I thought the same at first!
Also, if y’all want to run this one back for a rematch, I’m game.
yes, sorry.
I play dune the dessert planet and move an agent to secure contracts for 3 sol.
over to @Brooski
see you later aligator
I checked your next 3 cards, they were Spice must flow, Dune and a Dagger.
Sweet. I have an Intrigue card that I thought was worthless, but actually turns out to be useful on the last play.
Play Infiltrate: “Enemy Agents don’t block your next Agent at board spaces this turn.”
Send agent to Secure Contracts and get 3 coins so I have 7 total.
Over to @Ginger_Yellow
I play Spice Hunter and visit Hardy Warriors.
I pay one water
I gain two troops which go into the conflict
I gain one influence with the Fremen
I play Arrakis Recruiter and move to Arrakeen. I draw a card and @Ginger_Yellow gets a sol. I put the 2 trops into conflict.
I play intrigue Rapid Mobilisation and move all my troops into conflict, I have 11 troops in the conflict.
over to @brooski I wanted to play that intrigue last round, but a gun thopter killed 1 troop of mine and I was short of attack points, it was only good for a tie
I reveal Imperial Spy, Diplomacy, Schpice Schmugglers, Dagger, and 2x Convincing Arguments. That’s worth 7 Persuasion, +2 for High Council seat, gives me 9. I buy The Spice Must Flow and gain 1 VP.
I play the Intrigue card CHOAM Shares which allows me to pay 7 coins to get 1 VP. I should be at 11.
My strength in the combat is 4 (for the troops) + 3 (on my cards) = 7.
Over to @Ginger_Yellow
yeah this game can turn on individual moves – I wouldn’t have been able to afford the extra VP if someone hadn’t gone to Carthag this turn.
I assume that @Dave_Perkins has Corner the Market which will be worth an additional 2VP.
Oh, and I didn’t list it, but the card I used to go to Secure Contracts and get 3 coins was DTDP.
I don’t think he can intrigue before combat, as he has no turns left. Also, he’s not in the conflict, so can’t use combat intrigues either.
true, ok. I don’t buy anything, I reveal a dagger and a spice hunter for 2 attack and a spice.
Combat Phase
I am at 24 Attack, Ginger_yellow is at 7 and Brooski is at 7…
Anyone can play intrigues now. If relevant…
I have no intrigue cards left, so nothing from me.
I have no alliances, my downfall this game, so I cannot play the combat intrigue card I have
Then that’s that. I get 2 VP for the conflict and you guys can take the leftovers…
So the Finale?
I have an endgame intrigue which gets me two VPs for having three or more influence with all four factions. Not that it does me any good.
I don’t have any Finale cards… I finish with 8 VP.
I have no cards to play at all.
I finish with 11VP and 3 spice, which is the tiebreaker.
I was wondering why you were happy to be able to get $3 from secure contract!
Yes, I have it. Corner the Market: If I have the most Spice Must Flow then I get one extra vp, and a second vp if I have two Spice Must Flow.
What a ridiculously close game! Any one of any number of things could have swung things entirely a different way. I guess I can’t complain after all about my final hand of cards, even though I didn’t play any of them in the final round.
My final intrigue card was To The Victor: When you win a conflict, gain 3 spice.
I appreciate all of the work you guys did in providing me with pix this game.