produce Ore/Stone
Ore Vein: Produce Ore
Brickyard: Produce 2 Brick

Caravansery: Produce Brick/Stone/Ore/Wood. Chain from: Marketplace. Chain to: Lighthouse.

Gambling Den: 6 Coins. Each neighbour gets 1 coin.
Clandestine Dock West: Once per turn, pay one less coin to buy resources from your left (Watno).

Altar: 2 VPs. Chain to: Temple.

Stockade: 1 Shield.
Walls: 2 Shields.  Chain to: Fortifications.
Fortifications: 3 Shields. Chain from: Walls.

Magistrates Guild: 1 VP per blue card in each of your neighbours cities

Nero: Gain 2 coins for each victory token you earn.
Cleopatra: 5 VPs.


Davio as the Al-Khazneh of Petra (B)
Coins: 14
Debt: 0
Strength: 0
Military Tokens: 4x -1, Total: -4 VP

Wonder stages built: 2
(1) 3 VPs, everyone elses loses 2 coins. Cost: 2 Brick, 2 Ore
(2) 14 VPs. Cost: 14 Coins

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Brick
Tree Farm: Produce Wood/Brick
Stone Pit: Produce Stone

Marketplace: Manufactured Goods cost 1 to buy from both sides
East Trading Post: Raw materials cost 1 to buy from the right (Tables). Chain to: Forum.
West Trading Post: Raw materials cost 1 to buy from the left (Qvist). Chain to: Forum.
Caravansery: Produce Brick/Stone/Ore/Wood. Chain from: Marketplace. Chain to: Lighthouse.
Forum: Produce Cloth/Glass/Paper. Chain from: West/East Trading Post.
Bazaar: 2 Coins per gray card in yours+neighbours cities.
Lighthouse: 1 Coin & 1 VP per yellow card (including this). Chain from: Caravansery.

Clandestine Dock East: Once per turn, pay one less coin to buy resources from your right (Tables).

Aqueduct: 5 VPs. Chain from: Baths.
Courthouse: 4VPs.  Chain from: Scriptorium.
Town Hall: 6 VPs.

Embassy: 3 VPs, diplomacy.

Spies Guild: 1 VP per red card in each of your neighbours cities.

Xenophon: Gain 2 coins for each yellow card you play.
Phidias: 1 VP per brown card.


Tables as the Colossus of Rhodes (B)
Coins: 20
Debt: 0
Strength: 5
Military Tokens: 2x +1, 2x +3, Total: 8 VP

Wonder stages built: 1
(1) 1 Shield, 3 VPs, 3 Coins. Cost: 3 Stone
(2) 1 Shield, 4 VPs, 4 Coins. Cost: 4 Ore

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Ore
Forest Cave: Produce Wood/Ore.
Excavation: Produce Stone/Brick.
Stone Pit: Produce Stone
Foundry: Produce 2 Ore
Secret Warehouse: Produce any one resource that you already produce.

Forum: Produce Cloth/Glass/Paper. Chain from: West/East Trading Post. Chain to: Haven.
Haven: 1 Coin & 1 VP per brown card. Chain from: Forum.

Gambling House:  9 Coins. Each neighbour gets 2 coins.
Capitol: 8 VPs.
Slave Market: 1 Coin & 1 VP per victory token.

Statue: 4 VPs. Chain from: Theater. Chain to: Gardens.
Palace: 8 VPs.

Guard Tower: 1 Shield. Cost: Brick.
Stables: 2 Shields. Chain from: Apothecary.
Hannibal: 1 Shield.
Zenobia: 3 VPs.


Insomniac as the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos (B)
Coins: 3
Debt: 0
Strength: 0
Military Tokens: 4x -1, Total: -4 VP

Wonder stages built: 3
(1) 2 VPs, 4 Coins. Cost: 2 Stone
(2) 3 VPs, 4 Coins. Cost: 2 Wood
(3) 5 VPs, 4 Coins. Cost: Papyrus, Cloth, Glass

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Papyrus
Glassworks: Produce Glass
Loom: Produce Cloth
Lumber Yard: Produce Wood

Tavern: 5 Coins.
Bazaar: 2 Coins per gray card in yours+neighbours cities.

Baths: 3 VPs. Chain to: Aqueduct.

School: Tablet. Chain to: Academy & Study.
Dispensary: Compasses. Chain from: Apothecary. Chain to: Arena & Lodge.
Workshop: Gear. Chain to: Archery Range & Laboratory.
University: Tablet. Chain from: Library.
Observatory: Gear. Chain from: Laboratory.
Study: Gear. Chain from: School.

Aristotle: 3 VPs per science set.
Euclid: Compass.
Solomon: Look through the discard pile and build a card for free.


Galzria as the Lighthouse of Alexandria (B)
Coins: 3
Debt: 2
Strength: 5
Military Tokens: 2x +1, 2x +3, Total: 8 VP

Wonder stages built: 3
(1) Produce one raw material. Cost: 2 Brick
(2) Produce one manufactured good. Cost: 2 Wood
(3) 7 VPs. Cost: 3 Stone

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Glass
Wonder Stage 1: Brick/Stone/Ore/Wood
Wonder Stage 2: Cloth/Glass/Paper
Loom: Produce Cloth
Quarry: Produce two Stone.

Tavern: 5 Coins
Arena: 3 Coins & 1 VP per wonder stage completed.

Scriptorium: Tablet. Chain to: Courthouse & Library.

Barracks: 1 Shield.
Guard Tower: 1 Shield.
Mercenaries: 3 Shields

Temple: 3 VPs. Chain from: Altar. Chain to: Pantheon.
Gardens: 5 VPs. Chain from: Statue.

Strategists Guild: 1 VP per defeat token in each of your neighbours cities.

Bilkis: Once per turn, may pay 1 coin to the bank to generate any one resource.
Caligula: Once per age, build a black card for free.
Amytis: 2 VPs per Wonder stage built.


mith as the Hagia Sophia of Byzantium (B)
Coins: 4
Debt: 6
Strength: 0
Military Tokens: 3x -1, Total: -3 VP

Wonder stages built: 1
(1) 3 VPs, diplomacy. Cost: Paper, Glass, Wood, Ore
(2) 4 VPs, diplomacy. Cost: Cloth, Brick, 2 Ore

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Stone
Clay Pool: Produce Brick
Black Market: Produce one resource you currently do not produce.

Tavern: 5 Coins
East Trading Post: Raw materials cost 1 to buy from the right (eHalcyon). Chain to: Forum.
Vineyard: 1 Coin per brown card in yours+neighbours cities.

Scriptorium: Tablet. Chain to: Courthouse & Library.
Workshop: Gear. Chain to: Archery Range & Laboratory.
Library: Tablet. Chain from: Scriptorium. Chain to: Senate & University.
School: Tablet. Chain to: Academy & Study.
Pigeon Loft: Copy a science symbol on a green card on your left or right.

Senate: 6 VPs. Chain from: Library.

Guild of Shadows: 1 VP per black card in each of your neighbours cities.
Architect's Guild: 3 VPs per purple card in each of your neighbours cities.

Archimedes: Green cards cost 1 resource less.
Varro: 1 VP per yellow card.
Ramses: All purple cards can be played for free.


eHalcyon as the Pyramids of Gizah (B)
Coins: 21
Debt: 0
Strength: 4
Military Tokens: 2x +1, 1x +3, Total: 5 VP

Wonder stages built: 4
(1) 3 VPs. Cost: 2 Wood
(2) 5 VPs. Cost: 3 Stone
(3) 5 VPs. Cost: 3 Brick
(4) 7 VPs. Cost: Papyrus, 4 Stone

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Stone
Timber Yard: Produce Stone/Wood
Clay Pit: Produce Brick/Ore.
Clay Pool: Produce Brick.

Glassworks: Produce Glass.
Loom: Produce Cloth.

Caravansery: Produce Brick/Stone/Ore/Wood. Chain from: Marketplace. Chain to: Lighthouse.
Arena: 3 Coins & 1 VP per wonder stage completed. Chain from: Dispensary.

Militia: 2 Shields.
Archery Range: 2 Shields. Chain from: Workshop.

Lair: 3 VPs, everyone else loses 2 coins.
Brotherhood: 4 VPs, everyone else loses 3 coins.

Palace: 8 VPs.

Gamer's Guild: 1 VP per three coins owned.

Diocletian: Gain 2 coins for each black card you play.
Midas: 1 VP per three coins owned.


Watno as the Statue of Zeus at Olympia (A)
Coins: 6
Debt: 0
Strength: 6
Military Tokens: -none-, Total: 0 VP

Wonder stages built: 1
(1) 3 VPs. Cost: 2 Wood
(2) 1 free build per age. Cost: 2 Stone
(3) 7 VPs. Cost: 2 Ore

Tableau
Wonder Resource: Produce Wood

Press: Produce Papyrus.

West Trading Post: Raw materials cost 1 to buy from the left (eHalcyon). Chain to: Forum.
Forum: Produce Cloth/Glass/Paper. Chain from: West/East Trading Post. Chain to: Haven.
Vineyard: 1 Coin per brown card in yours+neighbours' cities.

Baths: 3 VPs. Chain to: Aqueduct.
Temple: 3 VPs. Chain from: Altar. Chain to: Pantheon.
Pantheon: 7 VPs. Chain from: Temple.

Apothecary: Compasses. Chain to: Stables & Dispensary.
Laboratory: Gear. Chain from: Workshop. Chain to: Siege Workshop & Observatory.
Library: Tablet. Chain from: Scriptorium. Chain to: Senate & University.
University: Tablet. Chain from: Library.
Study: Gear. Chain from: School.

Stockade: 1 Shield.
Archery Range: 2 Shields.  Chain from: Workshop.
Arsenal: 3 Shields.

Croesus: Take 6 coins.
Vitruvius: Gain 2 coins each time you build a card through chaining.
Justinian: 3 VPs per set of green, red and blue cards.



Please check above for mistakes.

[eHalcyon]

Sent hand to Galz and mith.  Give us Watno's when you can, Davio!

[Davio]

Done.

[eHalcyon]

Watno and I have chosen.

At this stage, choices should be pretty easy.  Should we just blast through?

[Tables]

Insomn and I need his hand first, and there might still be some thinking about choices.

[eHalcyon]

Insomn and I need his hand first, and there might still be some thinking about choices.

I know it.  I sent it. 

[Tables]

We're ready.

[eHalcyon]

Davio and Galz?

[Galzria]

Sorry, I'll figure this out today. My choice is easy, but mith has options and I need to look over them carefully.

[eHalcyon]

Sorry, I'll figure this out today. My choice is easy, but mith has options and I need to look over them carefully.

I think mith's choice is pretty easy too.

[Galzria]

Sorry, I'll figure this out today. My choice is easy, but mith has options and I need to look over them carefully.

I think mith's choice is pretty easy too.

It probably is, but I haven't looked closely at the point breakdown.

Just out of... say, curiosity, a complete science set (the first anyway), is worth an additional 7 points, yes?

[Tables]

Yes. Well, 8 if you include the fact you also get a science symbol.

[Galzria]

Ready.

[Tables]

I think that's everyone.

[eHalcyon]

Not sure about Davio. He said "done" but that may have been about sending his hand to us.

[Watno]

Davio?

[eHalcyon]

Bump...

[Davio]

Okay, we're done.

[Galzria]

Galzria chains to Pantheon: 7 VPs. Chain from: Temple. Cost: 2 Brick, Ore, Papyrus, Cloth, Glass

mith chains to Academy: Compasses. Chain from: School. Cost: 3 Stone, Glass.

[Watno]

eHalcyon chains Lighthouse, getting $3.
Watno builds Lodge, paying eHalcyon $2 for 2 Brick.

[Davio]

Davio discards for 3 Coins
Qvist pays 5 and uses Cloth to build Contingent (5 shields)

[Tables]

I build Gardens
Insomn discards for 3 coins