Phew, best games in a long time. My usual luck kicked in right in time in the last move. Extremly thrilling games @ scott
This last game was very tense. I felt that the person who got the most fortunate draw would win. Well played!
SR 15: holsten > scottagibson 2:1, points 12:-9 difference 21, 24 dmg in the last round so I missed the new basic goal by 1
Also, the person with the early freighter lost the game every time. It did not feel right at all in games 1 and 2 for that person to lose, but I felt behind in 3 even with the freighter because you offset it with the blues you could pair effectively for better buying power plus healing.
But this proves the goal is still to low. Either of us could have won that game - it was balanced on a knife edge - and if you can still nearly win a bonus in those circumstances something is not right.
Edit: And, more meta, three great games, closely contested, one big win for me, and I get…nothing.
Yeah the freighter thing was strange. In SR without gambits I have just one rule I never break: always buy a freighter if possible before the first shuffle… Maybe I should think about it. XD
I don’t know about the green basic goal, with yellow it would be rather easy to reach the basic goal in such a contested game. You just need one discard card on the last move.
I take the goals and Items not too serious, it is very luck dependent anyway. So I would have no problem raising the green goal further.
Maybe the green goals would be more in line with the other if we change the goals in something like: deal 15/30 dmg on the last turn with green cards, so you are forced to one color like with the other… But would be annoying for the player to keep track. No Idea :/
Yes, this is certainly true, except for the fact that it takes only certain special cards to produce the discard, while many cards can produce the damage.
Edit: Also, I’m not suggesting the goal be increased. Increasing it may help, but there’s a basic imbalance in the setup and tinkering with the targets only offers mitigation. It’s like the go first / draw fewer cards compromise - imperfect.
Oh great Lord of Stars, as I am in sector 2 and there’s a yellow jewel just floating around, and I got a free cargo hold…the Castaway Canary would like to pick up the Yellow Jewel from sector 02.
True, the more I think about my suggestion, to only sum up the damage dealt with green cards on the last turn, the more I like it. It should be possible for the player to sum the green card dmg. This way green would be in line with other colors.
I think this is better but still there’s a basic problem: Buying cards which do damage is a necessary part of any winning strategy, whereas buying cards which cause discards or scrappers or healers is not necessarily part of a winning strategy. So other team players have to make a conscious choice to buy cards to achieve the goal instead of buying something else, where green team players do not. And, those cards non-greens buy to achieve the goal might actually prevent them from winning, rendering the goals moot. So, you don’t do it.
SR 15
ineffablebob > holsten 2-0: Game 1 ineffablebob 8, Holsten -8; Game 2 ineffablebob 8, Holsten -4 (with one discard on last turn for basic yellow bonus)
That’s three wins in a row for me against Holsten, counting the SR 14 playoffs. I can only assume the shuffler has something against him - for instance, giving me double Cutters in both of these games.
I guess I used all my luck in the games against scott ;)
Good and close games, next turn I would have won in both. GG :)
And concerning the current discussion, you would have achived the yellow major goal in game one and have the basic now in game 2. While not even the old 20 point green basic goal in any of the games:)
Kyle 21 over Ron -15
No final turn discards, no yellow bonus.
SR15:
Mithrophon over DennyA +40/-3 = 43
No bonus.
I think I’m 2 victories behind in artifact discovery, now… Sorry to have results come in rapid succession, Dave, didn’t mean to.
And I have no internet connection via my laptop where I am this weekend, unless I can figure out why, so everyone should slow WAY down for a day or so, if you can!
Thraeg
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Thraeg 5 > RainRaven -3. No bonus.
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Beatrix 36 > Scottagibson -2
Beatrix 19 > Scottagibson -22
Basic goal on last game
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