Beginner's Luck PBEM

[Gufnork]

And to Zalek.

[Zalek]

... and to Yoda 2110 too

[jtsisyoda]

2111 to the Roob-ster.

Finally, a second basesite. Oh well, the victory will be that much sweeter.

[Rubin]

The Roob-ster?!? 2111 to the Pirates...

I have NEVER - in any of my games - seen so many rocky squares at a landing site. Base placement is almost predetermined... hmm!

(Edit: If we are able to continue at this pace a little longer... 2120 is not that far away!)

[Gufnork]

Double post

[Gufnork]

That's strange, I see very few rocks. Could be because I haven't landed anywhere yet. But I'm not that lucky either, turns out the island I was going to populate was already populated. Now one of my bases has six base squares. That's annoying.

2111 to Zalek

[Zalek]

2111 to Yoda
I was reading, what you writeing and... I think I am lucky 'cause I have good place near my landsite (note the best, but only little fungus and some rockies) and very brightening future

[jtsisyoda]

2112 to Rubin

"My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." Who wrote that song?

[Rubin]

2112 to Pirates...

[Gufnork]

2112 to Zalek. I'm really starting to wonder if my early switch to planned was a good idea. The inefficiency is painful!

[Zalek]

2112 to Yoda
Gufnork - only Hive should switch to planed , 'cause they are immune to efficienty - they always have 0. Other faction must pay vaery much for this settings.

[jtsisyoda]

2113 to Rubin.

With the Pirates? -3 efficiency. Ouch. How do you have the tech lead vs. Borgs and Uni???

Ed. Early in the game -2 efficiency isn't so bad if your bases are close together and you stick with 50/50 econ/tech. But I mostly agree-- it's not my favorite.

[Rubin]

2113 to Gufnork. (I revealed just two squares this turn... Guess what? One fungus and one rocky!?!)

Zalek, the Borgs can run planned and still have 0 in efficiency - not too bad IMO.

[Gufnork]

I haven't played Pirates much and since I have plenty of cash and managed to trade me Planetary Networks, I figured I'd try. I figured that pumping out colony pods and ignore research would work to begin with.

2113 to Zalek.

[Zalek]

2113 to Yoda