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Last Modified: September 24, 1997
Ralph Melton <ralph+@cs.cmu.edu>
This is a history of the beginning of an online game of Illuminati: New World Order. This history has links that show every card that players had in their hand, and every conspiracy that they remembered to show me. Those links, however, will be private only to me until the game is over.
The players, with links to their decks:
Ralph Melton (ralph@cs.cmu.edu) served as moderator and coordinator for the game. The word I in this document refers to Ralph.
The links for the names of cards look up the cards in Wendell Hicken's Card List Generator.
The game was played by Pittsburgh House Rules, with the additional rule that overlapping cards did not matter, because the position of control arrows was inconvenient for us to look up and to represent textually.
We decided before the game began that we would play to 12 groups for the Basic Goal.
This is the key for understanding power structures:
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( ) : No Action Token | [Foo bar] Card statistics
(*) : Action Token | {Foo bar} Linked Plot or Resource
(*,*): Two Action Tokens | (*,X): Action (*) and Special Action (X)
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Key:
(Borrowed from Wendell Hicken's Card List Generator)
Group Alignments:
C Conservative L Liberal F Fanatic
S Straight W Weird P Peaceful
O Corporate G Government V Violent
X Criminal
Group Attributes:
n Nation m Magic x Church
c Computer s Space r Secret
i Science g Green u Communist
e Media h Huge o Coastal
b Bank
Resource Attributes:
A Artifact G Gadget M Magic
U Unique
Thu, 24 Oct 96 17:10:44 EDT: All players revealed their Illuminati simultaneously:
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Most of the players had decided on their lead puppet without needing to look at their initial plot cards. Even so, each person drew three plots before the lead puppets were revealed.
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Fri, 25 Oct 96 13:52:36 EDT: All players revealed their choices for lead puppets simultaneously:
Fri, 25 Oct 96 15:34:40 EDT: Don Fnordlioni and Thany had picked the same lead puppet. They both set aside their copies of the C.I.A., and selected other lead puppets. These were revealed simultaneously:
There were no conflicts on this second phase of lead puppets.
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All players shuffled their Group decks and then drew six Group cards. Don Fnordlioni and Thany then put their C.I.A. cards back in their deck and re-shuffled, so that they could not draw those C.I.A. cards in their first six Group cards.
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In a live game, we would have decided who went first by rolling dice and proceeding clockwise from there. For this game, we decided the play order by shuffling the list of players using the same script used to shuffle people's decks. I have rewritten all the lists above to correspond to the order of play determined by the shuffling at this time.
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Don Fnordlioni's power structure at the beginning of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Pow 9/9] 1: Mossad ( ) [Pow 2/1, Res 7, VG] 1: 2: 3: 4:
Sat, 26 Oct 96 00:20:30 EDT: Don Fnordlioni drew a Plot card and a Group card. (His hand). He used the special ability of the Mossad to look at his bottom Plot card, but drew the top card.
Don Fnordlioni made an ATO of the Necronomicon ("The Hebrew Edition, of course"), which he linked to the Mossad.
He took action tokens on both groups.
Don Fnordlioni declared an attack by the Mossad to control the B.A.T.F. from his hand. The roll he needed was 4 (Power of the Mossad) +4 (Common alignment of Government) +4 (Common alignment of Violent) -2 (Resistance of the B.A.T.F.) = 10 or less.
No one else interfered, because it was Don Fnordlioni's first turn.
Don Fnordlioni rolled a 6, a success. The Mossad successfully controlled the B.A.T.F.
Don Fnordlioni then knocked, indicating the end of his turn. Play passed to James.
Don Fnordlioni's power structure at the end of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu (*) [Pow 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Pow 4/1, Res 7, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Pow 3, Res 2, VG]
1:
2:
3:
4:
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James' Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: 3: 4:
Sat, 26 Oct 96 12:26:03 EDT: James drew his Plot and Group. (his hand)
Sat, 26 Oct 96 12:26:03 EDT: James then looked at the top three plot cards of his deck with the special ability of the N.S.A.. (His view).
Sat, 26 Oct 96 15:21:29 EDT: James made an automatic takeover of the Nephews of God.
James then knocked. James' power structure at the end of his turn:
Society of Assassins (*) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. (*) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God (*) [Power 1/1, Res 4, CF] 3: 4:
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Thany's power structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( ) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: 2: 3: 2: 3: 4:
Sat, 26 Oct 96 15:27:33 EDT: Thany drew a Plot and a Group. (His hand).
Sat, 26 Oct 96 21:46:09 EDT: Thany made an automatic takeover of the Nuclear Power Companies, off of the Bavarian Illuminati.
Sat, 26 Oct 96 15:27:33 EDT: Thany declared an attack by the Vatican City to control the A.M.A.. The required roll was 4 (Power of the Vatican) +4 (Common alignment of Peaceful) +4 (Common alignment of Conservative) -4 (Resistance of A.M.A.) = 8 or less.
Again, no one could interfere.
Thany rolled an 8, just barely succeeding.
Wed, 30 Oct 96 21:43:31 EDT: Thany knocked; play passed to Jason.
Thany's power structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati (*) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: A.M.A. ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PCi] 1: 2: 2: 3: 2: Nuclear Power Companies (*) [Power 4, Res COi] 3: 4:
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Jason's power structure at the beginning of the turn:
The Network ( ) [Power 8/8] 1: Finland ( ) [Power 2, Res 5, LGcon] 1: 2: 3: 4:
Fri, 1 Nov 96 13:57:43 EST: Jason drew two Plots, because of the special ability of the Network, and a Group. (His hand).
Jason's automatic takeover was England.
Jason then took action tokens, taking two on England because of England's special power.
Jason played Self-Esteem on Finland (powering it with Finland's action token) raising its power to 6.
Jason then played Emergency Powers on England (powering it with one of England's action tokens), raising its power to 6.
Jason then knocked. His power structure at the end of his turn:
The Network (*) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 6, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England ( ,*) [Power 6/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3:
4:
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Glen's power structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( ) [Power 10/10] 1: New York ( ) [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo] 1: 2: 3: 2: 3: 4:
Fri, 1 Nov 96 14:01:25 EST: Glen drew a Plot and a Group. (his hand).
Fri, 1 Nov 96 18:47:51 EST: Glen made an automatic takeover of Japan and took action tokens.
Glen spent his Illuminati action to take the Perpetual Motion Machine, which he linked to the Bavarian Illuminati.
Sun, 3 Nov 96 16:35:35 EST: Glen knocked. His power structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: New York (*) [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo]
1:
2:
3:
2: Japan (*) [Power 6/4, Res 8, PGcon]
1:
2:
3:
3:
4:
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Don Fnordlioni's power structure at the beginning of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu (*) [Pow 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Pow 4/1, Res 7, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Pow 3, Res 2, VG]
1:
2:
3:
4:
Sun, 3 Nov 96 16:35:35 EST: Don Fnordlioni used the special power of the Mossad to take the bottom card from his Plot deck. He then spent the action token of the Servants of Cthulhu to draw another Plot card; he used Mossad again to look at the bottom card and draw that. (his hand)
Don Fnordlioni relinked the Necronomicon to the B.A.T.F.
Don Fnordlioni then drew a Group card.
Mon, 4 Nov 96 15:41:04 EST: Don Fnordlioni made an automatic takeover of the Robot Sea Monsters and took action tokens.
Don Fnordlioni spent the action token of Mossad to move the B.A.T.F. next to the Servants of Cthulhu.
Tue, 5 Nov 96 11:58:51 EST: Don Fnordlioni traded a Plot card from his hand for a Plot card from Glen Barnett. (the trade)
Thu, 7 Nov 96 11:32:24 EST: The Servants of Cthulhu attack to destroy New York, with an agents card. The initial roll is 9 (Power of the Servants) +4 (Cthulhu's bonus to destroy) +4 (bonus due to the Robot Sea Monsters) +10 (Agents card) -7 (power of New York) -10 (New York's proximity to the Bavarian Illuminati) = 10 or less.
They thought Liberty Island was merely a convenient spot to stick their garish monolith. Little did the proud humans know, such a desecration against the Most Holy Mount of the Deep One city below the waves would not, nay, could not go unpunished. Cthulhu's faithful Servants, armed with Robotic Monsters so horrible to be beyond description, will have their revenge.....Meanwhile, across the world, a strangely damp envelope marked "URGENT" is discovered on the doorstep of the Bavarian ambassador to Japan....
Thu, 7 Nov 96 21:18:53 EST: Glen responds to the attack by playing Savings & Loan Scam, powering it with Japan's action token. (his hand). Glen then plays Good Polls on his Government groups in order to bring his Plot hand down to five cards. The Good Polls triples New York's power to 21, reducing the roll to -4 or less.
Japan is behind yet another series of underhand dealings with the local Savings & Loan......the proceeds from which fund some favourable surveys.
Thu, 7 Nov 96 22:11:32 EST: Don Fnordlioni plays a Hoax! on the Good Polls, powering it by spending the action token of the B.A.T.F. (with power 6), and discarding his top undrawn Plot card: NWO: World Hunger.
Upon reading about the stunningly high approval ratings of the Government, the B.A.T.F. are, undoubtedly, pleased. But, just to be on the safe side, they check the veracity of the studies, and discover the embarrassing fact that the entire study was part of one of those famous Stanford sociology experiments. In other words, it was just a Hoax.
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 22:29:35 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly:
In any case, the Deep Ones attack with their original fervor. Should be at a 10 again.By the way, I'm sure Cthulhu would be displeased if anyone aided New York. Very displeased. Of course, I can't speak for him, as we are mere Servants...
Thu, 7 Nov 96 23:14:12 EST: Glen played a Hoax! on Don Fnordlioni's Hoax!, powering it with New York's action token, and discarding his top Plot card, NWO: Bigger Business.
Sat, 9 Nov 96 01:37:26 EST: Thany spent his Illuminati action, bringing the roll up by 10 to a 6 or less. Thany said:
The Bavarian Illuminati (at least a certain faction of it) has been listening to plots and counter-plots from almost every side, all of them seeming to center on one single action. This has frustrated them to no end, and they are finally doing something about it by, more or less, throwing a spanner into the works.<I spend my Illuminati action, adding 10 power to the attack. -4 + 10 = 6 or less. If you don't completely get this, don't worry. When Ralph releases the entire history, you will.>
P.S. You were right, Don. The time for action had come.
Sat, 9 Nov 1996 10:00:46 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni spent the action token of the Robot Sea Monsters to contribute their Global Power of 1, bringing the roll up to 7. He also made a public plea for help:
If anyone else out there (Assassins or Network) would like to see New York go poof, their help is, of course, appreciated. A 50% roll is kind of pathetic, and I'd rather get rid of New York now, before it's Power Satellited and Cyborg Soldiered (I need not remind everyone that the NY Bavarians are nearly halfway to their power goal right now, anyway, and have only taken one turn).
Sat, 9 Nov 96 11:49:13 EST: Don Fnordlioni exposed an Atomic Monster Plot.
"..and in other news, mild earthquakes rocked the Pacific Rim in the early hours of the morning. Only minor collateral damage resulted with no casualties, and local geophysicists were quick to explain that such tremors are quite normal for this time of year. Some residents, however, are quite distressed at the seismological event, citing regional folklore concerning the arrival of a great, lizard-like aquatic monster. Of course, all reputable authorities discount such wild claims...."
Sat, 9 Nov 1996 23:43:59 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni sent the following message to all players:
The Servants of Cthulhu wish to communicate the following warning to fellow Illuminoids:Please, think very carefully before entering in agreements with the Vatican Bavarian Illuminati. I have attempted to forge an alliance with them, but, it turns out, these individuals appear to be fair-weather allies, as they have shown the tendancy to renege on promises. I cite the following correspondence:
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On Thu, 7 Nov 1996 sherlock@ksu.edu wrote:The Bavarian Illuminati watch the battle from afar, watching and waiting for the right time to strike...
<Yep. The NPCs will cancel New York's action when it is used.>
[see original]
---------At the last possible moment, this did not happen, as we can see.
Now, in the Vatican Bavarian's defense, the following is given as the reason for the sudden reversal:
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From sherlock@ksu.edu Sat Nov 9 23:02:31 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 21:12:17 -0600 (CST)
I will NOT. Glen informed me of the double-edge in this attack. I would use the NPCs to aid you, and, to return the favor, you would destroy the then-helpless group. I find my intelligence insulted, in that you insist on acting as though I had not found out about your plan.
[see original]
---------The above statement is only partially true -- we did, in fact, plan on neutralizing the Nuclear Power Companies once they were distracted with altering reality in our favor. The phrase, "to return the favor," is misleading, however, for in the beginning of negotiations, we offered amnesty for the Vatican City, in return for their aid. This amnesty still stands, since the Bavarians did make good on their original promise of aid -- though the aid given was not the aid promised.
(Though, we do applaud the New York Bavarian's skill in manipulating their more hated rivals. Such skill rivals, if not exceeds, our own.)
So, to reiterate: please bear in mind, the Vatican Bavarians may act unpredictably, and promise favors they have no intention of fulfilling, should they believe themselves somehow wronged or slighted. ("Belief" is important here: If we were (unthinkable!) striving for Power for Its Own Sake, we wouldn't consider trading 4 points of power [NPCs] to cripple a rival striving for the same goal by 13 points [NY+Japan] to be much of a "backstabbing.")
In our defense, we have kept all promises, and have told no outright lies, as individuals of our advanced Enlightenment are expected to do.
We still see nothing inherently wrong with the plan, and, truth be told, the Vatican Bavarians seems to have shot themselves in the foot, by attempting to walk the middle of the road in their alliances.
And as a note: We bear the New York Bavarians no ill will for resisting the plan as they did. It was a risk we felt necessary to take, and though initally surprised, we now understand why they acted as they did, and in the end, admire them for it.
Sat, 9 Nov 1996 23:11:12 -0600 (CST): Thany responded to Don Fnordlioni's public message:
*hiss* Indeed. You have effectively used our own words against us. However, be more careful with your words in the future. By admitting my words to be the truth, you have posted a warning against yourself at the same time.
Mon, 11 Nov 96 15:18:56 EST: James Eddleman spent the action tokens of the N.S.A. and the Nephews of God to contribute their Global Power (of 2 and 1, respectively) to the attack. The roll was up to a 10 or less.
After reporting to their Masters the about the techniques they learned in seminars concerning Defocused Temporal Perception and Alternate Universe Physics, the NSA and Nephews of God are ordered to use any and all means to aid in the destruction of the New York cabal. While exposing the Illuminati's involvement in New York will mean no one will benefit from their 'talents' for a long time to come, there must be a good reason...The NSA, knowing they will not being able to convince agents in the government sector to go along with this, call in a few favors from foreign sources. The Nephews of God are all too happy to provide support from their newly acquired International Affairs offices provided by the kind and generous Society.
<Side note: Sorry Glen, no offense, but I've seen NY pumped up too many times to let Bavaria keep control of it.>
Tue, 12 Nov 96 10:32:29 EST: England spends its action token (with a power of 6) in New York's defense, bringing the roll down to a 4 or less.
At about the same time, Glen gave Jason a Plot card. (The gift)
At this point, a speed-play question arose; James proposed to use the Society of Assassins' action to aid the attack, and Thany proposed to use the Nuclear Power Companies to cancel England's action. Thany declared his intent publicly, with the following color text:
Somewhere, a newly-hired Bavarian janitor "accidentally" flips a switch inside a room which only five people have seen. Everywhere else, the world shifts slightly...
Neither player knew of the other's action when they declared their intended actions. Neither action would prevent the other from happening, but they could be considered redundant; either of them would be sufficient to bring the roll up to a 10 or less. After some debate about the right way to handle this; we decided to that we would handle such situations by dicing off to see who would go first, and to allow the other player to retract his action. James rolled a 9, and Thany rolled a 4, so James used the Society of Assassins, and Thany did not use the Nuclear Power Companies.
The Society of Assassins, fearing Global Domination is close at hand (mostly because it wouldn't be their own), devote the remainder of their resources to eradicate the Bavarian command structure in New York.
Fri, 15 Nov 1996 20:47:15 -0600 (CST): Thany commented:
This is cool. The first attack in the game started sometime last week and is winding down now only due to everybody being out of action tokens (no, the NPCs do not have a token, which seems to be a popular misconception) and has made who knows how many conspiracies and sub-conspiracies. The Masters Who Dwell In Shadows are probably pleased. :)
(He was wrong; the NPCs did have an action token.)
Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:15:49 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni responded publicly to Thany's message:
Where/when did the NPCs spend their token?
Remember, you and James the Assassins wanted to both aid the attack against New York -- James won the die roll, so his aid went through first.Are you still cancelling England's token anyway? Making the roll a 17? Of course, this would please Cthulhu's Servants, and I'd hate to talk you out of it (since it provides such a nice deterrant against future resistance).... but it was my understanding that you kept your token, and the attack roll is at an 11.
I don't think this whole thing is just a product of overzealous participation. From where I sit, everyone seems to have a real stake in how this attack turns out, for good or ill. The late Network involvement surprised me, though. Naughty, naughty...
And, just in case there are plot negotiations going on (or any other sort of negotiations to save New York), please, please refrain.
Bavaria's in a great position to declare a win by Turn 2, after all. You who haven't seen my analysis can do the math, but please make sure you remember that Bavaria's at 23 Power as it stands.
Sat, 16 Nov 96 00:23:37 EST: No one was willing to do anything else to affect the attack, so the dice were rolled. The final die roll was 9 (Power of the Servants of Cthulhu) + 4 (Cthulhu's bonus to destroy) + 10 (Agents card for New York) + 4 (Bonus conferred by the Robot Sea Monsters) - (7 (Power of New York) * 3 (Good Polls)) - 10 (New York's proximity to the Illuminati) + 1 (Global Power of the Robot Sea Monsters) +2 (Global Power of the N.S.A.) + 1 (Global Power of the Nephews of God) - 6 (Power of England) + 7 (Global Power of the Society of Assassins) = 11 or less.
Don Fnordlioni rolled the dice: he rolled an 8.
No one modified the die roll.
Mon, 18 Nov 96 11:57:46 EST: Don Fnordlioni drew a Plot card according to the special ability of the Servants of Cthulhu. He used the special ability of Mossad to look at the bottom Plot on his deck before drawing; he chose to draw the top plot instead. (his hand).
Mon, 18 Nov 96 13:48:35 EST: Don Fnordlioni played NWO: Fear and Loathing.
I loathe to play Fear and Loathing, since it'll probably help everyone else more than it'll help me, but it's the least I can do for sucking everyone's tokens away.In an unprecedented move, the President and Congress agreed to temporarily suspend New York's status as statehood. "The long imposition of martial law in the region has impeded the proper collection of taxes," says an unnamed White House source. "We can no longer afford to enforce a Federal presence in the former state. We wish only to protect the well-being of the law-abiding citizenry of neighboring states."
On the security of the New England, and what effects New York's unruly and apparently insane populous might have on neighboring areas, the National Guard has released this terse statement: "All of our units have been removed from the interior of New York, and are now patrolling the borders of the former state. New Yorkers beware -- any attempt to cross the border will be met with lethal force."
The decision to suspend New York from the Union comes after an extended military presence in the wayward state in a vain effort to keep order after last summer's "Plague of Madness" and rioting in the region. Governor Pataki, since his dramatic and horrifying transfiguration, was unavailable for comment.
Close advisors insist his televised metamorphosis into the fish-like being was mere hoax, though our sources in the former New York report Pataki was last seen crawling into the Hudson Bay, where he might "live forever among the splendor and decadence of the Deep Ones, waiting for the return of Great Kutulu."
Recent Gallup and USAToday Polls show New York's tragedy has had strong reverberations throughout the nation, and the world. "Everyone is saying, 'Will whatever happened in New York happen here?'" comments prominent sociologist Dr. Janet Reiks on the poll results. "This whole affair has sparked a resurgance of xenophobia, on par with the attitudes of Medieval times. Strangers are tacitly shunned in the workplace and community, while existing ideological ties are strongly, almost dangersouly reaffirmed..." Dr. Reiks then degenerated into sociological double-talk which presumably only fellow sociologists can understand.
[Ralph, feel free to quote this entire mail back to the list, including the first paragraph.]
Mon, 18 Nov 96 16:21:31 EST: Don Fnordlioni knocked; play passed to James.
Because of the huge number of actions that were spent this turn, I include here the entire public state of the game at the end of Don Fnordlioni's turn:
NWOs in Play:
NWO: Fear and Loathing
Power Structures:
Don Fnordlioni:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Power 2/1, Resistance 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters ( ) [Power 1/1, Resistance 6, Vric]
3: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Power 6, Resistance 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1:
4:
Exposed Plots:
Atomic Monster
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo]
James Eddleman:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7]
1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc]
1:
2:
3:
2: Nephews of God ( ) [Power 1/1, Res 4, CF]
3:
4:
Thany:
Bavarian Illuminati ( ) [Power 10/10]
1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn]
1: A.M.A. ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PCi]
1:
2:
2:
3:
2: Nuclear Power Companies (*) [Power 4, Res COi]
3:
4:
Jason Bostick:
The Network (*) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 6, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England ( , ) [Power 6/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3:
4:
Glen Barnett:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1:
2: Japan ( ) [Power 6/4, Res 8, PGcon]
1:
2:
3:
3:
4:
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James' power structure at the beginning of his turn:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God ( ) [Power 1/1, Res 4, CF] 3: 4:
Mon, 18 Nov 96 16:21:31 ESTJames drew a Plot and a Group. He rolled for the special ability of the Nephews of God; he rolled an 8, so did not draw any extra card for the Nephews of God. (his hand)
Mon, 18 Nov 96 19:03:45 EST: James made an automatic takeover of the Fiendish Fluoridators, off of one of the Society of Assassins' control arrows. He took action tokens.
Tue, 19 Nov 96 17:46:52 EST: James returned a Plot from his hand to the middle of his deck. (the plot).
Wed, 20 Nov 96 21:18:17 EST: James' N.S.A., aided by the Fiendish Fluoridators, attacked to destroy the Nuclear Power Companies. The starting roll is 5 (Power of the N.S.A.) + 8 (Opposite alignment of Government/Corporate, during NWO: Fear and Loathing) + 3 (Global Power of the Fiendish Fluoridators) + 5 (Fiendish Fluoridators' bonus to destroy a Conservative Group) - 4 (Power of the Nuclear Power Companies) - 10 (proximity to the Illuminati group) = 7 or less.
While running routine background checks on new employees of industrial organizations vital to National Security, the N.S.A. detects an influx of Bavarian influence in the Nuclear Power Companies. Of course, this threat cannot go unchallenged. Meanwhile, the Fiendish Fluoridators, who were Fiendishly Fluoridating, are asked to do what comes best to the water supplies of stick-in-the-mud Nuclear Power Companies around the world...
Brought to you by you fiendly neighborhood SoA... (pun intended)
Fri, 22 Nov 96 00:41:48 EST: The Nuclear Power Companies could not cancel the attack from the N.S.A., because a non-Secret group cannot use its special ability against a Secret Group. So instead, the Nuclear Power Companies spent their action in their own defense. That brought the roll down by 4, plus an additional bonus of their permanent power (also 4) because they were spending in their own defense. The roll was now a -1 or less.
The Nuclear Power Companies, after running a routine test on their drinking water supply, further notice that their employee files have been broken in to by someone. While not entirely sure who is moving against them, they still manage to put up some defenses against whoever-it-is.
Sat, 23 Nov 96 13:19:21 EST: The Network spends its action token, bringing the roll back up to a 7 or less.
The Network, upon secret collaboration with the society, devises a way to slip a virus into the computer systems of the Nuclear Power Companies, causing mass chaos in their uranium cooling systems
Mon, 25 Nov 96 17:26:18 EST: James rolled the dice. He rolled a 5, destroying the Nuclear Power Companies.
Tue, 26 Nov 96 17:50:04 EST: James drew a Plot because of the special ability of the Fiendish Fluoridators. (his draw).
He then used the special ability of the N.S.A. to look at the top three Plots of "hmm.... eeny, meeny, miny, mo..." The Network's Plot deck. (his view)
Wed, 27 Nov 96 11:35:06 EST: James knocked; play passes to Thany.
The SoA, after some muscle flexing, decides to allow others a sporting chance at taking over the world.
James' Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Society of Assassins (*) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God (*) [Power 1/1, Res 4, CF] 3: Fiendish Fluoridators ( ) [Power 3/3, Res 5, Friu] 1: 2: 4: Destroyed Groups: Nuclear Power Companies
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Thany's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( ) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: A.M.A. ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PCi] 1: 2: 2: 3: 2: 3: 4:
Thany drew a Plot and a Group. ( his hand).
Thu, 28 Nov 96 02:42:01 EST: Thany made an automatic takeover of OPEC and took action tokens. Thany rolled for OPEC's power for this turn; he rolled an 11, giving OPEC a power of 9 for this turn.
The Bavarians have instructed me to do the following:
1. ATO OPEC from the arrow previously held by the Nukes.
2. Place action tokens (and roll for OPEC's Power).
We... oops (fnord), THEY will wait until the results of that roll until acting further.
Sat, 30 Nov 96 09:49:42 EST: Thany played NWO: Law and Order, increasing the power of Conservative and Straight groups.
As usual, it began quite innocently. An owner of a convienence store in Akron, Ohio, was robbed for the first time in ten years in the business by "two masked, German-sounding youngsters with shotguns", but the police took a full hour to arrive after he called them. His confidence shaken, this citizen complained to City Hall and started a sort of "neighborhood watch for small businesses". A major network landed an interview with him and a Pulitzer nominated story on his struggle against crime. Millions of viewers were moved by this story, and many took up his cause, soon turning it into a nation-wide movement. But it didn't stop there. It didn't take long before the story reached across the ocean and was heard by people with a similar plight who also started the Lookout (as it had been named). Government, not about to be shown up by their citizens, stepped up law enforcement. Stores began to sell window-bars and miniature tasers for use at home, and were quickly sold out. People everywhere installed security systems and monitors in a desperate effort to shelter themselves from the harsh outside world. Combined with the already high amount of worldwide paranoia and the catastrophe of New York, an world of law and order was quickly established.
Sat, 30 Nov 96 10:02:36 EST: Thany's OPEC attempted to control the Fraternal Orders. The roll was 11 (Power of OPEC) + 8 (common alignment of Conservative, magnified due to NWO: fear and Loathing - 5 (Resistance of Fraternal Orders) = 14 or less.
The Fraternal Orders, frustrated at the current price of oil needed for their motor scooters, try to strike a bargain with OPEC directly, who is surprisingly willing to deal. In exchange for favors, that is...
Tue, 3 Dec 96 14:58:31 EST: James played NWO: World Hunger. This brought the roll down to 10 or less, because Thany only got +4 instead of +8 for the common alignment of Conservative.
Out of paranoia grows a feeling of everyone for themseleves... World hunger becomes a factor...
Wed, 4 Dec 96 17:53:13 EST: Thany rolled the dice. He rolled a 9, which was a success.
Wed, 4 Dec 96 21:32:23 EST: Thany plays a Red Scare to reload OPEC's action token.
Even with world tensions being less of what they were, rumour still has it that a "commie plot is being hatched against the free-thinking people yadda yadda yadda". Hearing of this news, OPEC girds itself against the apparent threat.
Thu, 5 Dec 96 15:05:02 EST: Thany knocked.
Thany's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( ) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City (*) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: A.M.A. (*) [Power 5, Res 4, PCi] 1: 2: 2: 3: 2: OPEC (*) [Printed Power 9, Power 11, Res 4, C] 1: Fraternal Orders ( ) [Power 5, Res 5, C] 1: 2: 3: 4:
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Jason's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
The Network ( ) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England ( , ) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3:
4:
James draws two Plots and a Group. ( his hand).
Fri, 6 Dec 96 12:50:51 EST: Jason made an automatic takeover of Russia, off of the Network.
He took action tokens.
Jason spent an action token from England to accept control of Japan from Glen, with Glen's permission.
Fri, 6 Dec 96 15:33:04 EST: Jason played a Blitzkrieg to give an action token to Japan.
After discussing the political and cybernetic Futures of Japan, the Bavarians have graciously given control of them to the Network, who use the worldly influence of england to bring them in rein first, then to transfer them directly to the control of the masters. This move is done so fast that Japan is still ready for another move.
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 16:32:04 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly:
I seem to recall The Network mentioning that they didn't think it was sporting to knock a guy out of the game this early........ implying that that was what we were doing with our attack on New York (which would count for 1 group for my goals). I pointed out that the NY-Bavarians still had Japan.
But now, the Network seems perfectly happy taking Bavaria's last group, which would count for 2 groups for his goals.
hmmmmm........ it appears that more than simple altruism is at work here....
:)
Fri, 06 Dec 1996 15:12:25 -0800: Jason responded to Don Fnordlioni's comment:
Like I said..my help was well paid for..*grins*
Tue, 10 Dec 96 00:44:41 EST: Jason used the second action token of England to move Japan to the Network.
Tue, 10 Dec 96 18:21:53 EST: Jason spent the action tokens from Japan and Finland to buy a Plot card. (his draw)
After this control move, The network uses it's vast variety of resources to inform Japan and Finland to work together and devise a new plan.
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:53:41 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni asked:
Say, how's about an update on how many plot cards everyone has? Rules sez I can ask any time...
(I normally wouldn't ask, because in a physical-presence game, my android eyes would be able to see and count everyone's plot cards.)
Tue, 10 Dec 96 19:03:13 EST: Ralph answered Don Fnordlioni's question publicly:
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:47:52 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented, amidst some discussion of a processing error of Ralph's:
Interesting use of Blitzkrieg, though. Never seen it used like that. (I've usually seen Blitzkrieg as little more than a "move the group you just attacked next to your Illuminati" card).
Wed, 11 Dec 96 19:36:30 EST: Jason played a New Blood on Russia, raising its power to 6.
"With this new plan in hand, Russia gets a bolster from some immigration into their wonderful country."
Thu, 12 Dec 96 17:39:23 EST: Jason knocked. Then, at the beginning of Glen's turn, Jason played Seize the Time!.
(Ralph confirmed all these actions at once, saying "I'm going to confirm this. I'm not sure whether confirming both the knock and the Seize the Time! is abetting speed play or not.")
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Jason's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
The Network ( ) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England ( , ) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia ( ) [Power 4, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4: Japan ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 8, PGcon]
1:
2:
3:
Jason drew no plots and no groups, due to the Seize the Time! (his hand)
Wed, 18 Dec 96 21:06:56 EST: Jason made an automatic takeover of Germany, off of England.
Sun, 5 Jan 97 21:35:12 EST: Jason did nothing during the main phase of his turn. At the request of Don Fnordlioni, he paused during Phase 6.
Mon, 6 Jan 97 10:09:13 EST: Don Fnordlioni plays his Atomic Monster on Japan. The roll is 24 (Power of the Atomic Monster) + 4 (Special ability of the Servants of Cthulhu) + 4 (Special ability of the Robot Sea Monsters) - 4 (Power of Japan) - 10 (Japan's proximity to the Network) = 18 or less. (It would require an 11 or less to destroy Japan.) Japan loses an action token immediately from the playing of the Disaster.
While the Network's minions transport themselves "Out of Time" to plan and plot their moves, they fail to realize they are meddling in the affairs of the more eldrich minions of Cthulhu. Their strange and unnatural experiments with time dilation in Japan inadvertantly summon a most horrid Thing From Beyond. And it's hungry.
[...]
And I hasten to remind everyone that the Network has more groups than any of us (8, counting Finland and Japan twice). This will set him back comfortably to 6. This puts me at 4 groups controlled, and 2 destroyed, basically tying me with him as the leader, and pretty much only one group ahead of the Assassins and the Vatican-Bavarians. This isn't a game-winning move here, by any means. So please don't thwart it :). The Network can easily leap to victory on his next turn if this doesn't work.
Wed, 8 Jan 97 16:58:29 EST: The Atomic Monster hit Japan and the dice were rolled. (Raymond Burr: "Yes, I see.") Don Fnordlioni rolled a 3.
Japan was destroyed. Don Fnordlioni got to draw a Plot card because of the special power of the Servants of Cthulhu. Don Fnordlioni used the special power of the Mossad to draw the bottom card from his deck. (his draw)
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:10:14 -0500 (EST): In response to Ralph's "(Raymond Burr: 'Yes, I see.')" line, Don Fnordlioni said:
BTW, I have no idea what this means. It made me laugh all the same.
Wed, 8 Jan 97 21:17:24 EST: Ralph explained the "Yes, I see" reference:
I haven't seen the film Godzilla myself, but apparently, when it was dubbed into English, there were also added irrelevant clips of Raymond Burr talking, with the common phrase being "Yes, I see." So it was a reference to that bit of Atomic Monster lore.
(Speaking of bad dubbing jobs: did you know that when Mad Max was released in the USA, it was dubbed from Australian into American?)
Thu, 9 Jan 97 15:51:45 EST: Jason knocks.
Jason's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
The Network (*) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland (*) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England (*,* ) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1: Germany (*) [Power 4, Res 3, CGhon]
1:
2:
3:
2:
3: Russia (*) [Power 4, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4:
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Glen's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1:
2:
3:
4:
Glen's Good Polls expired at the beginning of his turn.
Thu, 9 Jan 97 15:51:45 EST: Glen drew a Plot Card and a Group card. (his hand)
Fri, 10 Jan 97 14:38:45 EST: Glen made an automatic takeover of Texas off of the Bavarian Illuminati and takes action tokens.
Fri, 10 Jan 97 15:21:14 EST: Glen's Texas launched an attack to control the Local Police Departments. The roll began at an 8 (Power of Texas) + 4 (Common alignment of Violent) + 4 (Common alignment of Conservative) -4 (Resistance of Local Police Departments) = 12 or less.
Sat, 11 Jan 97 15:17:34 EST: OPEC spent its action (with its power of 11) to defend the Local Police Departments. The roll was now a 1 or less.
The Bavarian members of OPEC, not wanting to make a direct attack against Texas at this time, instead try to strike at them indirectly by cutting off their ties in the police.
Mon, 13 Jan 97 15:03:35 EST: Jason spends one of the action tokens of England to aid the attack with their Global Power of 2. The roll was now a 3 or less.
England, having had nice assistance from the bavarians, decides to assist them in return. Using part of the worldly touch.
Thu, 16 Jan 97 17:12:04 EST: James Eddleman spent the action of the Nephews of God to help the attack, increasing it by their power of 3 to a 6 or less. At the same time, Glen gave James a Group card. (the gift)
"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Texan Cult members getting deputized by the hundreds! Extra! Extra! ..."
Mon, 20 Jan 97 19:02:46 EST: Jason Bostick spent the action token of Germany to add its 4 power to the attack. The roll was a 10 or less.
Germany, having forgiven England and the US for pounding them into the ground, sends over some old Panzer tanks to assist the the takeover.
Tue, 21 Jan 97 18:34:36 EST: Glen rolled the dice. He rolled a 4, successfully controlling the Local Police Departments. Because of the special power of the Local Police Departments, Texas's Power increased by 1, and its Resistance increased by 3.
Thu, 23 Jan 97 19:13:02 EST: Glen spent an Illuminati action to draw a Group card. (his draw)
Fri, 24 Jan 97 15:35:55 EST: Glen knocked, passing play to Don Fnordlioni, and then played a Seize the Time! at the beginning of Don Fnordlioni's turn, powering it with his remaining Bavarian Illuminati action.
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Glen's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas ( ) [Power 9, Resistance 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments [Power 4, Resistance 4, SVC]
2:
3:
2:
3:
4:
Glen drew no Plots and no Groups because of the Seize the Time!
Mon, 27 Jan 97 16:28:28 EST: Glen made an automatic takeover of the Orbital Mind Control Lasers and took action tokens.
Wed, 29 Jan 97 13:17:42 EST: Glen knocked. Play passed to Don Fnordlioni. Glen's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas (*) [Power 9, Resistance 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments (*) [Power 4, Resistance 4, SVC]
2:
3:
2:
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Orbital Mind Control Lasers (*) [UAG]
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Don Fnordlioni's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Power 2/1, Resistance 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters ( ) [Power 1/1, Resistance 6, Vric]
3: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Power 6, Resistance 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1:
4:
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo]
Japan [Power 6, Res 8, Pgcon]
Wed, 29 Jan 97 13:17:42 EST: Don Fnordlioni looked at his bottom Plot with the Mossad (his view), and then chose to draw his top Plot. Don Fnordlioni then drew his top Group card. (his hand)
Thu, 30 Jan 97 01:02:30 EST: Don Fnordlioni made an automatic takeover of the C.I.A. At about the same time, Don Fnordlioni discarded a Car Bomb Plot, and exposed an Atomic Monster Plot.
Cthulhu's misshapen servants in the C.I.A. finally realize the nature of their troubling dreams, and answer the call to action (I'm going to ATO the C.I.A.). Only the ancient, inbred locals whisper of the horrid rituals which took place in the Virginia woods on the night the of the Langley Horror....
Oh, and I'll discard that Car Bomb, too - it's looking pretty worthless, since there aren't any Personalities in play, nor does it look like there will be. And go ahead and expose that Atomic Monster ASAP, as my first action. Since Father Dagon stuffed himself on Japan, we'll naturally be calling up Mother Hydra....
Thu, 30 Jan 97 20:10:48 EST: Don Fnordlioni spent the action of the Servants of Cthulhu to take over Soulburner.
"And though the entire crew of the 'Married Cousins' was either dead or insane when it finally ran ashore in the Phillipines, its strange and horrid cargo was still brought to shore, despite my repeated warnings....
Fri, 31 Jan 97 12:33:38 EST: Don Fnordlioni knocked; play passed to James.
Don Fnordlioni's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad (*) [Power 2/1, Resistance 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters (*) [Power 1/1, Resistance 6, Vric]
3: B.A.T.F. (*) [Power 6, Resistance 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1:
4: C.I.A. (*) [Power 6, Resistance 5, GV]
1:
2:
3:
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo]
Japan [Power 6, Rest 8, PGcon]
Unlinked Resources:
Soulburner [UMG]
Exposed Plots:
Atomic Monster
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James' Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Society of Assassins (*) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God ( ) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF] 3: Fiendish Fluoridators ( ) [Power 3/3, Res 5, Friu] 1: 2: 4: Destroyed Groups: Nuclear Power Companies
Fri, 31 Jan 97 12:33:38 EST: James drew a Plot and a Group. (his draw)
Fri, 31 Jan 97 12:55:07 EST: James rolled for the special ability of the Nephews of God. He rolled a 6, a success; he drew another Group card. (his draw)
Fri, 31 Jan 97 13:06:05 EST: James spent the action token of the Society of Assassins to draw a Plot. (his hand)
Fri, 31 Jan 97 17:02:20 EST: James used the special ability of the N.S.A. to look at his top three plots. (his view)
Mon, 3 Feb 97 13:52:00 EST: James made an automatic takeover of the Libertarians and took action tokens.
Mon, 3 Feb 97 19:07:33 EST: The Libertarians, with their power boosted by a Jihad, with the aid of the N.S.A. and the Nephews of God, attacked to control Jason's Germany.
The special power of the Libertarians ("If the Libertarians are involved in an attack to take control of any group away from a Government group, double the total Power of the attack") applied here, since Germany was controlled by England. It was not clear how "double the total Power of the attack" interacted with the meta-rule of INWO maths:
Many cards change groups' Power or Resistance. When several cards take effect, changes to a specific number come first, then cards that multiply or divide, and then additions or subtractions.
Because the Cards FAQ says that +10 cards should now say "This card may only count once in any given action or defense," Ralph ruled that the Jihad only counted once.
The initial roll was ( 1 (Power of the Libertarians) + 5 (Power of the N.S.A.) + 3 (Power of the Nephews of God) ) * 2 (Special Ability of the Libertarians) + 10 (bonus from Jihad) - 3 (Resistance of Germany) - 4 (Germany's Loyalty to England through the Government alignment) - 5 (One group away from the Network) = 16 or less.
After a recent surge in popularity coinciding with an ambivalence about religion, the Libertarians have decided 'we've seen all we can stand, and we can't stands no more!' Teaming up with a religious group that was on the fringe until the recent upswing in conservative beliefs, they are making an all out attempt to take control of Germany's government. Rumors abound that the Libertarians have even enlisted the aid of the N.S.A. For the rest of that story we turn you over to our reporter in the field. Sarah Vacuum. ... Sarah? ... What happened to Sarah?
Wed, 5 Feb 97 12:35:19 EST: Glen used the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to remove the Government alignment from England. This caused the special ability of the Libertarians not to apply, and removed the loyalty of Germany to England; the roll was then ( 1 (Libertarians Power) + 3 (Nephews of God Power) + 5 (N.S.A. Power) ) + 10 (Jihad) - 3 (Resistance of Germany) -5 (proximity to Illuminati) = 11 or less.
Dateline England. A 5 mile region around Westminster is in turmoil, as most of the population in the area suddenly decide that anarchy is a very good idea. John Major, resplendent in black suspenders and stockings, was asked to comment on the crisis. He said "wibble".
This also had the effect of causing the Emergency Powers on England to be temporarily invalidated; since NWO: World Hunger was in play, England's power dropped to 0, and it therefore lost its action token.
Wed, 5 Feb 97 13:35:34 EST: Jason spent the action tokens of Finland (Power 4) and Russia (Power 4) to defend Germany. The roll was reduced to a 3 or less.
The Finlandians, noting the political disorder going on during the Anarchy in England, decide that their assistance is needed in protecting their brothers to the south. Using old and well known resources, they contact Russia to assist them by sending in troops.
Thu, 6 Feb 97 16:32:35 EST: James plays an Agents card for Germany. This gave a +10 to the attack, for a roll of 13 or less.
Hmmm... Anarchy... nice idea. We must try that...
Chaos reigns in the German establishment today as mail and phone calls were misrouted. The phenomenon started earlier today and still continues. Strangely, we have had no problem contacting Libertarian candidates up for re-election...
Thu, 6 Feb 1997 23:28:57 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly:
Hmm. Neat move.
I've never seen an Agents played at any time other than the beginning of the attack.
Very cunning.
Mon, 10 Feb 97 11:32:42 EST: James rolled the dice. The final roll was a 13 or less. He rolled a 10. No one modified the die roll, so he succeeded in his attack. The Libertarians took control of Germany, raising the power of the Libertarians to 4, the power of Germany, because of the special power of the Libertarians.
Tue, 11 Feb 97 14:51:57 EST: James played a Full Moon, powering it with his Society of Assassins action. This gave action tokens to all of his Fanatic groups: Nephews of God, Libertarians, and Fiendish Fluoridators (which already had an action token).
Wed, 12 Feb 97 12:02:55 EST: James knocked. Play passed to Thany. James's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God (*) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF] 3: Fiendish Fluoridators (**) [Power 3/3, Resistance 5, Friu] 1: 2: 4: Libertarians (*) [Power 4/4, Resistance 4, F] 1: Germany ( ) [Power 4, Resistance 3, CGhon] 1: 2: 3: Destroyed Groups: Nuclear Power Companies
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At the beginning of his turn, Thany rolled for OPEC's power. He rolled a 4, giving OPEC a printed power of 2. Thany's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( ) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City (*) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: A.M.A. (*) [Power 5, Res 4, PCi] 1: 2: 2: 3: 2: OPEC (*) [Printed Power 2, Power 4, Res 4, C] 1: Fraternal Orders ( ) [Power 5, Res 5, C] 1: 2: 3: 4:
Wed, 12 Feb 97 11:59:14 EST: Thany drew a Plot and a Group. ( his hand)
Thu, 13 Feb 97 17:44:00 EST: Thany made an automatic takeover of the Congressional Wives off of the Vatican City, and then took action tokens.
Sat, 15 Feb 97 23:22:57 EST: Thany knocked. Play passed to Jason.
Thany's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati (*) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City (*) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: A.M.A. (*) [Power 5, Res 4, PCi] 1: 2: 2: Congressional Wives (*) [Power 4, Res 4, CS] 1: 3: 2: OPEC (*) [Printed Power 2, Power 4, Res 4, C] 1: Fraternal Orders (*) [Power 5, Res 5, C] 1: 2: 3: 4:
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Jason's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
The Network ( ) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England ( , ) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia ( ) [Power 4, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4:
Sat, 15 Feb 97 23:28:07 EST: Jason drew two Plots, because of the special ability of the Network, and a Group card. (his hand)
Mon, 17 Feb 97 17:25:54 EST: Jason made an automatic takeover of Canada off of the Network.
Tue, 18 Feb 97 11:49:56 EST: Jason played a Power Grab to make an automatic takeover of France off of Canada and took action tokens. Canada received no action token because of the NWO: World Hunger in play.
Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:51:19 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented to the whole list about Jason's Power Grab:
Okay, another target for me. Power 1, Proximity 5, versus an atomic monster of 16+8=24 to devastate, 17 to destroy.
However, I'll presume he's got at least one place-defender in there. Germany is still a more appealing target, since I just looked at DotW #24, and there are no place defenders in the deck at all. Hmm -- 4+5, vs. 16+8= 15 to devastate, 8 to destroy.
I'd like to nail France with the C.I.A., but everyone's hoarding their tokens. Oh well.
Tue, 18 Feb 1997 14:47:15 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni wrote to the entire list:
Hahahahaahahahahahah
Ahem.
I knew I shouldn't have walked away from the terminal for so long, leaving my mail windows all open like that. Now look what's happened. Somebody's gone an spoofed a mail message from me, implicating me in some notorious and extremely unfriendly plans.
Heh.
Oh well.
I'm sure there wasn't anything in there that would surprise anyone, it was just simple math, and some keen observations. Certainly nothing 100% secret that ya'll couldn't have figured out on your own, seeing how the Monster is exposed, and hey, I destroy things. Who woulda thunk it. There's no sin in mere contemplation.Anyway, I'm always open to negotiations to divert my wrath. I believe the Network knows what I want, though I can't think much of what the Assassins have that I would like.
BTW -- Ralph, can I count everyone's plot hands, please? I'm holding 5, with one exposed.
The counts of Plot cards:
Tue, 18 Feb 97 18:01:41 EST: Jason then knocked, because he was required to do so by the Power Grab. Play passed to Glen.
Jason's Power Structure at the end of his turn (including the effect of the NWO: A Thousand Points of Light that Jason played at the beginning of Glen's turn):
The Network (*) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland (*) [Power 6, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England (*,*) [Power 6/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia (*) [Power 6, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4: Canada ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PLGhgon]
1: France (*) [Power 3, Res 5, LGhon]
2:
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Tue, 18 Feb 97 18:01:41 EST: At the beginning of Glen's turn, Jason played NWO: A Thousand Points of Light.
Glen's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn (after the NWO: A Thousand Points of Light:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas (*) [Power 9, Resistance 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments (*) [Power 4, Resistance 4, SVC]
2:
3:
2:
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Orbital Mind Control Lasers ( ) [UAG]
Tue, 18 Feb 97 18:01:41 EST: Glen drew a Plot and a Group. Then, at Tue, 18 Feb 97 21:49:58 EST, he spent the action tokens of Texas and the Local Police Departments to draw another Plot. (his hand)
Wed, 19 Feb 97 23:46:31 EST: Glen made an automatic takeover of Brazil and took action tokens.
Thu, 20 Feb 97 09:04:06 EST: Glen spent an Illuminati action to bring out a Clipper Chip, increasing the Power of Texas and Brazil by 2 each.
Thu, 20 Feb 97 22:21:34 EST: Glen's Bavarian Illuminati, with the aid of Brazil, made a Privileged attack to control California from Glen's hand. The roll was 10 (Power of Bavaria) + 5 (Power of Brazil) - 4 (Resistance of California) = 11 or less.
Using its most special operatives and using techniques which have remained closely guarded secrets, the Temple of the Illuminated Seers of Bavaria, enlisting the aid of its newest slavish puppets, attempt to wrest control of California from the clutches of chaotic freedom.
Fri, 21 Feb 97 16:40:50 EST: Glen rolled the dice, since no one could interfere with his Privileged attack. He rolled a 12. The attack was a failure.
Sat, 22 Feb 97 18:08:30 EST: Glen knocked. He discarded his California card, because he had tried to take over California this turn, and had not been successful. Play passed to Don Fnordlioni.
Glen's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas (*) [Power 11, Resistance 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments (*) [Power 4, Resistance 4, SVC]
2:
3:
2: Brazil ( ) [Power 5, Res 3, Ghon]
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Orbital Mind Control Lasers ( ) [UAG]
Clipper Chip
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Don Fnordlioni's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad (*) [Power 2/1, Resistance 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters (*) [Power 1/1, Resistance 6, Vric]
3: B.A.T.F. (*) [Power 6, Resistance 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1:
4: C.I.A. (*) [Power 6, Resistance 5, GV]
1:
2:
3:
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo]
Japan [Power 6, Rest 8, PGcon]
Unlinked Resources:
Soulburner [UMG]
Exposed Plots:
Atomic Monster
Mon, 24 Feb 97 13:28:43 EST: Don Fnordlioni spent the action tokens of the Robot Sea Monsters, the B.A.T.F., the C.I.A., and the Mossad to draw two Plots off the top of his deck. He then used his regular Plot draw to draw another Plot card, using the Mossad to draw his bottom Plot card. He also drew a Group card as normal. (his hand)
Tue, 25 Feb 97 00:28:16 EST: Don Fnordlioni made an automatic takeover of a Weather Satellite and took action tokens.
Tue, 25 Feb 97 17:11:25 EST: Don Fnordlioni spent his action from the Servants of Cthulhu to take control of Hitler's Brain.
Wed, 26 Feb 97 16:12:55 EST: Don Fnordlioni played his exposed Atomic Monster on France, using an action token of the Weather Satellite action to increase the attack. The roll was 16 (Power of the Atomic Monster) + 4 (Weather Satellite) + 4 (Special ability of Cthulhu) + 4 (special ability of Robot Sea Monsters) - 3 (Power of France) - 5 (One group away from Illuminati) = 20 or less.
"Many magickal orders must wait until the stars are 'right' before unleashing their most powerful effects on the world -- and the Servants of Cthulhu are no different. However, by launching artificial satellites at crucial times, the night sky is temporarily altered, thus forcing the stars to be 'right' when it's most useful....."
Thu, 27 Feb 97 22:41:42 EST: Jason spent all his action tokens--from the Network, from England (both tokens), from Russia, and from Finland--to buy a total of three Plots. (his draws)
Jason now had seven Plots and had to get rid of two immediately.
Sat, 1 Mar 97 01:28:38 EST: Jason returned two Plots from his hand to the top of his Plot deck. He then gave a Plot to Glen in exchange for a Plot from Glen. (the discards and trade)
Sat, 1 Mar 97 10:00:30 EST: Jason played a Secrets Man Was Not Meant To Know, cancelling the Atomic Monster. He discarded the top two Plots of his Plot deck face-down to power the Secrets.
Tue, 4 Mar 97 22:53:44 EST: Don Fnordlioni's B.A.T.F. attacked to control Saddam Hussein. The roll was 6 (Power of the B.A.T.F.) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) +4 (Common alignment of Violent) - 4 (Resistance of Saddam) = 10 or less.
Don Fnordlioni commented:
BTW, Glen, please don't blow the OMCL's token on dropping this roll down. The Lasers will be more useful when The Network tries to declare victory. I'm just trying to salvage SOMETHING out of this turn.
Wed, 5 Mar 97 11:23:26 EST: Don Fnordlioni exposed a Deasil Engine.
Sat, 8 Mar 97 00:48:25 EST: Glen played a Savings & Loan Scam, powering it with the action token of the Local Police Departments. (his draw)
Glen now had seven Plots in his hand, so needed to dispose of two Plots before continuing.
Sun, 9 Mar 97 11:44:17 EST: Glen returned two Plots to his deck, putting one under five cards, and then the other one under eight cards.
Glen then exposed a Forgery card.
Mon, 10 Mar 97 18:46:18 EST: Don Fnordlioni rolled the dice at a 10 or less. He rolled an 8, succeeding in the attack.
Fri, 14 Mar 97 00:36:02 EST: Don Fnordlioni played a Sniper on Saddam Hussein. The roll was a 10 (Power of Sniper) + 4 (Cthulhu bonus) -2 (Power of Saddam) = 12 or less.
Wed, 19 Mar 97 21:33:58 EST: Thany played a Bodyguard on Saddam Hussein. This made the Sniperan automatic failure and gave Saddam ongoing protection.
Perched atop an apartment building, the assassin makes one last check of his weapon before he sees his target leaving the embassy. Praying silently to Cthulhu, he sights Hussein, pulls the trigger, and...
...a huge Arnold Schwarzenegger look-alike comes from nowhere, takes the bullet with no apparent effect, and raises his own, much larger gun. The assassin scrambles out of sight, but is still blown into bite-size pieces, along with a fair chunk of the roof.
A rules question occurred at this point: Should Bodyguard be played before or after the dice are rolled for the Assassination? We did not manage to resolve this question--Ralph decided that since Thany had announced his intention to play it before the dice were rolled, it was not too unreasonable to play it before the dice were rolled.
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:46:55 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly on Ralph's adjudication of the rules dilemma about Bodyguard:
I think you're right -- the card says, "After any type of Assassination," rather than, "After any successful Assassination." Compare with Head in a Jar -- "play after one of your Personalities is killed," which would definately be after the dice are rolled.
Very cute, by the way. Now Husseibn can't go anywhere without this guy diving into harm's way.
Saddam: "Who the hell are you?"
Arnie: "Come with me if you want to live."
Saddam: "Go away!"
Arnie: "Shut up and get in the car."
Saddam: "ARGH!"
Thu, 20 Mar 97 15:43:41 EST: Don Fnordlioni played NWO: Gun Control. This increased the power of most of Don Fnordlioni's groups by 3, and increased Russia's power to 9, and Texas's power to 14.
>After the most heinous attempted Assassination of Saddam Hussein, the Governments of the world crack down on the private ownership of firearms, so future assassination attempts can be avoided.
Don Fnordlioni then knocked. Play passed to James.
Don Fnordlioni's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad (*) [Power 2/1, Resistance 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters (*) [Power 1/1, Resistance 6, Vric]
3: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Power 9, Resistance 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UAM]}
1: Saddam Hussein ( ) [Power 5, Res 4, GV]
{Bodyguard}
4: C.I.A. (*) [Power 9, Resistance 5, GV]
1:
2:
3:
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Power 7, Res 8, GVXo]
Japan [Power 6, Rest 8, PGcon]
Unlinked Resources:
Soulburner [UMG]
Weather Satellite ( ,*) [G]
Hitler's Brain [UA]
Exposed Plots:
Deasil Engine
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James' Power Structure at the beginning of the turn:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God (*) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF] 3: Fiendish Fluoridators (**) [Power 3/3, Resistance 5, Friu] 1: 2: 4: Libertarians (*) [Power 6/4, Resistance 4, F] 1: Germany ( ) [Power 6, Resistance 3, CGhon] 1: 2: 3: Destroyed Groups: Nuclear Power Companies
Thu, 20 Mar 97 17:36:23 EST: James drew a Plot and a Group. He rolled a 7 for the special power of the Nephews of God, which garnered him no cards.
Fri, 21 Mar 97 11:12:27 EST: James spent his action tokens from the Nephews of God, from the Fiendish Fluoridators (both actions), and from the Libertarians to draw two more Plots. (his hand)
James then used the special ability of the N.S.A. to look at the top three Plots of his deck. (his view)
Mon, 24 Mar 97 01:03:30 EST: James made an automatic takeover of W.I.T.C.H. off of the Fiendish Fluoridators, and then took action tokens.
Tue, 25 Mar 97 17:16:38 EST: James knocked and played a Full Moon to give each of his Fanatic groups an extra action token. (The order of these two events didn't matter, so they were announced in the same message.) Play passed to Thany.
James' Power Structure after the Full Moon:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7] 1: N.S.A. (*) [Power 5/2, Res 4, Grc] 1: 2: 3: 2: Nephews of God (**) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF] 3: Fiendish Fluoridators (**) [Power 3/3, Resistance 5, Friu] 1: W.I.T.C.H. (**) [Power 3/3, Resistance 6, WVFm] 2: 4: Libertarians (**) [Power 6/4, Resistance 4, F] 1: Germany (*) [Power 6, Resistance 3, CGhon] 1: 2: 3: Destroyed Groups: Nuclear Power Companies
Thany's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
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Bavarian Illuminati (*) [Power 10/10] 1: Vatican City (*) [Power 4/4, Res 6, PCxn] 1: A.M.A. (*) [Power 5, Res 4, PCi] 1: 2: 2: Congressional Wives (*) [Power 4, Res 4, CS] 1: 3: 2: OPEC (*) [Printed Power 2, Power 4, Res 4, C] 1: Fraternal Orders (*) [Power 5, Res 5, C] 1: 2: 3: 4:
Tue, 25 Mar 97 17:25:40 EST: Thany drew a Plot and a Group. ( his hand).
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 19:50:30 -0500 (EST): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly on James' play of Full Moon:
That's a lot of tokens.
Yep.
Wed, 26 Mar 97 16:07:07 EST: Because James had six Plots at the beginning of Thany's turn, he had to play, discard, or return one immediately. He opted to play New Blood on W.I.T.C.H., using one of the action tokens of W.I.T.C.H. (Ralph permitted Thany to draw his cards before James got rid of Plot, because Thany's draws wouldn't have interacted with James' actions.)
Sat, 29 Mar 97 16:04:02 EST: Thany used the action token of the Fraternal Orders to draw a Group card. (his draw)
Wed, 2 Apr 97 00:45:02 EST: Thany made an automatic takeover of the Pentagon and took action tokens.
The Pentagon building turns five degrees to the east, but nobody seems to notice.
At the same time, Thany rolled for the power of OPEC. He rolled a 6, giving OPEC a printed Power of 4 and a Power of 6 for the upcoming round.
Fri, 4 Apr 97 17:05:54 EST: Thany played a Fundie Money on the Pentagon (spending OPEC's action token to do so), turning it Conservative (which had the side effect of raising its power from 11 to 12, because of the NWO: Law and Order.
Sat, 5 Apr 97 10:33:24 EST: Thany's Pentagon attacked to control Newt Gingrich from Thany's hand. The initial roll was 12 (Power of the Pentagon) + 4 (Common alignment of Conservative) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) -6 (Resistance of Newt) = 14 or less.
(A rules question occurred at this time; in a later message, Thany explained that he had meant to make the attack Privileged. This was denied on the basis of the Privileged Attacks section of the rules, which says "The attacker must announce 'Privilege!' when first declaring the attack." [emphasis theirs]
Sun, 6 Apr 97 13:02:43 EDT: Glen used the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to turn Newt Gingrich Liberal. The roll was now a 10 or less; the +4 bonus was removed, but the NWO: A Thousand Points of Light in play meant that no penalty was incurred for the opposite alignments.
(Note: under the official rules, Glen would not have been able to use the OMCLs to twiddle Newt's alignments, since a group under attack from hand isn't 'in play'. However, we were playing by Pittsburgh House Rules, which permit this.)
Is that a new star in the skies? A Secret Satellite shoots silent spears of light. [Alliteration 1 Bavaria 0] Newt, out for his daily Constitutional, has a brief epiphany. Suddenly those soft-in-the-head Liberals don't seem so stupid.
Sun, 6 Apr 97 13:23:14 EDT: Ralph commented publicly on Glen's use of the Orbital Mind Control Lasers:
A side note: If Newt is successfully taken over, he now gives a +5 bonus to destroy himself. Which, given Newt's recent ethical scandals, isn't too implausible...
Sun, 6 Apr 1997 19:29:45 -0500 (CDT): Thany followed up to Ralph's message:
But, unlike real life, this bonus will end at the end of the turn...
Mon, 7 Apr 97 12:23:39 EDT: The Libertarians defended Newt with their global power of 6, bringing the attack down to a 4 or less.
Tue, 8 Apr 97 18:13:42 EST: Thany rolled the dice at a 4 or less. He rolled a 10. The attack was a failure.
Wed, 9 Apr 97 09:55:57 EDT: Glen played a Giant Kudzu Disaster on the Vatican City.
A creeping mass of green doom covers the Vatican. The Pope prays for a kingsize weed whacker.
The Vatican lost its action token. immediately, because a Disaster had been played on it.
This was not an Instant attack, because Giant Kudzu says that it is not instant, and any group may aid the victim.
There was a rules question about whether the +5 bonus for Rattacking a rival Illuminati applied to a non-Instant Disaster, because the +5 bonus does not apply to instant attacks.. Ralph initially ruled that it did not. The initial roll was 24 (Power of the Kudzu) - 6 (Power of the Vatican) - 10 (proximity to the Illuminati) = 8 or less.
Wed, 9 Apr 97 14:27:22 EDT: Thany used the A.M.A. to defend the Vatican with its power of 5, bringing the roll down to 3 or less.
Not quite a weed-whacker...
...but the chemical equivalent. Completely by accident, a doctor doing volunteer work in Naples discovers that spraying nitrous oxide on most plants causes spontaneous wilting of branches and stunts vegetative regeneration (information on exactly how this was discovered has not been released).
Fri, 11 Apr 97 01:24:25 EDT: A clarification was received on the INWO mailing list that the +5 bonus did indeed apply to non-Instant Disasters such as Giant Kudzu. The roll was updated to 8 or less.
Sat, 12 Apr 97 03:31:59 EDT: Thany defended the Vatican City with the Power 5 action token of the Fraternal Orders, bringing the roll back to a 3 or less.
Sun, 13 Apr 1997 12:20:07 -0400 (EDT): Don Fnordlioni announced:
Just so I don't leave you guys out in the cold regarding the pbems I'm involved in -- things have happened in the last couple days which seriously impact my connectivity (and my typing skills) until April 21st at the minimum -- I'll only be connecting from labs, pretty much, and I can only type with one hand (the former is temporary, the latter is likely permanent.)
...
Anyway, sorry for the inconvenience this may cause -- please continue without me, where possible -- I'll be processing INWO Game2 turns as best I can.
Sun, 13 Apr 97 13:10:03 EDT: Ralph responded to Don Fnordlioni's announcement:
This is the way I'm going to handle this for Game 1:
I'm going to handle it the way we would handle a bathroom break in a face-to-face game: by default, Don Fnordlioni is not going to do anything, but any other player may say 'I'd like to wait until the Don comes back, because I'd like to request X of him' or something like that. If that happens, we'll pause the action until Don Fnordlioni can respond.
I'll also reserve the right to impose such pauses myself, if I think that Don Fnordlioni would want to be involved. For example, if anyone attacks him, I'll wait until he comes back before the dice are rolled, and if anyone declares victory, I'll wait until he comes back before giving the unthwarted victory to the player.
Tue, 15 Apr 97 01:10:14 EDT: Don Fnordlioni spent the action of the Weather Satellite to improve the Giant Kudzu by 4, bringing the roll up to a 7.
Coded instructions are relayed to a satellite high above Europe. Unseasonable rains begin in the area of Rome, nurturing the spreading undergrowth.
Thu, 17 Apr 97 01:19:51 EDT: Thany defended the Vatican City with the Congressional Wives' Power 4 action token, bringing the roll back down to 3 or less.
Kim Boddy, wife of US Congressman Dennis Boddy, makes a comment to her husband while they are watching a news story on the plant monster attacking the Vatican that she wishes there were something they could do to help. Dennis Boddy makes a comment to the US Congress, the US Congress makes a comment to President Clinton (whichever), the President makes a comment to the commanding officer of a US Army base near Rome, the officer makes a comment to his troops, and the troops go and make a comment to the Kudzu. Several, very loud comments.
Fri, 18 Apr 97 00:54:25 EDT: Glen rolled the dice for the Giant Kudzu at a 3 or less. He rolled a 5. The attack was a failure.
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 01:13:09 -0400 (EDT): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly on the die roll:
I think W.I.T.C.H. should be able to change the die roll by 2, since the Fraternal Orders ought to be Magic. Dammit.
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:26:22 -0500 (CDT): Thany replied publicly to Don Fnordlioni's comment:
What's so Magic about them? They have parades in their silly hats and mysterious statues, but do they really KNOW anything about what they're doing? And even if they did, would there be anything really magic about it?
'Sides, you're just being sore.
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:12:06 -0400 (EDT): Don Fnordlioni replied publicly to Thany's message:
What's so Magic about them?
Since I'm assuming they're supposed to be the Masons, I could just go on and on about all the magic the Scottish Rite performs... heh.
'Sides, you're just being sore.
Heh, yep.
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 01:35:14 -0500 (CDT): Thany replied publicly to Don Fnordlioni's message:
Actually, going by the "hats and motor scooters" on the card, they're probably closer to the Shriners.
Fri, 18 Apr 97 10:03:12 EDT: Ralph replied publicly to Don Fnordlioni's original message:
I think W.I.T.C.H. should be able to change the die roll by 2, since the Fraternal Orders /ought/ to be Magic. Dammit.
I'm not convinced that the brothers of the Phi Nu chapter of Omega Rho Delta would agree.
(Okay, so I don't think that that's the sort of fraternal order the card intended. But I wanted to use that fraternity name.)
Sat, 19 Apr 97 01:47:06 EDT: Thany played a Red Scare to place an action token on the Pentagon, powering it with his Bavarian Illuminati action token.
In a rare public appearance, General Jacobs D. Molay holds a press conference, blaming the bizarre attack on the Vatican City to be the fault of a surge of communist factions in Sicily. His subsequent demands for an increase are hurriedly approved.
Ralph commented: "I hope that General Jacobs D. Molay goes by the nickname of 'Jock'."
Sat, 19 Apr 1997 13:46:47 -0500 (CDT): Thany replied to Ralph's comment about General Jacobs D. Molay:
No... but, funnily enough, his father's family is French.
Tue, 22 Apr 97 01:58:36 EDT: The Pentagon made a Privileged attack to control the Fred Birch Society. The roll was a 12 (Power of Pentagon) + 4 (Common alignment of Conservative) +4 (Common alignment of Straight) -4 (Resistance of Fred Birch Society) = 16 or less. Ralph commented:
Thany did not provide any color text about the further exploits of General Jacobs D. Molay. I guess it's because the attack is a secret, so we don't know what's going on.
Wed, 23 Apr 97 01:18:26 EDT: Thany rolled for his attack. He rolled a 3; the attack was a success.
Wed, 23 Apr 97 12:38:17 EDT: Thany declared victory on the basis of the Special Goal of the Bavarian Illuminati. His total Power:
Fred Birch Society: 4
Pentagon: 12
OPEC: 6
Fraternal Orders: 5
Vatican City: 6
Congressional Wives: 4
A.M.A.: 5
Bavaria's Power: 10
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Wed, 23 Apr 97 12:42:04 EDT: The N.S.A. spent its action token to look at the top three Plots of Don Fnordlioni's Plot deck. (his view)
Suddenly, a sizable chunk of the US budget mysteriouly vanishes... When Congress went around asking where it went, 'National Security' was the only phrase they heard. The question of whose 'national security' went unanswered....
Thu, 24 Apr 97 13:10:59 EDT: Don fnordlioni spent the actions of the Mossad and the Robot Sea Monsters to draw a Plot. He used the special power of the Mossad to look at his bottom Plot first. (his view)
Fri, 25 Apr 97 16:41:32 EDT: Don Fnordlioni decided to draw the top Plot. (his draw)
Fri, 25 Apr 97 17:10:21 EDT: Don Fnordlioni played a Nuclear Accident on France. The roll was 14 (Power of the Nuclear Accident) + 4 (Cthulhu bonus) + 4 (Robot Sea Monsters bonus) - 3 (Power of France) - 5 (Proximity to Illuminati) = 14 or less.
"After studying all available data, the French minister of the Environmnet has assured me: With proper precaution, nuclear tests pose no threat to the ecology of French Polynesia," commented French president Jacques Chirac yesterday on England's BBC-2 current events program, "Across the Channel."
"In fact, my office is so confident of the safety of our nuclear testing procedures, we have a test planned tomorrow afternoon in a secret Continental test facility," Chirac went on to say.
This morning, Chirac's Minister of Public Affairs denied the claim, stating, "The President was mistaken. We have no secret test facility for nuclear weapons. He was probably refefring to his planned visit to EuroDisney's newest attraction, 'The Absent-Minded Professor's Wild Ride,' and was so excited, he accidentally said something about a secret test facility. We apologize for anyone who might have misunderstood the President. There will be no secret nuclear test later this afternoon."
After launching the Nuclear Accident, Don Fnordlioni gave Soulburner to Jason.
That most awful and hated device always seems to find its own way to the site of disaster, as if by its own accord. The very atmosphere in its proximity is weighted with doom, and the artists who have attempted to reproduce its impossible angles and curves have gone mad in the process, always raving incoherently about the 'flash of star-fire, rolling across the land and air, mutating those it does not consume....'
Mon, 28 Apr 97 17:34:21 EDT: Don Fnordlioni rolled a 6 for the Nuclear Accident, which succeeded by more than 4. France was destroyed.
Jason drew two Plots from Soulburner, (his draw).
The Network watches in total awe as their favored Liberal Country falls prey the sabotage of their nuclear tests. Disturbed, they search out and discover that it was the people they had thought were their friends, the Servants. Seeking revenge, several hackers break into the computer systems of the Evil Cthulhu and hack apart several plans. The plans end up appealing to the net, so they incorporate them into themselves.
Tue, 29 Apr 97 19:42:09 EDT: Jason returned one Plot to near the bottom of his deck, because he had too many Plot cards. ( his return)
Don Fnordlioni then drew two Plots, one for the special ability of the Servants of Cthulhu, and the other for Hitler's Brain. He used the special ability of the Mossad to draw his bottom Plot, and then looked at his bottom Plot and chose to draw the top Plot from his deck. ( his draws and view)
Thu, 1 May 97 18:30:10 EDT: Don Fnordlioni had seven Plots in his hand, so he had to get rid of two. He got rid of one by playing Giant Kudzu on the Pentagon. The strength of the attack was 24 (Power of the Kudzu) +4 (special ability of the Servants of Cthulhu) + 4 (special ability of the Robot Sea Monsters) - 12 (Power of the Pentagon) - 10 (Proximity to the Bavarian Illuminati) = 10 or less.
Fri, 2 May 97 00:29:55 EDT: To bring himself down to the right number of Plots, Don Fnordlioni discarded a Head in a Jar.
Fri, 2 May 97 21:53:28 EDT: Don Fnordlioni rolled for the Giant Kudzu. He rolled a 5. The Pentagon was Devastated, but not destroyed, since Don needed to succeed by more than 6 to destroy the Pentagon.
Sat, 3 May 97 16:21:34 EDT: Don Fnordlioni played an Annual Convention on the Congressional Wives. The roll was 9 (Power of the Annual Convention) + 4 (special ability of Cthulhu) - 4 (Power of Congressional Wives) - 5 (Proximity to Illuminati) = 4 or less.
"In other news, Mrss. Hatch, Spectre, and Gingrich -- wives of Senators Orrin Hatch and Arlen Spectre, and Representative Newt Gingrich -- were reported as missing this morning. They were last seen three days ago when they left together for a "meeting of the Washington Women's Botanical and Gardening Society," say D.C. police. At this time, it is unknown if the three women were in the vicinity of the Kudzu-overgrown Pentagon when the disaster first struck."
Ralph commented: "I like the spelling 'Arlen Spectre' better than the correct spelling."
A rules question occurred at this point: Do the Servants of Cthulhu get their +4 on an Annual Convention? On the one hand, it seems that Cthulhu's bonus should apply to all sorts of destruction; on the other hand, the card text says only that the bonus applies "even on Assassinations and Disasters," leaving open the question of Instant attacks that are not Assassinations or Disasters. We asked about this question on the inwo-list mailing list, but got no response; Ralph's ruled that the bonus did apply.
Sat, 03 May 1997 16:35:01 -0400: Don Fnordlioni replied publicly to Ralph's comment on the spelling 'Arlen Spectre':
The man is so obviously a pawn of the Secret Masters. I was going for that Ian Fleming tie-in, there...
Tue, 6 May 97 01:49:12 EDT: Don Fnordlioni rolled the dice for the Annual Convention at a 4 or less. He rolled a 4. The Congressional Wives were destroyed, and Don Fnordlioni drew two Plots. He chose to draw them off of the top of his deck. (his draws)
Wed, 7 May 97 18:57:21 EDT: Don Fnordlioni had six Plots, and so had to get rid of one. He played Good Polls on his Violent groups.
"And now, the Dateline poll. We asked five hundred, twenty-three Americans if they generally trust other people. The response: While 14% responded, "Yes," and only 3% responded, "No," a full 82% said, "If someone lies to me or steals from me, I'll shoot them." Surprising? Not really, analysts say. Free Murder Park, Los Angeles's newest tourist attraction, recieves over 4,000 visitors a day from all over the world, and television ratings for programs centered on violence are at an all time high -- CBS's "Friday Night Fire Fight," ESPN's "Autoduel Extravaganza," and MTV's "The Real World: San Quentin Federal Prison" consistantly post in the top ten most viewed shows."
Fri, 9 May 97 13:53:37 EDT; Jason gave James a Plot. (the gift)
James now had six Plots, and nothing could cancel the gift, so James immediately played a Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know on Don Fnordlioni's Good Polls, powering it by discarding his top two Plots face-down.
Tue, 13 May 1997 00:04:02 -0400: Don Fnordlioni wrote publicly:
BTW -- in case anyone has designs on my power structure, I'd like to point out that I have 1 group card in my hand, and 0 in my deck.
This sort of precludes any unexpected leaping to victory (should the Network or Texas-Bavaria fail to do so -- something I'm personally not too sure about) via a Seize the Time or a rash of attacks out of hand.
Just an attempt to allay any fears. I'm pretty much screwed on the easy-group-acquisition front. (I'm also not very reliable with Disasters, any more -- I've spent four(?) already, and two were ineffective for goals (a discard and a devastation, IIRC)).
Tue, 13 May 1997 14:15:57 +1000 (E ): Glen responded publicly to Don Fnordlioni's message:
When that Up Against the Wall pops up, being able to take over groups will hardly matter, since that goal has already been achieved.
Wed, 14 May 1997 09:26:33 +1000 (E ): Glen made a public side comment in a discussion about the address of the mailing list for the game:
I figured I'd never remember the address, so I made an alias for it that I can remember (inwogame in this case). I also have an alias for each participant, and an alias for everyone except each player one at a time (nojason, nojames, nothany, nodon). These last 4 are especially handy.
Thu, 15 May 97 13:10:27 EDT: Thany knocked. He discarded his Newt Gingrich card, since he had tried to take Newt over on his turn, and failed to do so. Play passed to Jason.
Thany's Power Structure at the end of the turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( )
1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 6/4, Res 6, PCxn]
1: A.M.A. ( ) [Power 5, Res 4, PCi]
1:
2:
2:
3:
2: OPEC ( ) [Printed Power 4, Power 6, Res 4, C]
1: Fraternal Orders ( ) [Power 5, Res 5, C]
1:
2:
3: Pentagon ( ) [Power 6, Res 6, GVSC] *DEVASTATED*
{Fundie Money}
1: Fred Birch Society ( ) [Power 4, Res 4, CS]
1:
2:
3:
4:
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Jason's Power Structure at the beginning of the turn:
The Network ( ) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 6, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England ( , ) [Power 6/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia ( ) [Power 9, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4: Canada ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PLGhgon]
1:
2:
Unlinked Resources:
Soulburner [UMG]
Thu, 15 May 97 13:10:27 EDT: At the beginning of Jason's turn, Don Fnordlioni played a Senate Investigating Committee on Jason, powering it with the action of the C.I.A. Jason could "draw cards and take action tokens, but do nothing else."
After hearing allegations that the American C.I.A. has compromised a number of European governments by infiltrating top leadership positions, the US Senate begins an investigation into the matter. At the behest of the President, many of Europe's Presidents and Prime Ministers, as well as other government functionaries, are invited to testify on their nations' behalf against the Central Intelligence Agency.
Fri, 16 May 97 13:43:55 EDT: Jason took his whole turn at once because of the Senate Investigating Committee.
He drew two Plots and a Group. ( his hand)
He took action tokens.
He knocked. Play passed to Glen.
Jason's Power Structure at the end of his turn was that at the beginning of his turn, with action tokens on all groups.
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Glen's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas (*) [Power 14, Res 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments (*) [Power 4, Res 4, SVC]
2:
3:
2: Brazil ( ) [Power 5, Res 3, Ghon]
1:
2:
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Orbital Mind Control Lasers ( ) [UAG]
Clipper Chip
Exposed plots:
Forgery
Fri, 16 May 97 13:49:36 EDT: Glen drew a Plot and a Group. ( his hand)
Sat, 17 May 97 12:26:18 EDT: Glen spent the action tokens of Texas and the Local Police Departments for another Plot. (his hand).
Mon, 19 May 97 14:02:06 EDT: Jason gave a Plot to Glen. ( the gift)
Wed, 21 May 97 13:44:58 EDT: Jason gave a Group card to Glen. ( the gift)
Wed, 21 May 97 21:00:17 EDT: Glen made an automatic takeover of Hawaii off of the Bavarian Illuminati and took action tokens.
Thu, 22 May 97 01:27:08 EDT: Glen's Texas made a Privileged attack to control Don Fnordlioni's C.I.A.. Glen also used the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to turn the C.I.A. Conservative. The initial roll was 14 (Power of Texas) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) + 4 (Common alignment of Violent) +4 (Common alignment of Conservative) -5 (Resistance of C.I.A.) - 10 (proximity to Illuminati) = 11 or less.
[A secret cabal within the Texas Governor's office try to install some of their number within the upper echelons of the CIA. Meanwhile, invisible beams from space make the CIA hierarchy see the appointment of some of those nice clean-living fellows from Texas as a good idea.]
(The subject line of the message that launched the attack was 'Now the euphemism really hits the thingy').
Thu, 22 May 1997 12:02:20 -0400: Don Fnordlioni sent a public message about the attack:
Of course, we all know this is a bad thing, right? Destroying is one thing, but controlling is a whole different kettle of fish-eyed Deep Ones. I pretty much knew it was coming, and I'm sure plenty of time has been spent trying to convince you all that this is a Good Thing, but I assure you, it's not.
Privilege-busting and interference would be much appreciated.
Thu, 22 May 97 13:22:54 EDT: Don Fnordlioni played his Deasil Engine on the Orbital Mind Control Lasers. This eliminated the alignment-changing effect of the Orbital Mind Control Lasers, so the C.I.A. was no longer Conservative, and the +4 for the common alignment of Conservative was eliminated. The roll was now a 7 or less.
In space, no one can hear you run backwards and destroy yourself...
Fri, 23 May 97 00:26:44 EDT: Glen's Local Police Departments now aided the attack with their power of 4, bringing the attack up to an 11 or less.
[A posse of small-town Texas sherrifs get together, and a-whoopin' and a-hollerin', they ride into town and whip every last resistant CIA operative within an inch of their lives. (imagine a Slim Pickens' accent if you will)]
Ralph commented:
By the way, when I think of Slim Pickens, I always think of the character of Tex in the movie Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, particularly in the final scene where he plummets to earth astride a huge nuclear missile.
Just something for y'all to think about as you play this turn.
Fri, 23 May 97 01:03:28 EDT: Don Fnordlioni played a Martial Law to increase the Resistance of the C.I.A. for the remainder of the turn.
..and all this CIA-agent-whuppin' sends George Bush into a rage -- after all, these are his buddies. He gets on the horn to his son, the GOVERNOR of TEXAS, the Honorable George W. Bush, and demands he does something about it... shortly thereafter, Martial Law is declared, and an amendment to the Texas consitution is ramrodded through legislation, ordering the public hanging of anyone seen harrassing an employee of the CIA.
Ralph commented:
This is all making me, as a native Texan, terribly happy. As I write this, I'm playing "Beers, Steers, and Queers" by the Revolting Cocks, which is definitely a song for kicking ass and taking names.
And remember: kick the asses and take the names, not the other way around.
Fri, 23 May 97 23:26:36 EDT: Glen spent one of the action tokens of the Bavarian Illuminati to increase the roll by Bavaria's Global Power of 10 to an 11 or less.
Mon, 26 May 97 01:54:50 EDT: Glen rolled the dice for his attack on the C.I.A., at an 11 or less. He rolled an 8, successfully taking control of the C.I.A.
Tue, 27 May 97 11:49:56 EDT: Glen spent his last action token from the Bavarian Illuminati to bring out the Big Prawn. He linked the Big Prawn to Brazil, doubling Brazil's Power and giving it the alignment Violent. Brazil's power was now 3 (Printed Power) * 2 (Big Prawn) + 2 (Clipper Chip) + 3 (NWO: Gun Control) = 11.
The Brazilian Government erects a statue of a huge crustacean overlooking a popular beach within a short drive of Rio De Janiero. At the unveiling, the president makes a speech about improving tourism and providing a counterpoint to the natural beauty of the place. A small group of withered old men watch knowingly in the background.
Tue, 27 May 1997 14:40:50 -0400 (EDT): Don Fnordlioni wrote publicly:
Texas-Bavaria's at Power 51.
Just in case anyone wants to do anything about it.
I'm open to suggestions.Texas: 14
CIA: 11
Brazil: 11
Bavaria: 10
LPD: 4
Hawaii: 1
Wed, 28 May 97 00:34:35 EDT: Glen's Brazil, with a Martial Law and Agents for the B.A.T.F., attacked to control the B.A.T.F. The initial roll was 11 (Power of Brazil) + 10 (Martial Law) + 10 (Agent card) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) + 4 (Common alignment of Violent) - 2 (Resistance of B.A.T.F.) - 10 (proximity to Illuminati) = 27 or less.
Fri, 30 May 97 01:45:41 EDT: James spent the extra action tokens of the Nephews of God and the Fiendish Fluoridators to draw a Plot.
Fri, 30 May 97 10:44:11 EDT: James had six Plots. He played NWO: End of the World. This had a dramatic effect on the game, because it eliminated the NWO: Law and Order (removing the Power bonuses for all Conservative and Straight Groups from NWO: Law and Order) and reduced the power of all Corporate and Government Groups by 2. The bonuses to the power of Fanatic and Church Groups were relatively minor by comparison; even James, who had all the Fanatic Groups in the game, found his total power decreasing.
It appears that all those ancient prophets failed to account for Leap Year because The End of the World is at hand!
Tue, 10 Jun 97 19:06:19 EDT: Glen rolled the dice at a 25 or less. He rolled an 11, which was an automatic failure.
Mon, 16 Jun 97 16:28:50 EDT: James used the action token of W.I.T.C.H. to change Glen's die roll by 1, to a 10, making the attack a success.
Mon, 16 Jun 1997 22:50:08 -0400: Don Fnordlioni commented publicly on James' use of W.I.T.C.H.:
This behavior appears extraordinarily odd.
At any rate, consider this a general call to help to thwart those nasty Bavarians, seeing how, if this action stands, they win.
Tue, 17 Jun 97 11:10:46 EDT: In response to a question from Glen, Ralph announced how many plots each player had:
Tue, 17 Jun 97 16:50:18 EDT: Glen rolled a single die. He rolled a 6.
"Thunder rolled. It rolled a 6." --Terry Pratchett
Wed, 18 Jun 97 13:24:40 EDT: Glen offered the CIA to the Network if it will pay the transfer cost.
"In order to keep a Highly Secret and Illuminated Contract, the Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (Texas branch) offer to install Ethenet cabling directly into the brain of the director of the CIA, giving the Network control of them by a puppet of their choosing - if they will but pay the installation cost."Jason refused the gift.
The Network considers this, knowing that the CIA would be a powerful asset to the conquering of the world. However, the costs of this gift are just too great at this time and they graciously decline the gift.
Thu, 26 Jun 97 00:17:28 EDT: Glen declared victory by the Special Goal of the Bavarian Illuminati ("Control a total of 50 points of Power), with a total of 53 points of power.
The Temple of the Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (Texas HQ), cause certain stories to appear on the news. Secret Masters everywhere interpret this as a claim that they have achieved control of the world.
The Temple-Bavarians then wait under the table, with their fingers in their ears...
Thu, 26 Jun 97 15:52:41 EDT: James spent the action tokens of the Fiendish Fluoridators and the Nephews of God to buy a Plot. ( his draw). James now had six Plots and had to get rid of one.
Fri, 27 Jun 97 15:13:02 EDT: James returned a Plot to his deck, making it the fifth card from the top. (the Plot)
Mon, 30 Jun 97 14:13:52 EDT: James drew a Plot, using the action tokens of Germany and the Libertarians. (the Plot).
Tue, 1 Jul 97 10:53:23 EDT: James played NWO: The Magic Goes Away.
...Using the last vestiges of their power, the SoA perform a few dark rituals meant to provide more insight. Little did they know that they would be bringing about a New World Order. It's what they were hoping, but there were no guarantees. Had the planets not been aligned just right they probably would've been wasting their time, but they persevered and succeeded in getting the Magic to go away. Such a devastating impact this had that Gun Control ceased to be an issue...
Wed, 2 Jul 97 10:59:57 EDT: Glen knocked. Play passed to Don Fnordlioni. The state of all Power Structures at the end of Glen's turn:
NWOs in Play:
NWO: A Thousand Points of Light
NWO: End of the World
NWO: The Magic Goes Away
Power Structures:
Don Fnordlioni:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Power 0/0, Res 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters ( ) [Power 1/1, Res 6, Vric]
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Weather Satellite ( , ) [G]
Hitler's Brain [UA]
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Pow 7, Res 8, VGXo]
Japan [Pow 6/4, Res 8, PGcon]
France [Power 3, Res 5, LGhon]
Congressional Wives [Power 1, Res 4, CS]
James Eddleman:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7]
1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 3/2, Res 4, Grc]
1:
2:
3:
2: Nephews of God ( ) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF]
3: Fiendish Fluoridators ( ) [Power 5/5, Res 5, Friu]
1: W.I.T.C.H. ( ) [Power 7/7, Res 6, WVFm]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
4: Libertarians ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 4, F]
1: Germany ( ) [Power 2, Res 3, CGhon]
1:
2:
3:
Destroyed Groups:
Nuclear Power Companies [Pow 4, Res 4, COi]
Thany
Bavarian Illuminati ( )
1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 6/4, Res 6, PCxn]
1: A.M.A. ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PCi]
1:
2:
2:
3:
2: OPEC ( ) [Printed Power 4, Power 4, Res 4, C]
1: Fraternal Orders ( ) [Power 3, Res 5, C]
1:
2:
3: Pentagon ( ) [Power 2, Res 6, GVSC] *DEVASTATED*
{Fundie Money}
1: Fred Birch Society ( ) [Power 1, Res 4, CS]
1:
2:
3:
4:
Jason Bostick:
The Network (*) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland (*) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England (*,*) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia (*) [Power 4, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4: Canada (*) [Power 1, Res 4, PLGhgon]
1:
2:
Unlinked Resources:
Soulburner [UMG]
Glen Barnett:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas ( ) [Power 7, Res 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments ( ) [Power 1, Res 4, SVC]
2: C.I.A. ( ) [Power 6, Res 5, GV]
1:
2:
3:
3:
2: Brazil ( ) [Power 6, Res 3, GVhon]
{The Big Prawn}
1: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Power 3, Res 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UMA]}
1: Saddam Hussein ( ) [Power 2, Res 4, GV]
{Bodyguard}
1:
2:
3: Hawaii ( ) [Power 0, Res 2, Oo]
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Clipper Chip
Exposed plots:
Forgery
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Don Fnordlioni's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Servants of Cthulhu ( ) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Power 0/0, Res 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters ( ) [Power 1/1, Res 6, Vric]
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Weather Satellite ( , ) [G]
Hitler's Brain [UA]
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Pow 7, Res 8, VGXo]
Japan [Pow 6/4, Res 8, PGcon]
France [Power 3, Res 5, LGhon]
Congressional Wives [Power 1, Res 4, CS]
Glen had six Plots in his hand, so had to get rid of one; Ralph allowed Don Fnordlioni to begin his turn while Glen decided what Plot to get rid of.
Wed, 2 Jul 97 11:04:49 EDT: Don Fnordlioni looked at his bottom Plot with the special power of the Mossad, and then chose to draw that card. He drew no Group card, because he had no Groups left in his Group deck. ( His hand).
Don Fnordlioni made no Automatic Takeover, because of the NWO: The Magic Goes Away.
Mon, 7 Jul 97 13:25:35 EDT: Don Fnordlioni took action tokens. At the same time, Glen returned a Plot card to his deck,making it the fifth card down. (the card)
Mon, 7 Jul 97 17:22:40 EDT: Don Fnordlioni played a Car Bomb on Saddam Hussein, boosting it with the action of the Robot Sea Monsters, using a Terrorist Nuke. The strength of the attack was 8 (Car Bomb) + 4 (Special Ability of the Servants of Cthulhu) + 1 (Robot Sea Monsters) + 10 (Terrorist Nuke) - 2 (Power of Saddam Hussein) - 6 (Bodyguard) = 15.
Here's a tip for all you would-be carbombers. Rather than wiring an electrical fuse to the ignition switch, attach an incendiary fuse to the engine block. Under normal driving conditions, the engine should ignite the device after ten to fifteen minutes of operation. This way, if the explosion doesn't kill the victim, the resulting crash will.
Tue, 8 Jul 97 21:47:34 EDT: Don Fnordlioni rolled the dice. He rolled a 9. Saddam was killed, and Don Fnordlioni got to draw two Plots, one for the special power of the Servants of Cthulhu, and one for having Hitler's Brain.
Fri, 11 Jul 97 21:38:24 EDT: Don Fnordlioni looked at the bottom of his deck with Mossad, decided to draw the Plot he saw, and looked at the bottom of his deck again. (the cards he saw, and his draw)
Sat, 12 Jul 97 16:09:11 EDT: After looking at his bottom Plot, Don Fnordlioni chose to draw his top Plot instead. (his draw)
Tue, 15 Jul 97 13:25:49 EDT: Don Fnordlioni knocked. Play passed to James. Don Fnordlioni's Power Structure:
Servants of Cthulhu (*) [Power 9/9]
1: Mossad ( ) [Power 0/0, Res 7, VG]
1:
2: Robot Sea Monsters ( ) [Power 1/1, Res 6, Vric]
3:
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Weather Satellite ( , ) [G]
Hitler's Brain [UA]
Destroyed Groups:
New York [Pow 7, Res 8, VGXo]
Japan [Pow 6/4, Res 8, PGcon]
France [Power 3, Res 5, LGhon]
Congressional Wives [Power 1, Res 4, CS]
Saddam Hussein [Power 2, Res 4, VG]
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James's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7]
1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 3/2, Res 4, Grc]
1:
2:
3:
2: Nephews of God ( ) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF]
3: Fiendish Fluoridators ( ) [Power 5/5, Res 5, Friu]
1: W.I.T.C.H. ( ) [Power 7/7, Res 6, WVFm]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
4: Libertarians ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 4, F]
1: Germany ( ) [Power 2, Res 3, CGhon]
1:
2:
3:
Destroyed Groups:
Nuclear Power Companies [Pow 4, Res 4, COi]
Tue, 15 Jul 97 13:25:49 EDT: James drew a Plot and a Group. He rolled a 4 for the special ability of the Nephews of God, which allowed him to draw another card from the deck of his choice. (his hand).
Tue, 15 Jul 97 15:28:34 EDT: James chose to draw another Group card with the draw from the Nephews of God. (his draw).
Tue, 15 Jul 97 16:15:29 EDT: James used the special ability of the N.S.A. to look at his top three Plots. ( Those plots).
Fri, 18 Jul 97 10:02:04 EDT: James took action tokens.
Mon, 21 Jul 97 18:32:14 EDT: Don Fnordlioni gave the Robot Sea Monsters to James; James used the action token of the N.S.A. to pay for the transfer.
Don Fnordlioni also gave Hitler's Brain to James.
Glen exposed a Near Miss plot.
Tue, 22 Jul 97 20:52:10 EDT: James spent the action of the Society of Assassins to bring out a Clipper Chip, thereby increasing the power of the N.S.A., Germany, and the Libertarians by two apiece.
Wed, 23 Jul 97 17:40:28 EDT: James' Libertarians attacked to destroy Thany's Pentagon. The strength of the attack was originally 6 (Power of the Libertarians) +5 (Bonus from the Fiendish Fluoridators to destroy a Straight or Conservative Group) +4 (Bonus from the Robot Sea Monsters to destroy a Government Group) - 2 (Power of the Pentagon) - 10 (Proximity to the Bavarian Illuminati) = 3.
(The power of the Pentagon was (6 (Base Power) - 2 (NWO: End of the World)) / 2 (Devastation). We were told that the halving of power due to Devastation occurred after other modifiers were applied.)
Sat, 26 Jul 97 00:33:47 EDT: Glen exposed a Beach Party Plot.
Tue, 29 Jul 97 09:17:48 EDT: James rolled the dice at a 3 or less. He rolled a 5.
Tue, 29 Jul 97 16:15:39 EDT: James knocked. Play passed to Thany. (Ralph commented publicly, "I admit that I hadn't expected Thany to get another turn...")
James' Power Structure at the end of his turn:
Society of Assassins ( ) [Power 7/7]
1: N.S.A. ( ) [Power 3/2, Res 4, Grc]
1: Robot Sea Monsters ( ) [Power 1/1, Res 6, Vric]
2:
3:
2: Nephews of God (*) [Power 3/3, Res 4, CF]
3: Fiendish Fluoridators (*) [Power 5/5, Res 5, Friu]
1: W.I.T.C.H. (*) [Power 7/7, Res 6, WVFm]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
4: Libertarians ( ) [Power 4/4, Res 4, F]
1: Germany (*) [Power 2, Res 3, CGhon]
1:
2:
3:
Destroyed Groups:
Nuclear Power Companies [Pow 4, Res 4, COi]
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Thany's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Thany rolled for OPEC's power at the beginning of his turn. He rolled a 12, giving OPEC a power of 10.
James returned a Plot to his deck, making it the fourth card from the top. (the card)
Bavarian Illuminati ( )
1: Vatican City ( ) [Power 6/4, Res 6, PCxn]
1: A.M.A. ( ) [Power 3, Res 4, PCi]
1:
2:
2:
3:
2: OPEC ( ) [Printed Power 10, Power 10, Res 4, C]
1: Fraternal Orders ( ) [Power 3, Res 5, C]
1:
2:
3: Pentagon ( ) [Power 2, Res 6, GVSC] *DEVASTATED*
{Fundie Money}
1: Fred Birch Society ( ) [Power 1, Res 4, CS]
1:
2:
3:
4:
Tue, 29 Jul 97 16:15:39 EDT: Thany drew a Plot and a Group. ( his hand).
Thu, 31 Jul 97 09:09:00 EDT: Jason gave Soulburner to Glen.
The Network, still continuing peaceful discussion with the CIA members in Texas, decides to give them a token of appreciation: The mystic entity known as SOULBURNER (insert ominous Music)
Tue, 5 Aug 97 14:45:51 EDT: Thany took action tokens and knocked.
The Bavarians are tired. The Bavarians pass.
The Bavarians are big fans of the third person.
Play passed to Jason. Thany's power structure at the end of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati (*)
1: Vatican City (*) [Power 6/4, Res 6, PCxn]
1: A.M.A. (*) [Power 3, Res 4, PCi]
1:
2:
2:
3:
2: OPEC (*) [Printed Power 10, Power 10, Res 4, C]
1: Fraternal Orders (*) [Power 3, Res 5, C]
1:
2:
3: Pentagon ( ) [Power 2, Res 6, GVSC] *DEVASTATED*
{Fundie Money}
1: Fred Birch Society ( ) [Power 1, Res 4, CS]
1:
2:
3:
4:
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Jason's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
The Network (*) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland (*) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England (*,*) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia (*) [Power 4, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1:
2:
3:
4: Canada (*) [Power 1, Res 4, PLGhgon]
1:
2:
Tue, 5 Aug 97 14:47:28 EDT: Jason drew two Plots (because of the special ability of the Network) and a Group. (his hand)
Tue, 5 Aug 97 16:11:13 EDT: Jason spent his Network action token and one action token each from Finland, England, Russia, and Canada to draw a total of three more Plots. (his draws)
Tue, 5 Aug 97 16:31:18 EDT: Jason returned a Plot to the bottom of his deck. (the plot)
Fri, 8 Aug 97 17:01:01 EDT: Jason took action tokens.
Wed, 13 Aug 97 16:57:00 EDT: Don Fnordlioni exposed a Murphy's Law plot.
Thu, 14 Aug 97 17:12:32 EDT: Jason's Russia attacked to control Israel from Jason's hand. The initial strength of the attack was 4 (Power of Russia) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) + 4 (Common alignment of Violent) + 4 (Power of England) - 8 (Resistance of Israel) = 8.
Mon, 18 Aug 97 22:31:37 EDT: Jason rolled a 4, a success.
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:54:46 -0400 (EDT): Don Fnordlioni commented publicly on Jason's roll:
I don't have a problem with this, unless somebody else does.
Mon, 25 Aug 97 14:19:12 EDT: The Network attacked to destroy the Robot Sea Monsters. The initial strength of the attack was 8 (Power of the Network) -1 (Power of the Robot Sea Monsters) - 5 (Proximity to the Society of Assassins) = 2 or less.
After several months of plotting and dealing, the Network stands ready to take revenge against the Society for their theft of Germany. With advanced hackers and security infiltration, the network plants a virus into the electronic systems of the Societies Dreaded sea beasts, causing them to short circuit and fuse their networking links.
Thu, 28 Aug 97 17:27:30 EDT: Thany spent the action token of his faction of the Bavarian Illuminati to aid the attack against the Robot Sea Monsters, bringing the roll up to a 12 or less.
A 22.5-second long transmission of "Boll Weevil" by the Presidents of the United States of America originates somewhere in mid-Europe at too low a frequency to be picked up by anything but whales, dolphins, and Krakens. The transmission is intended for one of the latter, who awakens slowly and looks around itself; seeing another, smaller Kraken swimming above it, the former gathers itself and charges the intruder. Meanwhile, the crew aboard RSM _Kraken 1_ wonder what's happening to the sea floor below them...
Fri, 29 Aug 97 22:29:24 EDT: Jason rolled the dice. He rolled a 9, successfully destroying the Robot Sea Monsters.
Mon, 1 Sep 97 23:59:50 EDT: Ralph observed publicly, "At this point in the game, every player has been the victim of a successful attack."
Tue, 2 Sep 97 21:10:50 EDT: Jason's Finland attacked to control Don Fnordlioni's Mossad, with the use of an agents card for the Mossad. The initial strength of the attack was 4 (Power of Mossad) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) + 8 (Special power of Israel) + 10 (Agents card) - 7 (Resistance of Mossad) - 10 (Proximity to the Servants of Cthulhu) = 9.
The Network is furious with the evil servants for backing out of their well thought out plan. Contacting their agents around the world, they launch a strike back. Covert agents arise from within the Israeli secret service, bent on extracting their revenge while Finland sends in the Ice Marines.
Fri, 5 Sep 97 14:21:51 EDT: The Servants of Cthulhu spent their action token in defense of Mossad, bringing the strength of the attack to 0. (Don Fnordlioni couldn't rely on the fact that he had a Murphy's Law and an Illuminati action; if the roll was successful, he would lose his last group and thus die before he could play his Murphy's Law.)
Mon, 8 Sep 97 19:10:12 EDT: Jason contributed the action tokens of England (power of 4) and Canada (power of 1) to the attack, bringing the roll up to a 5 or less.
England, after a successful assistance in the takeover of the holy land, have decided to assist in the conquering of their secret service. Using covert contacts with their quiet agents within the french government, they send a communication to Canada, who by sending one of the roughest Hockey teams, lend their support.
Tue, 9 Sep 97 23:13:53 EDT: Jason rolled the dice. He rolled an 8, failing in the attack.
Fri, 12 Sep 97 20:11:12 EDT: Jason gave one Plot to Glen. He discarded two cards: Unmasked! and Bavarian Illuminati. He returned one Plot to his deck, making it the sixth card down. (those plots).
Glen now had six cards, and had to get rid of one.
Fri, 12 Sep 97 23:26:50 EDT: Glen discarded his exposed Forgery.
Jason knocked. Play passed to Glen.
Jason's Power Structure at the end of his turn:
The Network ( ) [Power 8/8]
1: Finland ( ) [Power 4, Res 5, LGcon]
{Self-Esteem}
1:
2: England (, ) [Power 4/2, Res 6, Ghon]
{Emergency Powers}
1:
2:
3: Russia ( ) [Power 4, Res 4, VGhon]
{New Blood}
1: Israel ( ) [ Power 4/3, Res 8, VGon]
1:
2:
2:
3:
4: Canada ( ) [Power 1, Res 4, PLGhgon]
1:
2:
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Glen's Power Structure at the beginning of his turn:
Bavarian Illuminati ( , ) [Power 10/10]
{Perpetual Motion Machine [UAG]}
1: Texas ( ) [Power 7, Res 9, GVCho]
1: Local Police Departments ( ) [Power 1, Res 4, SVC]
2: C.I.A. ( ) [Power 6, Res 5, GV]
1:
2:
3:
3:
2: Brazil ( ) [Power 6, Res 3, GVhon]
{The Big Prawn}
1: B.A.T.F. ( ) [Power 3, Res 2, VG]
{Necronomicon [UMA]}
1:
2:
3: Hawaii ( ) [Power 0, Res 2, Oo]
4:
Unlinked Resources:
Clipper Chip
Exposed Plots:
Beach Party
Near Miss
Fri, 12 Sep 97 23:26:50 EDT: Glen drew a Plot and a Group. ( his hand)
Sun, 14 Sep 97 08:55:04 EDT: In response to a question, Ralph listed how many Plots each player had:
Sun, 14 Sep 97 22:01:02 EDT: Glen played NWO: Gun Control, which added 3 to the power of Mossad, Russia, Israel, Texas, the C.I.A., Brazil, and the B.A.T.F. By removing the NWO: The Magic Goes Away, it also added 1 to the power of W.I.T.C.H., and caused the Necronomicon to work again, doubling the B.A.T.F's power (giving it a power of 3 (base power) * 2 (Necronomicon) + 3 (NWO: Gun Control) + 2 (Clipper Chip) - 2 (NWO: End of the World = 9).
Killing sprees hit the headlines in several countries within a few weeks of each other. Politicians decide that there might be a few votes in strict Gun Control, and so it comes to pass. Several other countries, mindful of recent events in their own backyard, follow suit. Dealers in illegal arms order new houses, swimming pools, Rolls Royces and Lear Jets.
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:35:57 -0400: Don Fnordlioni commented publicly:
And I do believe this puts Glen at 50 points of power.
Harrumph.
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:57:21 -0500 (CDT): Thany replied publicly to Don Fnordlioni's message:
Well, y' don't think he played it just 'cos he likes th' name, huh?
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:25:15 +1000 (E ): Glen replied to both Don Fnordlioni's message and to Thany's message:
And I do believe this puts Glen at 50 points of power.
Harrumph.Gee, I must have counted wrong. I didn't get 50. Are you sure it's 50?
(50 would be nice, I agree, but I make it 45. Of course, if you all want to get panicked right away, be my guest. You may be better saving it all up until someone actually reaches a goal, but that's probably just me.)
Well, y' don't think he played it just 'cos he likes th' name, huh?
No, actually, that was the one reason. Oh, and I hate not getting ATOs. ... My two main reasons are because of the name, and to get an ATO. And fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Mon, 15 Sep 97 22:39:22 EDT: Ralph followed up to the power-counting:
Interesting. For what it's worth, I disagree with both of you.
Tue, 16 Sep 97 20:34:13 EDT: Glen made an automatic takeover of NASA and took action tokens.
Wed, 17 Sep 97 10:06:44 EDT: Glen relinked the Necronomicon to the Local Police Departments.
The BATF decide that the weird things that keep happening to them might be due to that strange book in their Evidence Vault. They manage to come up with a convincing argument that the case it relates to is really under the jurisdiction of the Local Police, and promptly hand over all files and evidence, breathing a barely concealed sigh of relief as they do so.
Wed, 17 Sep 97 17:41:48 EDT: Glen played Emergency Powers on Brazil, boosting its power to (6 (Emergency Powers) * 2 (Big Prawn) ) + 3 (NWO: Gun Control) = 15.
The mysterious Big Prawn statue has proved to be such a popular attraction that public order is at risk. At least that's the official excuse. The Government of Brazil declares a state of emergency, giving themselves Emergeny Powers sufficient to do some really decent, god-fearing oppression.
Thu, 18 Sep 97 22:17:09 EDT: Glen played New Blood on the Local Police Departments, giving them a power of 6 (New Blood) * 2 (Necronomicon) = 12.
The interesting new case taken up by the Local Police has enabled them to argue for new funding to accelerate the Academy program and get more Police on the beat. Police Chief Wigham (no relation of a certain cartoon Chief Wiggum) said to the newest Police Academy graduating class "What the Force really needs is New Blood."
Fri, 19 Sep 97 18:17:43 EDT: Jason gave a Plot to Glen. ( the plot).
Sat, 20 Sep 97 12:15:36 EDT: Glen used Texas, aided by the C.I.A., to make a Privileged Attack to control Don Fnordlioni's Mossad. The initial strength of the attack was 10 (Power of Texas) + 4 (Common alignment of Government) + 4 (Common alignment of Violent) + 9 (Power of the C.I.A.) - 7 (Resistance of Mossad) - 10 (Proximity to the Servants of Cthulhu) = 10.
The Texas cabal acquire a taste for national security and law enforcement organisations. They secretly decide they'd like to try another. Just a small one. /It is wafer thin/. They fail to realise the deeper implications of their hunger. The CIA see an opportunity for infiltration of another national agency, and help them out. They, too, fail to see the implications of their own impulses. The Bavarian masters smile, knowingly.
Mon, 22 Sep 97 14:18:28 EDT: Glen exposded a Ketchup Is a Vegetable Plot.
Tue, 23 Sep 97 13:49:02 EDT: Glen rolled for his attack on the Mossad; he rolled a 6.
Because Don Fnordlioni had no puppets of his Illuminati (and it was after the end of his third turn), he was out of the game immediately; his Plot and Groups deck vanished, as did all his exposed Plots and his Weather Satellite.
Tue, 23 Sep 97 16:05:24 EDT: Thany discarded the Action Token of the A.M.A..
The AMA goes golfing (discards their action token).
Tue, 23 Sep 97 17:53:39 EDT: Glen discarded his exposed Ketchup Is A Vegetable Plot.
Wed, 24 Sep 97 13:11:39 EDT: NASA gave its action token to Texas, using its special ability.
NASA announces a large expansion of its operations in Houston. The announcement raises the business outlook, invigorating the Texan economy. The state's income exceeds budget forecasts. On a high for a change, there is a temporary rise in productivity throughout the state government.
Thu, 25 Sep 97 14:50:41 EDT: Glen spent an action token of the Bavarian Illuminati, using the special ability of the Mossad to look at the bottom of his Plot deck before drawing. (his view)
Fri, 26 Sep 97 10:53:50 EDT: Glen chose to draw his top Plot. ( his draw)
Sat, 27 Sep 97 00:22:43 EDT: Glen gave several groups to Jason: He spent the action token of the B.A.T.F. to move it to Jason's Russia. He then spent the action token of Texas to move the Mossad to also be a puppet of Russia.
In return for assistance rendered, the Texan cabal of the Bavarian Illuminati give two of their puppets to the Network.
Violence is up in the world of computers. Madmen in the middle east use anonymous e-mailings to send threatening letters to their enemies. Illegal shipments of Tobacco and Firearms are being sent all over as the BATF uses it's own hackers to send the orders. And all of this is being done under the new electronic democrocy of the Former Soviet Republic
Glen then spent his last action token on the Bavarian Illuminati to move NASA to be a puppet of Jason's Finland.
In the spirit of "give 'til it hurts", the Bavarian Illuminati (Texas cabal) also use their own action to pass NASA to the Network.
With their new found space technology, the network quickly moves NASA headquarters to the Pinnacle Fjording Fnords of Finland.
Sun, 28 Sep 97 23:22:54 EDT: Glen gave Jason his Clipper Chip, reducing the power of Texas, the C.I.A, and Brazil by 2 each, and increasing the power of Finland, NASA, England, Russia, Israel, Mossad, the B.A.T.F., and Canada by 2 each.
Mon, 29 Sep 97 13:47:19 EDT: Glen declared victory, with a total power of 50.
Jason revealed his Goal: Power For Its Own Sake and declared victory, with a total power of 51.
The Temple of the Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (Texas branch) send out a few small packages to very ordinary and nondescript post office boxes, containing apparently worthless trinkets, labelled as free samples. The various Illuminati, whose most trusted agents watch the unwitting owners of these post office boxes, observe the contents of these free samples. They report to their masters, who interpret this as *another* declaration of victory by the aforementioned Temple-Bavarians.
In communique from various postal workers, the Internernational Network Transnavigation elongated Representative-New Illumincated Company (InterNic) receives word that the Temple-Bavarians of Texas have declared victory in this battle for the world. Scrambling up with their newfound power, quickly send electronic mail to known conspiritors for the other factions, who quickly realize that the network has also gained sizable power for it's own sake.
Wed, 1 Oct 97 20:30:05 EDT: James and Thany said that there was nothing they could do. Glen and Jason had won the game!
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