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[Farren]

One tweak to AutoPlay - when playing cards, it will now prioritize the card with the most points over playing out of its hand. Figured it'd be pretty dumb if it ignored the 5 VP Tier A card in the Market over the 0 VP Tier C card in its hand that the player took last round solely for the Gold. (Why the player didn't take the Tier A card instead ... who knows.)

That change is effective as of Game 8.

[vincentw]

Thanks Farren for modding and everyone for a great game!

It came down to the hair! Had my last move been blocked, Sirius might have won instead. Imagine a 15 VP tie and then it was decided by the cards... my eighteen definitely wouldn't stand a chance

[Sirius9121]

OwO
/in game9

[Nancy Drew 39]

PMs have been sent out to everyone signed up for Game 8. They have until this timer expires to confirm in-thread.
(expired on 2021-04-25 23:00:00)

Nancy Drew 39's ban expires in less than 30 minutes (assuming 1 week = 7 days 0 hours 0 minutes from the time it was posted), so her seat will be saved for her.

/confirm in game 8

\o/

I didn’t realize my ban had ended.

[Noraa]

happy bday Charles and congrats Vincent
/confirm

[Noraa]

YESSS BEAR BATTLEDOWN

[Noraa]

imma get my ass whooped ;<

[lilith2013]

/pre-in for game 9 please

[Farren]

Thanks Farren for modding and everyone for a great game!

It came down to the hair! Had my last move been blocked, Sirius might have won instead. Imagine a 15 VP tie and then it was decided by the cards... my eighteen definitely wouldn't stand a chance

Yeah, Sirius could have blocked your move either by playing or drawing C-15. If he'd drawn it specifically, then your playing C-6 would have triggered the 15 VP tie (and Sirius's win on the tie-breaker!) Of course, in that world you could respond by blocking his move ... but then lilith gets time to play her big card, and who knows what happens next.

If he'd played C-15 for the VP, then you get lucky with the next C card being a Ruby and win anyway, as then he doesn't have enough Diamonds even if he isn't blocked.

[Farren]

All right ... so everyone originally signed up for Game 8 has confirmed. We also have a couple of pre-ins for Game 9, bringing that game up to 3/4 players once it launches.

We still have one slot open for Game 8 - up for grabs for anyone! If the timer expires, we'll go with 3 instead.

The only differences in the 3 player game is that the Token Market starts with fewer tokens (five of each gem, I think? I'll have to double-check; Gold's unaffected) and the Noble Market only gets four Nobles.

[Charles510]

Thanks Farren for modding!

/in game 8

[Nancy Drew 39]

happy bday Charles and congrats Vincent
/confirm

I almost called you Pink Ball by mistake.

[Farren]

Happy birthday, Charles!

We've got four for Game 8, which fills the game.
Game 9 has only one slot left.

I'm still going to wait for the timer before we get Game 8 rolling - want to make sure there's that discussion/feedback window for those who want it, plus it's nice to have a break between games. Once it's done, we'll get started!

[Nancy Drew 39]

Happy birthday, Charles!

We've got four for Game 8, which fills the game.
Game 9 has only one slot left.

I'm still going to wait for the timer before we get Game 8 rolling - want to make sure there's that discussion/feedback window for those who want it, plus it's nice to have a break between games. Once it's done, we'll get started!

Can we pre-in for game 10 or no?

[Farren]

Anyone who isn't signed up for Games 8 or 9 can pre-in for Game 10 if they don't want to play in Game 9.

Anyone who is signed up for either 8 or 9 cannot pre-in to Game 10 until their game is done.

[Farren]

Less than an hour to go; let's go ahead and get things started.

Game setup in progress.

Rolling for starting player ...

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[Farren]

Starting Markets for Game 8:

TOKEN MARKET

DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
7	7	7	7	7	5

CARD MARKET

Spoiler: Cards available

Card ID	Cost	VP	Discount
C-40	1 DIAMOND 1 SAPPHIRE 1 EMERALD 1 RUBY	0	ONYX
C-39	2 EMERALD 2 ONYX	0	SAPPHIRE
C-38	1 SAPPHIRE 2 RUBY 2 ONYX	0	EMERALD
C-37	2 EMERALD 1 RUBY	0	ONYX
B-30	5 EMERALD 3 RUBY	2	ONYX
B-29	6 EMERALD	3	EMERALD
B-28	2 SAPPHIRE 2 EMERALD 3 RUBY	1	SAPPHIRE
B-27	3 DIAMOND 3 EMERALD 2 ONYX	1	ONYX
A-20	7 DIAMOND 3 SAPPHIRE	5	SAPPHIRE
A-19	3 DIAMOND 7 ONYX	5	DIAMOND
A-18	7 RUBY 3 ONYX	5	ONYX
A-17	3 DIAMOND 3 EMERALD 3 RUBY 5 ONYX	3	SAPPHIRE

Tier C cards remaining: 36
Tier B cards remaining: 26
Tier A cards remaining: 16

Noble MARKET

Spoiler: Nobles Available

Noble ID	Cost	VP
N-1	4 RUBY 4 ONYX	3
N-2	4 SAPPHIRE 4 EMERALD	3
N-3	3 EMERALD 3 RUBY 3 ONYX	3
N-4	3 DIAMOND 3 RUBY 3 ONYX	3
N-5	4 DIAMOND 4 SAPPHIRE	3

[Farren]

Token Market will be posted at the end of every turn.
Card Market and Noble Market will be posted when changed, as well as on every pagetop (or as close as I can get to them).
Player panels will be posted at the start of the player's turn - except for Round 1, as players start with nothing.

If any player would like me to notify them via PM when their turn starts, please let me know.

Game on.

It is now

PookyTheMagicalBear

's turn.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

SER

[Farren]

PookyTheMagicalBear takes three different gems: Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby.

TOKEN MARKET

DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
7	6	6	6	7	5

It is now

Charles510

's turn.

[Charles510]

ERO

[Farren]

Charles510 takes three different gems: Emerald, Ruby, Onyx.

TOKEN MARKET

DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
7	6	5	5	6	5

It is now

Nancy Drew 39

's turn. She is currently on V/LA, so her timer will be set to 72 hours.

I had originally intended to update my activity policies (mostly revolving around V/LA) for this game, but forgot to do so at the end of Game 7. I don't currently have any rule in place for this game about length of V/LA one way or the other - so I'll be keeping an eye on things to make sure that the game isn't unduly affected.

[Nancy Drew 39]

two emerald

[Noraa]

SER

[Farren]

two emerald

Nancy Drew 39 takes a pair of matching Emeralds.

TOKEN MARKET

DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
7	6	3 (LOW)	5	6	5

Now processing

Noraa

's turn.