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[scott_pilgrim]

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (0):
ipofanes (0):
Kirian (0):
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
1 Yellow, 1 Yellow: 3
2 Blue, 2 Gray: 2, 4
1 White, Clear a city:
1 Green, 1 White: 1, 1



ipofanes's turn.

[scott_pilgrim]

I take it that the checking for highest bids is only for cards with any bids on them?

Yeah, this is correct

Huh. I just realised it'll be your turn again before it's my turn again. No fair!

Yeah I'm still not convinced that my current way of doing the first round is the best, so far every way of doing it that I've thought of has had some problems.

[ipofanes]

Move to Kashgar
bid 2 on "White, Clear a city"
bid 3 on "1 Green, 1 White"

[XerxesPraelor]

bid 13 on 2 blue, 2 grey
Bid 3 on white, clear a city.

[scott_pilgrim]

ipofanes wins the 1 Green, 1 White pair.  2 Gray, Clear a city comes up.

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (0):
ipofanes (0): 1 Green, 1 White
Kirian (0):
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
1 Yellow, 1 Yellow: 3
2 Blue, 2 Gray: 2, 4, 13
1 White, Clear a city: 2, 3
2 Gray, Clear a city:



ipofanes's turn.

[ipofanes]

travel to Mathura
sell
May I save up action tokens? Otherwise:
bid 2 on "gray, clear a city"

[scott_pilgrim]

Kirian wins the 1 Yellow, 1 Yellow pair.  2 Black, 2 White comes up.

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (0):
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (0): 2 Yellow
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Black, 2 White:
2 Blue, 2 Gray: 2, 4, 13
1 White, Clear a city: 2, 3
2 Gray, Clear a city: 2



Kirian's turn.

[scott_pilgrim]

May I save up action tokens? Otherwise:

No, action points cannot be carried over from turn to turn.

[Kirian]

Bid 8 on Black/White

[scott_pilgrim]

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (0):
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (0): 2 Yellow
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Black, 2 White: 8
2 Blue, 2 Gray: 2, 4, 13
1 White, Clear a city: 2, 3
2 Gray, Clear a city: 2

(Map same as previous turn.)

Jimmmmm's turn.

[Jimmmmm]

Bid 4 on 1 White, Clear a city
Bid 4 on 2 Gray, Clear a city

[scott_pilgrim]

XerxesPraelor wins the 2 Blue, 2 Gray pair.  2 Green, Clear a city comes up.

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (0): 2 Blue, 2 Gray
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (0): 2 Yellow
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Black, 2 White: 8
2 Green, Clear a city:
1 White, Clear a city: 2, 3, 4
2 Gray, Clear a city: 2, 4

(Map same as previous turn.)

XerxesPraelor's turn.

[Kirian]

As an aside:  I worry about the fact that I was able to make the play I just did.  I guaranteed winning those cards because they came out on my turn.  Not sure you want that to be possible in the final version.

[scott_pilgrim]

As an aside:  I worry about the fact that I was able to make the play I just did.  I guaranteed winning those cards because they came out on my turn.  Not sure you want that to be possible in the final version.

Yeah, I agree that that is a concern.  I was hoping spending an entire turn to win a pair would generally be a bad play, but I don't think that's really the case.  I haven't thought of a good alternative; maybe the best solution is just to make sure cards aren't too powerful relative to action points (either weaken some of the strong cards like 2 Black, or increase the number of AP per turn, or reduce the cost of the sell action, or something to that effect).

Thanks for the input!

[XerxesPraelor]

move to gerrha, sell my blues

[XerxesPraelor]

Also, one possibility is making there more cards out than players so that spreading your bid around is more worth it than focusing on one.
Or make farther away cities better so that using AP for movement is important to get a good price.

[scott_pilgrim]

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (6): 1 Blue, 2 Gray
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (0): 2 Yellow
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Black, 2 White: 8
2 Green, Clear a city:
1 White, Clear a city: 2, 3, 4
2 Gray, Clear a city: 2, 4



ipofanes's turn.

[scott_pilgrim]

Also, one possibility is making there more cards out than players so that spreading your bid around is more worth it than focusing on one.
Or make farther away cities better so that using AP for movement is important to get a good price.

Both good suggestions.  Actually the first one is really great, because it would be such a simple change, and might also help some of the issues I was having with the first round.  Thanks for the suggestions!

[Kirian]

Bump.  Ipofanes?

[ipofanes]

Sorry everyone.

2 on Green, clear a city
3 on Grey, clear a city
3 on White, clear a city

[scott_pilgrim]

Kirian wins the 2 Black, 2 White pair.  2 Brown, 1 Blue comes up.

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (6): 1 Blue, 2 Gray
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (0): 2 Yellow, 2 Black, 2 White
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Brown, 1 Blue:
2 Green, Clear a city: 2
1 White, Clear a city: 5, 3, 4
2 Gray, Clear a city: 5, 4

(Map same as previous turn.)

Kirian's turn.

[Kirian]

2 on 2 Brown, 1 Blue
3 on 2 Green, Clear
Sell White for $3

[scott_pilgrim]

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (6): 1 Blue, 2 Gray
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (3): 2 Yellow, 2 Black, 1 White
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Brown, 1 Blue: 2
2 Green, Clear a city: 2, 3
1 White, Clear a city: 5, 3, 4
2 Gray, Clear a city: 5, 4



Jimmmmm's turn.

[Jimmmmm]

Bid 4 on 2 Brown, 1 Blue
Bid 2 on 1 White, Clear a City
Bid 2 on 2 Gray, Clear a City

[scott_pilgrim]

Player (VP): Cubes
XerxesPraelor (6): 1 Blue, 2 Gray
ipofanes (7): 1 White
Kirian (3): 2 Yellow, 2 Black, 1 White
Jimmmmm (0):

Available card pairs: Bidding tokens (in player colors)
2 Brown, 1 Blue: 2, 4
2 Green, Clear a city: 2, 3
1 White, Clear a city: 5, 3, 6
2 Gray, Clear a city: 5, 6

(Map same as previous turn.)

XerxesPraelor's turn.