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[Kirian]

Getting neither Caravan nor Banker has severely limited my options.  Pass.

[ghostofmars]

pass

[eHalcyon]

I pay $2 for the last Engineer, irrigating D2 and getting 2VP.

Kirian and ghost each get $1 for having passed.  I pass.  procession into Tammouz.

For Ishtar, I take Camel.  Nobody else is in Ishtar.

For Marduk, ghost gets 2VP and Kirian gets 1VP.

For Tammouz, I take Palm from Field 1.  Kirian may swap a resource if he wishes.

[Tables]

Updated to the above. Kirian, would you like to swap a resource?

[Kirian]

I think I'll keep what I have for the moment.

[Tables]

Current Player: ghostofmars

Caravan Location: Susa
First player: ghostofmars
Round Number: 11
Garden tiles left: 8

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Peasant	Peasant	Merchant
Peasant	Merchant	Engineer
Priest	Engineer	Merchant

	Kirian	ghostofmars	eHalcyon
Prestige	42	52	52
Resources	Barley, Dates	Salt	Palm
Camels	2	2	3
Talents	4	4	4

Link to game sheet

[ghostofmars]

Group 3 engineer to G3

[Tables]

Current Player: eHalcyon

Caravan Location: Susa
First player: ghostofmars
Round Number: 11
Garden tiles left: 8

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Peasant	Peasant	Merchant
Peasant	Merchant	X
Priest	Engineer	Merchant

	Kirian	ghostofmars	eHalcyon
Prestige	42	54	52
Resources	Barley, Dates	Salt	Palm
Camels	2	2	3
Talents	4	4	4

Link to game sheet

[eHalcyon]

Group 1 Peasant to Field 1 for Barley.

[Kirian]

Priest to Ishtar

[ghostofmars]

Peasant group 2 for dates

[eHalcyon]

$2 for the last Peasant, taking Wine.  No Gardeners remain for me, unfortunately.

[Tables]

$2 for the last Peasant, taking Wine.  No Gardeners remain for me, unfortunately.

Yes, I wonder whose fault that is, for hoarding the Gardeners?

Current Player: Kirian

Caravan Location: Susa
First player: ghostofmars
Round Number: 11
Garden tiles left: 8

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
X	X	Merchant
X	Merchant	X
X	Engineer	Merchant

	Kirian	ghostofmars	eHalcyon
Prestige	42	54	52
Resources	Barley, Dates	Salt, Dates	Palm, Barley, Wine
Camels	2	2	3
Talents	3	3	2

Link to game sheet

[eHalcyon]

$2 for the last Peasant, taking Wine.  No Gardeners remain for me, unfortunately.

Yes, I wonder whose fault that is, for hoarding the Gardeners?

I blame ghost!

[eHalcyon]

ghost should still have $4.  He was first in Group 2 and Group 3, both free.

[eHalcyon]

What is the probability that none of a certain craftsman appears in the draft?  There are 4 Merchants, 4 Peasants, 3 Priests, 3 Engineers.  We choose 9.  This is combinations without replacement, but with duplicates.  It's been so long since I learned Combinations, I don't really remember how to do this.

[Tables]

What is the probability that none of a certain craftsman appears in the draft?  There are 4 Merchants, 4 Peasants, 3 Priests, 3 Engineers.  We choose 9.  This is combinations without replacement, but with duplicates.  It's been so long since I learned Combinations, I don't really remember how to do this.

For a given type, it would be (chance first isn't that type) * (chance 2nd isn't that type) * ... * (chance last isn't that type), which simplifies with factorials quite nicely in this case to (10!/1!)/(14!/5!) = 5/1001 for Peasants or Merchants (roughly 0.2% each), and (11!/2!)/(14!/5!) = 5/182 for Priests or Engineers (roughly 2.7% each). Putting these together and simplfying gives a 5/77, or roughly 6.5% chance of one type of craftsman being missing.

[Kirian]

G2 Merchant

[ghostofmars]

G3 merchant

[eHalcyon]

I pay 1 camel to visit Khorsabad, paying Barley and Wine.  I use a Gardener to plant in B5, gaining 6 Prestige and 2 Camels, plus 2 more Prestige from irrigation bonus.

[Tables]

There is now a Gardener available.

Current Player: Kirian

Caravan Location: Khorsabad
First player: ghostofmars
Round Number: 11
Garden tiles left: 7

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
X	X	X
X	X	X
X	Engineer	Merchant

	Kirian	ghostofmars	eHalcyon
Prestige	42	54	60
Resources	Barley, Dates	Salt, Dates	Palm
Camels	3	3	4
Talents	2	3	2

Link to game sheet

[Kirian]

Note to self: Caravaneer is top priority in any future game.

[Kirian]

Oh, right.  Pass.

[Tables]

Note to self: Caravaneer is top priority in any future game.

In my 2nd game I didn't get a caravaneer, and won. Then again I had the level 3 banker. I think you definitely want some advancements in one of those though, otherwise you end up too limited on options - few talents to recruit who you need, and needing to spend multiple camels to move around once.

Current Player: ghostofmars

Caravan Location: Khorsabad
First player: ghostofmars
Round Number: 11
Garden tiles left: 7

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
X	X	X
X	X	X
X	Engineer	Merchant

	Kirian	ghostofmars	eHalcyon
Prestige	42	54	60
Resources	Barley, Dates	Salt, Dates	Palm
Camels	3	3	4
Talents	2	3	2

Link to game sheet

[eHalcyon]

For the record, ghost, if you pass, I will also pass, so you can go ahead and do procession stuff in that case.  I'm still going to have Tammouz for sure, and I will be taking Palm in field 2.

If you aren't passing yet, I may act as well.



I tend to favour flexibility in games.  It's why my favourite wonders for 7 Wonders are Ephesos and Alexandria.  Banker and Caravaneer felt like priorities to me because of that.  Then I had some good luck to allow me to reach Banker 3.  Then I went for Caravaneer 2 for maximum camel.  I think I was planning for that above Palace, though ghost decided for me when he took Palace.