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Zenergy142: This is absolutely my favorite board game right now. I've been playing on TTS for MONTHS and got it in physical form a little while back. I have become the Arcs guy!
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Zenergy142: Arcs is a Area Control Trick Taking Game.
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Zenergy142: Every action you can take is dictated by the cards in your hand. Each card has a Suit and a Value. There is oy 1 of each Value for each suit in the deck. Each Suit can perform a handful of actions.
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Zenergy142: I'm sure Ben will get into it
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Zenergy142: I've been waiting for them to play this since Vegas when I asked if he'd heard about it
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 CaptainSpam: I like the new intro, but I have to admit, I miss the stray marble rolling down Fireball Island's board.
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 dumbo3k: Wait, I think I know this game, those ships look familiar!
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 red_shoes_jeff: SPAAAAAAAACE!
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 Heckhoundbolt: oath
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Zenergy142: Oath
 Dog_of_Myth: 500
 Getter404: Body Parts... you want Feet don't you
 BITs19_: ah heck it was muted. Have I missed the explanation?
 Nigouki: it's so you can get knuckle tats
 NarwhalsInATrenchcoat: it's good branding
 Heckhoundbolt: Vast, the unknown of the bunch
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Zenergy142: Haven't missed explainer yet
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  Juliamon: Still just in goof mode
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 BITs19_: thanks!
 definenull:  Party time? Party time!
SaxPython: Woah.  I love Cori's glasses!
 KWardJenx: I feel targeted by Cori's comment
 CaptainSpam:  It's a partnerversarystravaganza!
 dumbo3k: Honestly, this game is a blast to play
 fjordsword: I'm about to play this at a convention TOMORROW!!!!
Zenergy142: This game is REALKY easy to play, just a little busy
Shadowsoflife: We did this
   LoadingReadyRun: How's the music volume?
 definenull: weemst?
 KaleidoscopeMind: we'm'st
Zenergy142: Very elegant tho
MacabreAurora: youmpst
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 red_shoes_jeff: There's music?
Oscelot: @LoadingReadyRun can't honestly hear any
 SquareDotCube: Raglan
Zenergy142: No music audible
 HadesLeprechaun: If you already understand trick-taking games you're like 1/3 of the way there
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 KWardJenx: Music is good. Not overpowering
 red_shoes_jeff: Oh, no wait, heard something there.
Oscelot: @Oscelot Oh wait, it's there, just very low. Had to listen for it
 baltimore_667083: spaceballs and it’s not even close
 fjordsword: Firefly
 spo8n: can hear music faintly
 spawnofhastur: Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
 ihlendrax: Firefly/Serenity!
 HadesLeprechaun: Mass Effect
 NarwhalsInATrenchcoat: space dandy
Shadowsoflife: spaceballs
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 BITs19_: Twilight Imperium :3
 betweenmyself: Homeboys in Outer Space?… 
 CaptainSpam: You've got some 'splaining to do.
 AMillionCatsOnTypewriters: You have a lot of explaining to do, Ben
 Mattmitchell45: Just got my first chance to play the ARCS Expansion and it was a blast!
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Papperslappen: Zardoz is my favorite face opera
Zenergy142: Victory Points!
 DaxStrife: Oh good, a mercy kill rule.
Zenergy142: Also, that threshold is not high, be careful you'll get there
Oscelot: Did James and Ian swap seats before stream started?
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Oscelot: (since they're swapped on the overlay)
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 definenull: oo the card art is neat!
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 CaptainSpam: That is why he's Paul.
Oscelot: That looks gorgeous
 KaleidoscopeMind: but paul should be writing the contract
 iris_of_ether: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/SuperWiseOwlPipeHype-QKzsCpAZnybpquCG
 definenull: I half just want the game board as a poster print
Shadowsoflife: Hey @Oscelot o/
Oscelot: hey @Shadowsoflife o/
Papperslappen: you may skip for example because you’re out of cards and can’t take any other actions
 shendaras: It is pretty
Zenergy142: Remember, you can only skip with the initiative
Shadowsoflife: or have no actions
 Dog_of_Myth: There is no honor there
Shadowsoflife: Five is right out
 HadesLeprechaun: The flood already have that zone
Zenergy142: Not that you don't control, that other players DO control. That small distinction matters
 TheAwkes: I have this from the crowd funding, but haven't played it.
Oscelot: ps-eye-onics
 sithenin: I just got a new crowd funded board game in. Hoping to play it this weekend.
Oscelot: oh god, it's the camarilla all over again lol
Shadowsoflife: But in space
 dumbo3k: Captives can become trophies, with certain actions
Oscelot: @Shadowsoflife terrifying lol
 Laserbeaks_Fury: Sheeples Peoples, where'd you get those Meeples?
Zenergy142: The forbidden Gushers!
 RandomTrivia: Battling? I'm in!
Oscelot: *snerk* @RandomTrivia
Shadowsoflife: @Oscelot What can Vampire do in space? 
Oscelot: @Shadowsoflife *not die*
Shadowsoflife: @Oscelot Fair
 RandomTrivia: @Shadowsoflife I don't know about that, there's a lot of sunlight in space
Oscelot: @RandomTrivia Trueeee. I wonder how far they have to be from the sun for the light to no longer ash them
Shadowsoflife: @RandomTrivia Also it be really heard for them to find food
   LoadingReadyRun:  "I Play the 2 of Aggression" *pulls out large stick*
 jacqui_lantern234: hey nerds! hope yall are doing well 
 dumbo3k: And the ambition declared depends on the card, unless it is a question mark
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 Sorator13: @LoadingReadyRun "hey, he's narrating!"
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 SymphonySolstice: does it have to be _our_ sun or can they get fried by _any_ sun
 jacqui_lantern234: @LoadingReadyRun come at me, paul, im shredded 
Oscelot: @SymphonySolstice Untested, as far as I know
 SymphonySolstice: also does it have to be a sun? can they get fried by any cosmic body emitting light?
 SymphonySolstice: so many questions
   LoadingReadyRun: @jacqui_lantern234 If you're shredded, someone must have beaten me to it 
 BITs19_: so it's in your best interest to follow suit, but then your action is being determined by someone else. interesting...
Zenergy142: Actually, following suit can get you the initiative
Shadowsoflife: @SymphonySolstice Would the moonlight count as emittling light?
Zenergy142: You can surprise the suit with a higher value of the same suit
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 danielOut: omg arcs my newest addiction
Oscelot: @Shadowsoflife Nope. Moonlight is fine
Zenergy142: *surpass
 fjordsword: doesn't the person who surpasses with the same suit, even if it's not the seven, gain the seven at the end of the round?
Zenergy142: NO IT DOES
Oscelot: @Oscelot actually, there's some nuance. I'll message you in discord
Zenergy142: BEN IT DOES
 RatherLargeToad: sevenpassing
Shadowsoflife: @Oscelot Me or Symphony?
Zenergy142: Surpassing gets you the initiative at the end
 fjordsword: yes, it's at the end of round rules portion
Zenergy142: Only Seizing the initiative by playing the extra card locks it
 danielOut: this is a wonderful game with a rulebook that needs some tweaks.
Zenergy142: HIGE
Zenergy142: HUGE
 couchboyj: Thanks Paul!
Zenergy142: Thank you Paul
Zenergy142: And the 7
 dumbo3k: Surpassing with the 7 I think also Seizes the init and locks it for the round
Zenergy142: The 7 locks it to
Zenergy142: Too
 Sorator13: This definitely is a simple game that you won't overlook any rules for 
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Zenergy142: After you play the card
Zenergy142: Otherwise Psionics would do bothing
Zenergy142: *nothing
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   LoadingReadyRun: I like that the examples in the rulebook use "Lotus" and "Mikah" as the names of the players
 dumbo3k: Look, if the  city administrator has a gun, they can fight if they want to
 Vilun: it's clear Ben doesn't work in an office, when he's surprised the admin can lead to fighting
 dumbo3k: Garrus and Wrex 4 lyfe!
 HadesLeprechaun: I like Ashley because she actually GETS that arc, while Kaiden kinda...doesnt get much of anything
Zenergy142: Ben starting in the cheat step
 HadesLeprechaun: but also all the aliens are better anyways
 kumatsu: coming in at 9:30 and playing Hungry Hungry Hippos
 SymphonySolstice: the lads putting in the cleaning work
 MacbethSeemsSus: Kaiden's a better character but has the same voice as Carth Onasi and therefore has to die.
 Sorator13: I am very curious what Ben & James have been doing all that time
Master_Gunner: My one experience with the game was during the last couple hours of PAX Unplugged - I had no idea what was going on.
 definenull: probably annual spring cleaning shenans
 couchboyj: Great overlay as always Paul
 Dog_of_Myth: My only experience with this game was a GenCon. Just watched a demo, didn't have time to try it out.
 Dog_of_Myth: *was at
 red_shoes_jeff: Yes, my Gatekeeper!
 KilrenKrae:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 couchboyj: Got it for Xmas myself and haven't had time to play yet.  Watching AFK is the next best thing though.
 dumbo3k: ahh! The Skrrt Drive! famous FTL drive makers
 dumbo3k: You can shuffle resources when you get a new resource, I think, not just whenever you want
Zenergy142: Yeah, you can only move resources around when you gain new ones
 Nigouki: I hope the battling is they have to take out a totally not a beyblade arena and no these are totally legally distinct violence tops
 couchboyj: Yeah, so the more action you take as lead,  the more likely you are to lose initiative
 dumbo3k: Pretty sure you can't tax space ports
 dumbo3k: yeah
 Vilun: what's with the symbol in the bottom left of the card?
 dumbo3k: For Cori's benefit, the Key symbols denote how easy they are for someone else to steal in a raid
Kitanin: @Vilun It's the ambition you can declare if you lead with that card.
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 Vilun: @Kitanin thank you
 dumbo3k: I do find it fascinating that no one has declared any  Ambitions yet for the chapter
 Bartlebad:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 Nigouki: Ambitions? In THIS economy!?
 tyrsredritehand:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 Lysander_salamander: hello everyone
 dumbo3k: Woo! battles!
 SymphonySolstice: fight! fight! fight!
Zenergy142: Mmm the spicy orange cubes
 RatherLargeToad: the Mentos tax
 dumbo3k: Battles are fun
Zenergy142: Aggressor controls EVERYTHING
Zenergy142: Get punching or get punched
 dumbo3k: surpassed and SEIZED
 Sorator13: Sir Who?
Zenergy142: Indeed
Zenergy142: He is Seized
Zenergy142: Yes
 dumbo3k: you can still surpass
 fjordsword: he seizes it, and it's automatically claimed for next round
Zenergy142: Ben can surpass the lead card
 dumbo3k: everyone is playing against the Lead card
Zenergy142: You always play against the lead card
Zenergy142: Ian just has the initiative Locked In for next Trick
Zenergy142: And the gate
Zenergy142: Yeah
 StageMgrRob:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 dumbo3k: huh, never found that in my playthroughs. very handy
Zenergy142: The name Paul, is actually more speaking about the Story Arcs that unfold as the space opera progresses
Zenergy142: It's much clearer in the campaign expansion
   LoadingReadyRun:  Is the guy on Populist Demand the guy from Getting Over it?
Zenergy142: Wait, you can play the extra card to seize WHENEVER
 dumbo3k: dangit, now i really want to play this game, but my brother just left today >.<
Zenergy142: Only if it hasn't already been seized or you don't have it
frank_the_great:  Happy Partner anniversary!
Zenergy142: Sorry for all the back seating, theis game has Capital R Rules
 StageMgrRob: is anyone else getting brief flashes of the "Going Online" screen?
 dumbo3k: and the 7 can't seize if the Initiative has already been seized this turn
frank_the_great: I got an ad for a toilet paper dispenser, like the kind offices have, for offices
 Mattmitchell45: @frank_the_great Live large
 dumbo3k: @Zenergy142 Yeah, I love this game, but it is definitely capital R rules game
frank_the_great: @Mattmitchell45  
Zenergy142: @loadingreadyrun yeah that's Bennet Foody dude
 DeChunkandFriends: Damaged ships also don't count for the target icon on the red and orange dice.
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 BorealMage: @stagemgrrob not here
 Sorator13:  
Zenergy142: Aggressor controls everything
Zenergy142: In combat
 Mattmitchell45: The first time some Provokes Outrage by Raiding a City too hard is always surprising
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 dumbo3k: @Zenergy142 correct me if I'm wrong, but Trophies and Captives only get returned if that ambition gets scored, right?
 SkylerRingtail: There is no consent in warfare
Zenergy142: That is correct
 Mattmitchell45: @dumbo3k Correct
 SymphonySolstice: You Don't Get  A Chioce.
Zenergy142: Oy trophies will be returned
 SymphonySolstice: Choice even
Zenergy142: Only
Zenergy142: Captives will stay caltive
Zenergy142: Captive
 saucemaster5000: ooo I got a copy of this over the holidays, got to play it early thanks to a friend getting it early, it's a cool game!
 DeChunkandFriends: Correct, Dumbo3k. Things are only given back when scored.
Zenergy142: Sometimes you just have to declare tyrant, even though you can't win it, so you can get your ships back
   LoadingReadyRun: trophy's and captives are returned whenn/if that ambition is scroed, right?
Zenergy142: Yes Sir Paul Sir
 Mattmitchell45: @LoadingReadyRun Yes, even if you didn't 1st or 2nd place it, everyone sends them back
 Heckhoundbolt: Zenergy142 the resident expert
Zenergy142: (I have played this game too much and have MTG level brain worms about it and the rules)
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Zenergy142: No problem
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 Mattmitchell45: @Zenergy142 Can I hit you up in the Discord for Campaign rules questions? 😅
Zenergy142: I'm at work so I can only read chat a bit, so having them ask audibly or better if a question is immediately
Zenergy142: @mattmitchell45 I have sadly played 0 games of the campaign
Zenergy142: But we'll over 100 of the base game and Leaders and Lore
 Mattmitchell45: woah
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Zenergy142: I think about Arcs every day
 Rourke9: Oh wow I'm SO happy to see you all playing ARCS! Really hoping for an Oath long game at some point
kusinohki: meows
 Jadaris:  Happy Partner anniversary!
   LoadingReadyRun: Is there a multigame campaign mode?
 Rourke9: ARCS and Oath just get my game designer wheels turning
Zenergy142: Indeed
Zenergy142: There is an expansion
   LoadingReadyRun: neat!
Zenergy142: I think Ben said he got it
 Rourke9: @LoadingReadyRun There is! For this, and for Oath
 Mattmitchell45: @LoadingReadyRun 3 games, with evolving factions
Zenergy142: You'd have to ask him
 CosmicDuctTape: @LoadingReadyRun There is! The Blighted Reach expansion is a 3 game mini campaign
 fjordsword: "Ah, that's interesting" ... something you never want to hear an opponent say
 Heckhoundbolt: Its not that long for a legacy game, but it also does not destroy component and is very replayable
 SymphonySolstice: ominous
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Zenergy142: When I asked him in Vegas he said he got it
 CosmicDuctTape: and Oath is an honourary "long game"
theneatestburrito: Played Twilight Imperium this weekend and now I really want to try out Arcs!
 Rourke9: @LoadingReadyRun ARCS was originally designed to be a three game campaign, and during development was split into the basic box and the expansion which adds the campaign
 dumbo3k: huh, I only just realized that the card number matches the ambition icon's number, so there is two ways to identify which ambition it would declare
 Mattmitchell45: The ARCS expansion is almost a game that plays on top of the existing game system, but for many factions, Victory Points aren't the main focus
 Mattmitchell45: @dumbo3k Now I never noticed that
Zenergy142: @theneatestburrito this is, in my opinion, the better of those two games by a Far Margin
 Rourke9: @Rourke9 Oath, on the other hand, was designed to be a ground-up legacy game rather than putting a legacy game on an existing system like Risk or Ticket to Ride
theneatestburrito: that's what I'm imagining, too. And I had a great time with TI @Zenergy142
Zenergy142: I don't doubt that
Zenergy142: I had a good time with it oo
Zenergy142: Too
 CosmicDuctTape: Oath sings with repeated gameplay with the same group (so the metanarrative history can develop)
 dumbo3k: @CosmicDuctTape sounds like it could be good for a Long Game stream
 saucemaster5000: Oath was Cole Wehrle going full psychadelic mode, this is him dialing it back and focusing on a solid game (with campaign treats if you want em)
 Rourke9: Yeah, though you can play with different people if you need
 Rourke9: @dumbo3k Oath is my dream Long Game to watch
Zenergy142: A little silly
Zenergy142: It passes to the next person if you need to skip
 CosmicDuctTape: @saucemaster5000 it'll be fun to see how the Oath expansion applies some of the lessons from Arcs back onto Oath
 Rourke9: yeah I love how Oath and Arcs are in conversation with each other
 dumbo3k: The court cards have the same Key icons that determine how difficult they are to steal during a raid
Zenergy142: Only if you score the ambitious
Zenergy142: Damn, now I wanna play Arcs
 CosmicDuctTape: @Rourke9 gotta factor Root into that conversation as well
Zenergy142: I'm Joonsing
 dumbo3k: @Zenergy142 yeah, me too >.<
 Getter404: Triple pipped up on a Wednesday night
Zenergy142: The official Table Top Sim port is good
 Rourke9: @CosmicDuctTape yeah absolutely, and even his games before Root. I feel like these two are more directly contrasting though in how they deal with legacy systems and historical narratives
 CosmicDuctTape: @Rourke9 true true
 dumbo3k: I'm pretty sure more than one Ambition marker can be put on the same ambition, right?
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k correct
 Mattmitchell45: @Zenergy142 I hadn't heard about that. I wish more board games had good digital. I'd buy them both ways
 Sorator13: they're ships in space, yes
 PMAvers: Space Boat: Port to Port
Zenergy142: It's a free TTS mod published by Leadr
 RockPusher: Starships are submarines
 DeChunkandFriends: It's like that anime Yamato, the boat that is a space ship
 HadesLeprechaun: RMS Titanic, from Doctor Who!
Zenergy142: Remember to keep trophies as trophies please
 JadedCynic: remember "Space Is An Ocean" is a trope...except when the story needs the "Space is the Sky" trope for like WW2 dogfights for combat
kusinohki: "what if - a submarine was  in space?" - XKCD
Zenergy142: Cori has got this Locked In
Zenergy142: Nice job Cori
ClaytonClayDavis: Oh frig, I love Arcs 
 DeChunkandFriends: Initiative stays with whoever had it at the end of the previous chapter.
Zenergy142: This game is a Trench
Zenergy142: DUDE COMPETITIVE ARCS RULES
 Mattmitchell45: They were not prepared how competitive it got
 CosmicDuctTape: Competitive Arcs was going as before the physical version was even out
 RockPusher: JadedCynic little ships, space is the sky and you get dogfights, big ships, space is and ocean and you get big old cannon broadsides
 danielOut: the first thing our play group wanted to do after finishing our first game was run it back because we had that strong urge.
Zenergy142: Remember every hand is a bad hand James!
 Mattmitchell45: It's very cutthroat
 Heckhoundbolt: it should be noted. The mini campaign of Arcs recommends that you play at least one game of Arcs
 HadesLeprechaun: I (personally) feel like I would get frustrated by the strategic card play and action choice being undermined by very random dice-rolling combat
Zenergy142: Also, two player Arcs ends with concession quite often
 CosmicDuctTape: 2p is aggressive, but aggressive in a different way than other player counts are aggressive. What I'm saying is that Arcs is aggressive (same hat, Ian)
 SkylerRingtail: Gotta stop the colonizers before they set up shop. Spirit Island taught us that
 DeChunkandFriends: That's... a surprising roll for those dice.
 Getter404: Release the Weenie Fleet
ClaytonClayDavis: What a stand! hahaha
Koretex_: also if they are both damaged they cant intercept
Zenergy142: @hadesleprechaun a lot of the downside of the randomness is offset by how much control you have over the rest of combat
 CosmicDuctTape: @DeChunkandFriends that absolute pain of rolling blanks on Assault dice is real
 dumbo3k: @Koretex_ Oooh true, true, which makes teh red dice more tempting
Zenergy142: And the risk reward of the spokier dice is a really fun decision tree
Zenergy142: *spookier
 DeChunkandFriends: @CosmicDuctTape Rolling no keys on them and blowing up a city by accident sucks as well.
 HadesLeprechaun: @Zenergy142 perhaps! Fortunately a bit moot because I don't intend to ever play competitive Arcs, lol
   LoadingReadyRun: I do like the dice choosing mechanic. Feels a bit like Dice Throne or Dice Forge
 Bruceski: The dice choosing adds an element of "well I asked for this" to bad luck.
RrKonu: no its before move
Koretex_: dice system is def one of the best parts are arcs imo
 Bruceski: Whether you play it safe or not
 Mattmitchell45: @LoadingReadyRun Also any chance to call the person blasting space lasers at you a "coward"
 Twilight_Spark: I love the #Spacing Guild #Ad.
kusinohki: played Eclipse last Sat and I had the ultimate glass cannon fighters with the red dice Ion cannons (?) that hit for 4 damage and a +2 computer but only standard hull so 1 hit would take them out.  never built a bigger ship...
Zenergy142: Remember, if and a player are tied for control, no one controls it and you can catapult through
Zenergy142: If * you
   LoadingReadyRun: James "Peer Pressure" Turner
 dumbo3k: oh boy
Zenergy142: HE'S GOING FOR YHE HABENERO DICE
 Rourke9: dice choosing is very elegant
 dumbo3k: that is going to hurt
 CosmicDuctTape: i n t e r c e p t i o n
Zenergy142: You it get intercepted once
 Bruceski: James is gonna attack and pick all blues and the table's gonna flip.
Zenergy142: You only get intercepted once
 Heckhoundbolt: ouch
 CosmicDuctTape: yes, Ian gets that
Zenergy142: It is
 DeChunkandFriends: Yes, Ian gets it as a trophy
Zenergy142: It's a trophy
 Vilun: good move Ian
 CosmicDuctTape: womp womp
 dumbo3k: ahahaha I was thinking Ian didn't have anything worth stealing
 Heckhoundbolt: oops
 CosmicDuctTape: good job Ben
 RandomTrivia: 
 Mattmitchell45: Question to anyone who has played with the "nicer" components - Does anyone like the rubbery ships?
 Sethalidos:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 CosmicDuctTape: the risk Ben took was calculated
ClaytonClayDavis: monkaS
 Dog_of_Myth: You get nothing, good day sir!
 RandomTrivia: 
 Bruceski: Ben stole Ian's nothing, so now Ian doesn't have nothing and must have something?
Zenergy142: I think the rubbery ships are worse than the wood ones
 dumbo3k: @CosmicDuctTape but he sure is bad at maths
RrKonu: @Zenergy142 100%
Zenergy142: The wood ones sit on their side nicer for damages pueces
ClaytonClayDavis: Space whale 
 sithenin: Since the attacker chooses where hits go, could Ben have killed one of Ian's whips with that 2 damage instead of wounding 2
 CosmicDuctTape: Space whale
 Mattmitchell45: Agree, I just wondered if anyone felt strongly about them
 Getter404: James, constantly Gatekeeping... wait what
Zenergy142: Strong card James
 spethycakes: Yes, My Gatekeeper
 CosmicDuctTape: the Kyle Ferrin Brand Space Whale
 Twilight_Spark: Excellent art, my Gatekeeper.
Zenergy142: "free" that effect RULES
Zenergy142: Don't pitch that lightly
 Twilight_Spark: 
 Getter404: With some sort of Space Belly Rub
 Twilight_Spark: Lick the space whale (w/ consent)
 CosmicDuctTape: I mean, Gatekeepers is Fuel coded, so space krill may not be far off
 dumbo3k: just all the Guild cards, not the Vox cards
 Mattmitchell45: @Zenergy142 In the campaign, there is a card that lets you build cities in gates. Can truly become a Gatekeeper
 betweenmyself: feed them some space Krill (before they become the Hive)
Zenergy142: Yeah that's in Leaders and Lore as well @mattmitchell45
Zenergy142: Stronk
ClaytonClayDavis: Keep that strength FeelsStrongMan
 CosmicDuctTape: Declare, and keep your 5, 6, or 7
kusinohki: I forget what book it was where humans played music for space whales to do interstellar travel...
 itira:  Happy Partner anniversary!
Zenergy142: @cosmicducttape can't declare on a 7
Zenergy142: They don't have the declare symbol
 dumbo3k: @Zenergy142 Aren't 7's a wildcard for declaring ambitions? they have a ? symbol
Zenergy142: And the 1s declare for anything
 CosmicDuctTape: @Zenergy142 yes you can, 7s are wild, 1s have no symbol
Zenergy142: Oh frick
 Rourke9: a friend of mine just came out with a space whale book and I'm thrilled
Zenergy142: I mixed up the 1s and 7s
 Mattmitchell45: @Rourke9 Cool beans
Zenergy142: Noooooooo
Zenergy142: I've discredited myself by being wrong on the Internet
 dumbo3k: yeah, declaring ambition on a 1 doesn't really affect anyone else being able to surpass, whereas declaring on a 7 would allow more people to surpass
Zenergy142: DANG
Zenergy142: You are correct my good friend
 sithenin: Rules question for anyone that knows. Do you have to damage ships first, or can you use 2 hits to kill if going for trophies?
Zenergy142: You can assign damage as you wish
 dumbo3k: @sithenin aggressor decides where the damage goes
 Getter404: Oooh that's some Dakka
Zenergy142: Which means, yes, you can kill a ship if you have 2 damage
Zenergy142: And the ship is Ready
Zenergy142: Cities
 sithenin: Thanks
 CosmicDuctTape: Cities cause outrage, Spaceports don't
Zenergy142: Oy cities
 Bruceski: Oh, part of the damaged base side is black! I was wondering how that triangle flipped into a hexagon.
 dumbo3k: things blow up at space ports all the time
stupidforgames: I mean, it work gets blown up, you get the day off, right?
theneatestburrito: spaceports are valid military targets according to the reigning sociopolitical paradigm
 CosmicDuctTape: and insta sieze the conch!
kusinohki: any space port in a space storm
Zenergy142: There is a different between bombing a planet from orbit and taking out a space station
Zenergy142: The marker has to be available
Zenergy142: He cant
Zenergy142: Or am I crazy again
 KeytarCat: "When you blow up a city, bad things happen!"
Zenergy142: I might be crazy again
 dumbo3k: I'm pretty sure Populist Demand allows him to declare any ambition, explicitly
Zenergy142: I think you're correct actually
Ratosai: There were two markers available (the orange 4 and the blue 3), so he can declare any ambition with the 4
 dumbo3k: but yeah, if 3 ambitions have already been declared, there is no more declaring of ambitions
Zenergy142: Ah yes
Ratosai: ^
Zenergy142: You'd think with this much okay time.id have these rules locked in
 Getter404: Just heard that in the Conan O'Brien voice. "UMLER: Seeeecreeeeets"
Ratosai: "...in the yeeeeaaaar two-thooooousaaaaannndd..."
 Getter404: And now to go hide in the Shame Corner for the next 20 minutes for that name typo
 dumbo3k: uh oh, Horner's Death Fleets are moving!
 dumbo3k: Paul! Only Chat is allowed to Back Seat!
Zenergy142: James said it's his turn with the initiative
Zenergy142: Yeah Paul, you're gonna leave us out of a Job
Zenergy142: Yes you can
Zenergy142: You have to tax a City not a system
 dumbo3k: If you have two cities on that spot, you can then tax it with two actions
kusinohki: paul should do "football commentary" including drawing on the screen of what play should have happened...
Zenergy142: Yeah what @dumbo3k  said
Zenergy142: Remember James, you control.those Gates
Zenergy142: Get in there and show Ian who's boss
 dumbo3k: oh yeah, that is another big thing, if a rival taxes your city, you can't tax it yourself this turn
 HadesLeprechaun: taxing more than once leads to riots, dont want that
Zenergy142: Is that true? @dumbo3k I don't remember reading that
   LoadingReadyRun: @kusinohki If you want commentary, the 2024 Canadian Highlander Championship is on Sunday!
 dumbo3k: @Zenergy142 Yeah, I remember reading that a City can only be taxed once per turn, regardless of who taxes that city
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k but a turn would be an individual player turn
Zenergy142: I think your misremembering
Zenergy142: Yeah
   LoadingReadyRun: @dumbo3k "we already payed taxes" "Not to me you didn't"
Zenergy142: You can absolutely tax a City another player has taxed
 CosmicDuctTape: Chapter -> Round -> Turn
kusinohki: I just want board games to get popular enough to warrant commentary...
Zenergy142: Oh The James Armada!
Zenergy142: Get in the Red Zone
 HadesLeprechaun: @kusinohki we can be the change we want to see in the world
Zenergy142: (and role.the blue dice please for the love of God)
Zenergy142: Yeah
file_maker: @kusinohki there would have to be a *lot* fewer of them
 CosmicDuctTape: Weapons are the weird outlier for resources
 dumbo3k: @Zenergy142 mmk, I think I know where my brain went kerflunky, it mashed together Round and Turn in my brain
Zenergy142: The Weapon Resource is weird. It essentially adds the word "battle" to a card for your turn
 ThePixelSavage: There are several world championships for board games with commentary. Settlers of Catan being one of the more popular ones @kusinohki
 Mattmitchell45: It might have already been said, but if you Tax a Rival's City (and you have the control to do so), you get one of their agents
kusinohki: wtf - twitch just crashed on me or something.  got kicked off the stream and back to the main menu...
Zenergy142: You can't seize with the 7
file_maker: @ThePixelSavage Space Cats Peace Turtles does a ton of good Twilight Imperium content
 Heckhoundbolt: how can he catapult, he lacks control of the sector
Zenergy142: If they already seized
 Sorator13: @Zenergy142 that's why Ian played an extra card to seize, yes
Zenergy142: @heckhoundbolt but no one controlled the sector
Zenergy142: Neutral sectors can be catapult through
 Heckhoundbolt: ben had more fresh ships
Zenergy142: He ended there tho right?
 Vilun: why does everyone but James have 2 spaceports?
 Heckhoundbolt: he moved from yellow 6 to void 4
 CosmicDuctTape: @Vilun presumably because they've been building while James hasn't
kusinohki: are there different tiers of catan championships?  like base catan.  cities and knights.  seafarers??  or do they play different expansions in different rounds??
 DeChunkandFriends: You can only roll 6 dice maximum, no matter what else
Zenergy142: @heckhoundbolt oh you right
Zenergy142: Well they can't back up now
Zenergy142: Oopsie
 Mattmitchell45: I also thought a bit of Warhammer roll checks last time I played
 Twilight_Spark: 
Zenergy142: Anyway gamers, work's gonna heat up for the evening and my breaks are all done. It's been great hanging out and chatting
 dumbo3k: I'm rereading the rules and all I see is no more than 6 dice of a type, so can't have 7 red or blue dice
Zenergy142: If you have a chance to play this game, play it
 Mattmitchell45: @Zenergy142 Have a nice night
Zenergy142: Have a lovely night, be kind to one another
Ratosai: It's possible to roll 15 dice. Probably won't happen, but it's possible.
 Dog_of_Myth: @Zenergy142 Thanks for the rules help and have a good rest of your night.
 Heckhoundbolt: see ya Zenergy
 dumbo3k: Damaged Ships can't Intercept
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k ah, well TIL
 Twilight_Spark: That man knows jizz.
 Sorator13: omg I love him
 dumbo3k: Yeah, 1 dice per attacking ship, no more than 6 of any one type, and can only take Raid dice if there is a defending city there, or the defender has no cities left on the board
 HadesLeprechaun: Hey I think I fought them in Everhood
 dumbo3k: you can also choose to take less dice than the number of ships you have
 DeChunkandFriends: You can claim the same ambition multiple times a chapter, so you could make one ambition worth 12 points if you want.
 CosmicDuctTape: how dare James Turner of all people steal the Mining Interest
 Mattmitchell45: I'm surprised we don't have any Tycoons yet. I'm often a Daniel Planeview Oil Man type player, myself
 CosmicDuctTape: Time for James to fall into a (Black) hole
 CosmicDuctTape: passed to the left
 DeChunkandFriends: To the next player, Ben
 Twilight_Spark: Next player counter-clockwise I think?
 Twilight_Spark: Oh, clockwise. Well whatever.
 dumbo3k: On a tie for first place, all tied players get second place. On a tie for second place, the tied players do not place and gain no Power.
NonMint: God this is game is a masterpiece.
 dumbo3k: Your stockpile has key symbols
stupidforgames: may as well spend from the 1 key symbol slot
 MaladyDark: 
   LoadingReadyRun: Space Whale burps: *5 spaceships come out*
 TheDevil_Risen:  Happy Partner anniversary!
NonMint: 
 CosmicDuctTape: @LoadingReadyRun incredible imagery, Paul
NonMint: Now for the best phase: ADMIN
 Orxolon: *kid voice* but i don' wanaaaaaaa
 dumbo3k: I usually watch AFK as second monitor content, something I can glance at and listen to while doing something else, but this game has me riveted as main screen content
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k big same, but I mean yeah, it's Arcs
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 ThePixelSavage:  Happy Partner anniversary!
coriolis_storm: Hey chat! When is the Aetherace PPR?
 ThePixelSavage: James will now retire champion
 Dog_of_Myth: !ppr
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   LoadingReadyRun: @dumbo3k @CosmicDuctTape good to hear!
 HadesLeprechaun: go all in on one ambition, get someone 15 points
coriolis_storm: TY @dog_of_myth !
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 ThePixelSavage: what is the name of the artist who did the art for this game. it looks awesomely oldschool sci-fi
 CosmicDuctTape: @ThePixelSavage Kyle Ferrin
 ThePixelSavage: thank you
Papperslappen: Galactic Bards have the best card art
 Sethalidos: so Ben has David Bowie?
 betweenmyself: Go, Lactic Bard! 
 TheDevil_Risen: ok who just imagined ben riding on a mage hand too?
   LoadingReadyRun:  Galactic Bard aka Oozy Osbourne
 CosmicDuctTape: Paul. How dare you. Incredible. INCREDIBLE.
 Sethalidos: well played, Paul. Well played
 ThePixelSavage: @LoadingReadyRun *slow clap*
 KeytarCat: Do a barrel roll!
 Twilight_Spark: I think it means its sails are caught.
 ThePixelSavage: @KeytarCat *adjusts glasses* you mean a aileron roll? 
 Diabore: james on the "kill me coward" plan
 HadesLeprechaun: he HAS been through it, but also, he's still your main threat still being in second place, lol
   LoadingReadyRun: anyone have other Ooze/Slime singers?
 dumbo3k: Planetary Defense guns
 PMAvers: I mean, we've seen what happens when DS9 gets attacked.
 betweenmyself: Sticky Martin? 
kusinohki: montley crud was the best I could come up with, but i'm not happy about it...
 Sorator13: well, a fire breaks out on your ship; that doesn't have to be caused by enemy ships 
 DeChunkandFriends: Remember, it only goes into outrage if you destroy the city, not the spaceport.
 dumbo3k: destroyed cities and space ports are trophies IIRC
 CosmicDuctTape: @LoadingReadyRun "Weird Al" Yangoovic
 CosmicDuctTape: yes, a destroyed building is a trophy
 DeChunkandFriends: You get a finger wag from the guild
 Twilight_Spark: It hits ships first and then buildings I think.
 SymphonySolstice: The Goobie Brothers
kusinohki: *smacks forehead*  goo goo dolls is right there...
   LoadingReadyRun: @kusinohki 
 betweenmyself: @loadingreadyrun Wayne Non-Newtonian Fluid?
Papperslappen: Ozzy Osmosisborne
 dumbo3k: @LoadingReadyRun The Ooze Brothers (Blues Brothers)
 Twilight_Spark: Intercept not that dangerous I guess.
 ThePixelSavage: what is the bar that goes from 1 to 50 at the bottom of the board for?
  Juliamon: Papperslappen Oozy
 CosmicDuctTape: @ThePixelSavage keeping score when you're not streaming
kusinohki: score track I'm guessing
 ThePixelSavage: ah ok
   LoadingReadyRun: @ThePixelSavage player score, we're using the overlay, though
 ThePixelSavage: thank you all
 SymphonySolstice: oh oh, Oozric Tentacles
 betweenmyself: noted 90s band S(ub)lime
 KeytarCat: Thank Goo Scientist
 Heckhoundbolt: but... they were both intercepts though
 Getter404: Truly the most majestic of j<at>z wailers
kusinohki: looks like there's a +50 and +100 space too...  I thought the game ended at 27 pts or something??
 CosmicDuctTape: @kusinohki that comes into play in Blighted Reach campaigns
 DeChunkandFriends: I've seen people surpass with a 1 and take the initiative.
Papperslappen: This game is so good. The base game is great and then it gets even better with the leaders and lore cards and then there is the whole campaign expansion
Papperslappen: You know shit is getting real when the red dice comes out
 Sorator13: @Papperslappen we *started* with the red dice 
 dumbo3k: Also you can be kind of trollish by killing your enemy's ships, but then never scoring warlord
   LoadingReadyRun: @dumbo3k so you just keep all their ships?
 dumbo3k: @LoadingReadyRun yep, until Warlord finally gets scored
 dumbo3k: @LoadingReadyRun same with agents/captives and Tyrant
Papperslappen: Killing ships is fun just for the sake of it and also for gaining control over gates and systems
 betweenmyself: Oozy Singers: new from Nickelodeon, Igak Hayes!
 dumbo3k: All trophies are worth the same amount
 Twilight_Spark: How many of Ian's ships are on people's boards by this point? xD
 jessicaengle:  Happy Partnerversary!
 jessicaengle:   
 HadesLeprechaun: we're learning!
 jessicaengle: Sometimes forward, sometimes learning?
 HadesLeprechaun: oh, I couldn't hear it at all, lol
   LoadingReadyRun: I guess the music is a little quiet, don't want it to be distracting
epsilon_vee: This music is a little less anxiety-inducing than it was a little earlier 
 dumbo3k: all your cities placed, or taken as trophies
 CosmicDuctTape: did Cori build from a prelude, is she actually copying, or did she mean "repair" when she said "build"?
 CosmicDuctTape: Ho Chi Minh City!
 dumbo3k: Destroying a city does let you secure a card that the defender had influence markers on
 Quaseymoto: Go for Risk Legacy in the long game
frank_the_great: Have y'all played Axis and Allies? It's like adult Risk
 jessicaengle: This knowledge explains something about James.
 betweenmyself: Who still plays risk in 2025?  People who started a game back in 2023 
 Twilight_Spark: Does Outrage clean at the end of every chapter?
 SymphonySolstice: jesus
 CosmicDuctTape: @Twilight_Spark quite the contrary, outrage lasts for the rest of the game
Mai_Andra: hell yeah
 Julian_Rogue: Thats Risky
Mai_Andra: 4D Risk
 Heckhoundbolt: oh goodness
 Twilight_Spark: @CosmicDuctTape Well that seems nuts eh?
 rogerivany: Who won?
 CosmicDuctTape: @Twilight_Spark you're only losing the prelude power, so it's a calculated gamble
 SymphonySolstice: the real risk is someone getting pissed off from having to leave a game of risk on their table
 CosmicDuctTape: I've definitely found the gains from provoking outrage worth it (such as ransacking the court)
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 CosmicDuctTape: *worth it at times
 dumbo3k: @CosmicDuctTape yeah, ransacking the court is huge
 Julian_Rogue: Big ups for the music Paul @LoadingReadyRun
   LoadingReadyRun: The other Risk is stepping on the little plastic pieces in barefeet
Ratosai: Delicious, delicious captives
henrizzle:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 HadesLeprechaun: I think this game looks amazing and I'm probably gonna buy it, but I feel like the one thing it's missing (based on just this playthrough) is like, a politic-ing element, which is one of my favorite parts of something like Twilight Imperium
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k especially when there are Agent-filled court cards and Warlord is in play
 PMAvers: The traditional trading of shots off the bow of the other ship
 dumbo3k: @HadesLeprechaun I mean, that's depends on the players, not the game
 Twilight_Spark: Seems powerful.
 Twilight_Spark: Ben's winning, get him!
 dumbo3k: I've definitely had games of Arcs where we had shifting alliances
 HadesLeprechaun: @dumbo3k kinda, it's mechanically built into TI4
 CosmicDuctTape: well, if Ben gets 4 points in this chapter, the game ends... James just needs to get more points than Ben
 Julian_Rogue: !uptime
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 CosmicDuctTape: time for some classic Cole Wehrle kingmaking!
 dumbo3k: reaching the 27 just ends the game early, before all the chapters are up, not necessarily win, as someone else could still get enough points to have the most
 Vilun: Bards only works if an ambition isn't declared
 Sorator13: 
 jessicaengle:  ?
   LoadingReadyRun: FWIW there are lots of additional mechanics in the base set of the game
 dumbo3k: uh, looking at the rules, you can raid spaceports too
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k correct
 dumbo3k: Raid dice only require a defending building, not just city
 Sorator13: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/BlatantBusyAlfalfaHassaanChop-h6AQlurAhiHaQsSm
 dumbo3k: Outrage! and Ransack!
 Getter404: Outrage, so first you lose points equal to your Bird cards, then your leader gets deposed
 Twilight_Spark:  let 'em cook a sec.
 dumbo3k: Material Cartel is fantastic for Tycoon
 Sorator13: James is now a Material Girl
 dumbo3k: James just wants ships to go Pew Pew and Kaboom
 dumbo3k: Just put all 3 markers on Warlord, whats the worst that could happen?
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 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k explosions
 SymphonySolstice: the alarm sounds like snooooork mimimimi
 CosmicDuctTape: Twitch is making a big deal of it, though
 Twilight_Spark: Now spaceships wives, I'm into.
 jessicaengle:  my Partnerversary!
 Vilun: does James think it's 2026?
 JadedCynic: @Vilun it's January - everyone gets hazy on date calculations 
 Twilight_Spark: He's gumming the wormways!
 calculated_uncertainties: 1000
 dumbo3k: I really appreciate Ben holding his hand far enough forward that we get to see.
 dumbo3k: makes me feel like I'm playing xD
 CosmicDuctTape: and now the game truly begins!
   LoadingReadyRun: We need a thermal camera to show when the player's heads start to heat up
 CosmicDuctTape: non-optimal hands sure do happen in this game
 CosmicDuctTape: the sleeves for my Arcs action deck all say "This is a good card". I did that ironically and as a calm reassurance
 dumbo3k: it is useful to note that Tycoon counts both Material, and Fuel
 JadedCynic: "But, Doctor...I booked Pagliaci."
 JadedCynic: *waves from Commentary Booth*
 RockPusher: "Let's go over to fart-cam and see how the pressure is affecting the players!"
 BITs19_: crapshot idea?
 dumbo3k: how much for a kilo of bard?
 dumbo3k: ransacking is always after causing an outrage
 CosmicDuctTape: or damage both
RrKonu: no control
RrKonu: without ships
RrKonu: yellow city
 Sorator13: that's not what control means, you need a ship there
 dumbo3k: Blue has control of an Ian city, a weapon city in sector 2
 Sorator13: can't return the city you returned, I believe
RrKonu: @Sorator13 correct
 CosmicDuctTape: loyal, but not ruled
 Twilight_Spark: Song of Freedom.
RrKonu: city you control
 Sorator13: Now we're good, yeah
 DeM0nFiRe: 
 NotCainNorAbel: and retire champ
 CosmicDuctTape: welcome to the Arcs swing, James
 SymphonySolstice: the game is good when you're winning
 Bruceski: So does anyone else assume that the existence of Outrage means these cities are all populated by the Woodland creatures?
 CosmicDuctTape: @Bruceski that'd be quite the crossover
 NotCainNorAbel: @Bruceski well I do now. 
 dumbo3k: interesting Choice. Cori playing Kingmaker maybe?
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k Kingmaker? In a Cole Wehrle game?
 Twilight_Spark: The cheese tax, the cheese tax.
 Sorator13: Cori held that grudge for the early raid for a long time, eh?
 CosmicDuctTape: @Sorator13 I was about to say, clearly this is the final extension of their game long petty squabbling
 CosmicDuctTape: and also ending the game a chapter early, true!
 dumbo3k: well, if she had done relics, could've denied James 6 points from that, and probably anyone else, and if he won Tycoon and Warlord, that puts him at 25, not 27
 dumbo3k: Pretty sure the city bonus is only for winning the ambition in first? lemme check my rulebook
 CosmicDuctTape: @dumbo3k you'd be correct
 Sorator13: does Cori get 6 for Warlord second place because of the +2 as well?
RrKonu: GG
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 Sorator13: not that it changes the standings
RrKonu: 
 Sorator13: game seems cool!
 CosmicDuctTape: @Sorator13 not that it changes the standings
 CosmicDuctTape: the Leder booth was cray cray at Gen Con last summer
 Twilight_Spark: He's not even at his full power.
 Getter404: James at merely 10% of his full power
 CosmicDuctTape: gotta keep playing so you know the game well enough to then tack Blighted Reach on top of it all
 CosmicDuctTape: and Leaders & Lore along the way
ClaytonClayDavis: I love it, the dice is great, the leaders and lore cards are great  after playing a few games of it im so tempted to buy the campaign now
 Sorator13: 
ClaytonClayDavis: the expansion IS the game... the base game is just a compromise to get new people into the campaign
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 iris_of_ether: Satisfying thunk
 CosmicDuctTape: The expansion was gonna be the full game, and then the base game was split out
 Getter404: So the core box is "only" the Quick Play mode, as a way to make it affordable
 TheAwkes: It does fit in there!
 PMAvers: The expansion box is that big because there's a organizer in there to keep track of the game state, since stuff carries over between games.
 Getter404: what's friends, Precious?
 CosmicDuctTape: it's only always ever 3 games, Ben!
 danielOut: campaign is 3 games.
 PMAvers: Thankfully the campaign is only 3 games.
ClaytonClayDavis:  GGs
 NotCainNorAbel: 500
 dumbo3k: This was fantastic thanks! Now I need to play this game again
 iris_of_ether: I do like a Qwerp
 CosmicDuctTape: oooooo
 Sorator13: I want y'all to do that so badly
 danielOut: "Cards on the table" see what you did there.
 Twilight_Spark: Short interlude for a few games.
 Getter404: And now, my weekly plea: Arkham tho
EvilBadman: Oh it is? Lol
 Redbassist: Of course
 tehfewl: i just resleeved my Slay the Spire board game
 Lysander_salamander: have a good evening!
 Lysander_salamander: Thanks for playing
 questionablchoices: thanks
  Juliamon: they're cowards
  Juliamon: that combo is *iconic*
 CosmicDuctTape: yay Fu"t!
EvilBadman: Perhaps we just couldn't see the invisible stalker
ClaytonClayDavis: its a good tiiiiiime
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 Redbassist: Honse
 Sorator13: oh, is *that* what Wheeler's joke is about?
 Twilight_Spark: uwu
 Sorator13: Apple, Banana, Calzone
 KeytarCat: Back in the C section
 itira: its canon now 
 Twilight_Spark: Forget the moonbase, this is the mall!
 iris_of_ether:   
 gralamin:  Happy Partner anniversary!
 tehfewl: (it will be horny anyways)
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 SymphonySolstice: dabits
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 Redbassist: Now  that they're gone 
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