INWO Deck: Gaia's Revenge
Do you have a player in your INWO group that always plays
the Gnomes of Zurich? Or, did the Nuclear Power Companies cancel your
action one too many times? Then Gaia's Revenge is for you.
The Deck
Illuminati
Servants of Cthulhu
Groups
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Al Gore
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Anti-Nuclear Activists
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California
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Canada
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CFL-AIO
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Eco-Guerrillas
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Feminists
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France
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International Weather Organization
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Rifkinites
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Robot Sea Monsters
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Underground Newspapers
Resources
- Angel's Feather
- Bigfoot
- Weather Satellite
Plots
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Backlash
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Benefit Concert x 2
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Bribery
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Early Warning
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Emergency Powers
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Giant Kudzu
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Good Polls
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Hat Trick
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Hoax
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Liberal Agenda
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Market Manipulation
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Meteor Strike
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Murphy's Law
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Nuclear Accident
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NWO Chicken in Every Pot
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NWO Fear and Loathing
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NWO Political Correctness x 3
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Save the Whales
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Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know
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Self-Esteem
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Sniper x 2
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Stealing the Plans
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Tidal Wave
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Voodoo Economics
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Goal: Power to the People
Strategy
Lead
Lead with Canada. It should be able to take control of one Green group
every turn on a 10 or less. If another Cthulu player is in the game and
you don't want to risk disasters, lead with the Rifkinites instead. Once
you have some other bonuses out there (Bigfoot, Political Correctness, or
the Anti-Nuclear Activists), both the Rifkinites and Al Gore should be
able to control a Green group every turn on a 10 or less also.
New World Orders
Of course, play a Political Correctness as soon as possible; since you
have three of them you should be able to keep this card in play for most
of the game. The other two, Chicken in Every Pot and Fear and Loathing,
are only marginally useful in and of themselves, but they are blue NWO's
and thus are invaluable for discarding any World Hunger or Energy Crisis
that comes into play.
Disasters
Bring out your resources(using the Servants' token) as quickly as
possible, as well as the International Weather Organization, to protect
your places (France, California and especially Canada) from disasters.
On the other hand, once you have any two of Weather Satellite, Int
Weather Org, and Robot Sea Monsters, start throwing disasters around,
with a +12.
Other Offensive Capabilities
Emergency Powers and Self Esteem are most effective when used on Canada
and France, so that they can use their tokens to power Snipers, with a
total strength of 23 when Political Correctness is out.
Once you have any two of Anti-Nuclear Activists, Rifkinites, and Robot
Sea Monsters,
and either the CFL-AIO or Eco-Guerrillas, you are ready to destroy
Corporate and Science groups directly, starting with the Nuclear Power
Companies.(If you have the Anti-Nuclear Activists, the CFL-AIO has an
effective power of 34 to destroy the NPC's!) Be sure to have the
Undergroud Newspaper aid, so you can draw two plot cards for your efforts.
If someone is playing a Media deck, get the Feminists out quickly and
draw one of their cards every turn, as many Media groups are Liberal.
Role-Playing Tips
This deck is fun to roleplay. You represent the
ultimate eco-terrorists: your goal is to destroy mankind and all his
technology, so that the Earth can survive and flourish without his
mismanagement. Take a look at the woman on the Rifkinites card: This is
YOU! You must Ooze hatred for the Gnomes, anyone playing a corporate
deck, or a computer deck if no corporate opponents are available, since
many computer groups are also science.
George Harnish, who I provided with this deck design before there was an
INWO
Deck of the Week, had this to say about his experience with Gaia's Revenge:
I would have won by the fourth turn, but I wasn't aggressive enough. I
discovered (after I knocked) that I had a +40 to kill the NPCs (which had
Perpetual Motion Machine), so the fifth turn I attacked it three times, and
didn't realize I was one kill/takeover from winning till after I knocked
again. This was enought time for Discordia to win with their special Goal.
I never had the chance to play Political Correctness, either.
I'm quite impressed with the deck, and I will be using it again when the
stars align themselves properly. I like the lean design and "two pronged"
approach (take over green groups or kill corps) and it's defenses. Thanks
very much.
- George Harnish
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