Summary of History of an INWO Game

Don Fnordlioni played Hoax! on the Good Polls, powering it with the action token of the B.A.T.F., and discarding his top Plot, NWO: World Hunger. The roll is 10 or less.

Glen played a Hoax! on Don Fnordlioni's Hoax!, powering it with New York's action token, and discarding his top Plot, NWO: Bigger Business. The roll is -4 or less.

Thany spent his Illuminati action to aid the attack with global power 10. The roll is 6 or less.

Don Fnordlioni spent the action token of the Robot Sea Monsters (global power 1) to bring the roll up to 7. He also exposed an Atomic Monster.

James spent the action tokens of the N.S.A. (Global Power 2) and the Nephews of God (Global Power 1) to bring it up to a 10 or less.

Jason spent England's action token (power 6) in New York's defense, bringing the roll down to a 4 or less. Glen gave Jason a Plot card.

Dice off: James proposed to use the Society of Assassin's action to aid the attack, and Thany proposed to use the Nuclear Power Companies to cancel England's action. James rolled a 9; Thany rolled a 4. James aided with the Society of Assassins. The roll was an 11 or less.

Don Fnordlioni rolled an 8, successfully destroying New York.

Don Fnordlioni used the Mossad to look at his bottom Plot, then drew his top Plot.

Don Fnordlioni played NWO: Fear and Loathing.

Don Fnordlioni knocked.

James Eddleman's Turn 2

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James drew a Plot and a Group. He rolled an 8 (a failure) for the Nephews of God.

James ATO'ed the Fiendish Fluoridators.

James returned a Plot from his hand to the middle of his deck.

The N.S.A. aided by the Fiendish Fluoridators, attacked to destroy the Nuclear Power Companies. The roll was 7 or less.

The Nuclear Power Companies spent their action in their own defense. The roll was -1.

The Network aided the attack, bringing the roll back up to a 7 or less.

James rolled a 5, successfully destroying the Nuclear Power Companies.

James drew a Plot because of the Fiendish Fluoridators.

James used the special ability of the N.S.A. to look at the top three Plots of Jason's deck.

James knocked.

Thany's Turn 2

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Thany drew a Plot and a Group.

Thany ATO'ed OPEC. He rolled an 11 for OPEC's power, giving it a power of 9.

Thany played NWO: Law and Order.

Thany's OPEC attacked to control the Fraternal Orders. The roll was 14 or less.

James played NWO: World Hunger. The roll was 10 or less.

Thany rolled a 9, a success.

Thany played Red Scare to reload OPEC.

Thany knocked.

Jason Bostick's Turn 2

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Jason drew two Plots and a Group.

Jason ATO'ed Russia.

Glen gave Japan to Jason (England accepted Japan).

Jason played Blitzkrieg to give an action token to Japan.

Jason used England's action token to move Japan to the Network's control arrow.

Jason spent the action tokens of Japan and Finland to buy a Plot.

Jason played New Blood on Russia.

Jason knocked, then played Seize the Time!

Jason Bostick's Seize the Time! Turn

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Jason drew no Plots and no Groups.

Jason made an automatic takeover of Germany, off of England.

Don Fnordlioni played an Atomic Monster on Japan. The die roll was 18 or less.

Don Fnordlioni rolled a 3, destroying Japan.

Don Fnordlioni used the Mossad to draw the bottom card of his deck.

Jason knocked.

Glen Barnett's Turn 2

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Glen drew a Plot card and a Group card.

Glen ATO'ed Texas.

Texas attacked to control the Local Police Departments. The roll was a 12 or less.

Thany spent the action of OPEC (power 11) to bring the roll down to a 1.

Jason spent an action token of England (Global Power 2) to bring the roll to a 3.

James spent the action of the Nephews of God (Power 3) to aid the attack, in exchange for a Group card from Glen. The roll was a 6.

Jason spent the action of Germany (Power 4) to make the roll a 10 or less.

Glen rolled a 4, a success.

Glen spent a Bavarian Illuminati action to draw a Group card.

Glen knocked and played Seize the Time!

Glen Barnett's Seize the Time! Turn

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Glen drew no cards.

Glen ATO'ed the Orbital Mind Control Lasers.

Glen knocked.

Round 3

Don Fnordlioni's Turn 3

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Don Fnordlioni drew his top Plot after looking at the bottom with Mossad, and then drew a Group.

Don Fnordlioni ATO'ed the C.I.A. off of the Servants of Cthulhu. He discarded a Car Bomb, and exposed an Atomic Monster.

Don Fnordlioni spent the action of the Servants of Cthulhu to take over Soulburner.

Don Fnordlioni knocked.

James Eddleman's Turn 3

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James drew a Plot and a Group.

James rolled a 6 for the Nephews of God, a success. He drew another Group.

James spent the action token of the Society of Assassins to draw a Plot.

James used the N.S.A. to look at his top three Plots.

James ATO'ed the Libertarians.

The Libertarians, with a Jihad, aided by the N.S.A. and the Nephews of God, attacked to control Jason's Germany. The initial roll was 16 or less.

Glen used the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to remove the Government alignment from England, reducing the roll to 11 or less.

Jason spent the actions of Finland (Power 4) and Russia (Power 4) to defend Germany. The roll was a 3 or less.

James played an agents card for Germany. The roll was a 13 or less.

James rolled a 10, successfully controlling Germany.

James played a Full Moon, giving action tokens to the Nephews of God, the Libertarians, and the Fiendish Fluoridators.

Thany's Turn 3

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Thany rolled a 4 for OPEC's power, giving it a printed power of 2 and a power of 4.

Thany drew a Plot and a Group.

Thany ATO'ed the Congressional Wives off of the Vatican.

Thany knocked.

Jason Bostick's Turn 3

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Jason drew two Plots and a Group.

Jason ATO'ed Canada off of the Network.

Jason played a Power Grab to take France off of Canada.

Jason knocked.

Glen Barnett's Turn 3

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Jason played NWO: A Thousand Points of Light.

Glen drew a Plot and a Group. He spent the action tokens of Texas and the Local Police Departments to draw another Plot.

Glen ATO'ed Brazil and took action tokens.

Glen spent an Illuminati action to bring out a Clipper Chip.

Glen's Bavarian Illuminati, with the aid fo Brazil, made a Privileged attack to control California. The roll was an 11 or less.

Glen rolled a 12, a failure.

Glen knocked, discarding his California card.

Round 4

Don Fnordlioni's Turn 4

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Don Fnordlioni spent the actions from the Robot Sea Monsters, B.A.T.F., C.I.A., and Mossad to draw two Plots off the top of his deck. He then used his regular Plot draw to draw another Plot card from the bottom of his deck. He drew a Group card.

Don Fnordlioni ATO'ed a Weather Satellite and took action tokens.

Don Fnordlioni spent the Servants of Cthulhu's action to take over Hitler's Brain.

Don Fnordlioni played his Atomic Monster on France, using a Weather Satellite to boost the attack.

Jason spent all his action tokens to draw three Plots.

Jason returned two Plots from his hand to the top of his Plot deck. He traded a Plot to Glen in exchange for a Plot.

Jason played a Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know on the Atomic Monster, discarding the top two Plots of his deck face-down.

Don Fnordlioni's B.A.T.F. attacked to control Saddam Hussein. The roll was a 10 or less.

Don Fnordlioni exposed a Deasil Engine.

Glen played a Savings & Loan Scam, powering it with the action token of the Local Police Departments.

Glen returned a Plot to his deck, making it the sixth card down, then returned a Plot to his deck, making it the ninth card down.

Glen exposed a Forgery.

Don Fnordlioni rolled an 8, a success.

Don Fnordlioni played a Sniper on Saddam Hussein. The roll was a 12 or less.

Thany played a Bodyguard on Saddam Hussein.

Don Fnordlioni played NWO: Gun Control.

Don Fnordlioni knocked.

James Eddleman's Turn 4

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James drew a Plot and a Group. He rolled a 7 for the Nephews of God, a failure.

James spent four action tokens to draw two Plots.

James used the N.S.A. to look at the top three Plots of his deck.

James ATO'ed W.I.T.C.H. off of the Fiendish Fluoridators.

James played a Full Moon, giving an extra token to each of his Fanatic groups.

James knocked.

Thany's Turn 4

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Thany drew a Plot and a Group.

James played New Blood on W.I.T.C.H.

Thany used the action of the Fraternal Orders to draw a Group card.

Thany ATO'ed the Pentagon and took action tokens. He rolled a 6 for OPEC, giving it a Printed Power of 4 and a Power of 6.

Thany played a Fundie Money on the Pentagon.

The Pentagon attacked to control Newt Gingrich. The initial roll was 14 or less.

Glen used the Orbital Mind Control Laser's to turn Newt Gingrich Liberal. The roll was now a 10 or less.

The Libertarians interfered (Global power of 6). The roll was a 4 or less.

Thany rolled a 10, a failure.

Glen played a Giant Kudzu on the Vatican City. The roll was a 13 or less.

Thany used the action of the A.M.A. (Power 5) to bring the roll down to an 8 or less.

Thany defended the Vatican City with the Fraternal Orders (Power 5). The roll was down to a 3 or less.

Don Fnordlioni used the action of the Weather Satellite to bring the roll up to a 7.

Thany defended with the Congressional Wives (Power 4). The roll was a 3 or less again.

Glen rolled a 5, a failure.

Thany played a Red Scare to reload the Pentagon.

The Pentagon made a Privileged attack to control the Fred Birch Society. The roll was a 16 or less.

Thany rolled a 3, a success.

Thany declared victory with 52 points of power.

James spent the action token of the N.S.A. to look at the top three Plots of Don Fnordlioni's Plot deck.

Don Fnordlioni spent the action tokens of the Mossad and the Robot Sea Monsters to draw a Plot, looking at the bottom Plot but drawing the top.

Don Fnordlioni played a Nuclear Accident on France. The roll was a 14 or less.

Don Fnordlioni gave Soulburner to Jason.

Don Fnordlioni rolled a 6. France was destroyed.

Jason drew two Plots from Don Fnordlioni's deck.

Jason returned a Plot to near the bottom of his deck.

Don Fnordlioni drew his bottom Plot, then looked at his bottom Plot and chose to draw his top Plot.

Don Fnordlioni played Giant Kudzu on the Pentagon. The roll was 10 or less.

Don Fnordlioni discarded a Head in a Jar plot.

Don Fnordlioni rolled a 5, Devastating the Pentagon.

Don Fnordlioni played an Annual Convention on the Congressional Wives. The roll was a 4 or less.

Don Fnordlioni rolled a 4, destroying the Congressional Wives.

Don Fnordlioni drew two Plots off the top of his deck.

Don Fnordlioni played Good Polls on his Violent Groups.

Jason gave James a Plot.

James played Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know on the Good Polls, discarding his top two Plots face-down.

Thany knocked, discarding his Newt Gingrich card.

Jason Bostick's Turn 4

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Don Fnordlioni played a Senate Investigating Committee on Jason.

Jason drew two Plots and a Group, took action tokens, and knocked.

Glen Barnett's Turn 4

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Glen drew a Plot and a Group.

Glen spent the action tokens of Texas and the Local Police Departments for another Plot.

Jason gave a Plot to Glen.

Jason gave a Group card to Glen.

Glen ATO'ed Hawaii off of the Bavarian Illuminati and took action tokens.

Texas made a Privileged attack to control the C.I.A. Glen used the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to turn the C.I.A. Conservative. The roll was 11 or less.

Don Fnordlioni played a Deasil Engine on the Orbital Mind Control Lasers. The roll was a 7 or less.

The Local Police Departments (Power 4) aided the attack, bringing the attack up to an 11 or less.

Don Fnordlioni played a Martial Law on the C.I.A. The roll was a 1 or less.

Glen spent one action token of the Bavarian Illuminati (Global Power 10) to bring the attack to an 11 or less.

Glen rolled an 8, a success.

Glen spent an action token from the Bavarian Illuminati to bring out the Big Prawn, linking it to Brazil and using it to turn Brazil Violent.

Brazil attacked to control the B.A.T.F., with a Martial Law and an Agents card. The roll was a 27 or less.

James spent tokens from the Nephews of God and the Fiendish Fluoridators to draw a Plot.

James played NWO: End of the World. The roll was a 25 or less.

Glen rolled an 11, a failure.

James used W.I.T.C.H. to change the die roll to a 10, a success.

Glen rolled a single die for inscrutable purposes.

Glen offered to give the C.I.A. to Jason. Jason declined.

Glen declared victory, with 53 points of power.

James spent the tokens of the Fiendish Fluoridators and the Nephews of God to buy a Plot.

James returned a Plot to his deck, making it the fifth one down.

James drew a Plot with his last two actions.

James played NWO: The Magic Goes Away.

Glen knocked.

Round 5

Don Fnordlioni's Turn 5

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Don Fnordlioni drew a Plot from the bottom of his deck.

Don Fnordlioni took action tokens.

Glen returned a Plot card to his deck, making it the fifth card down.

Don Fnordlioni played a Car Bomb on Saddam Hussein, boosting it with the action of the Robot Sea Monsters with a Terrorist Nuke. The roll was a 15 or less.

Don Fnordlioni rolled a 9.

Don Fnordlioni drew his bottom Plot, looked at the bottom of his deck, and drew his top Plot.

Don Fnordlioni knocked.

James Eddleman's Turn 5

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James drew a Plot and a Group.

James rolled a 4 for the Nephews of God and drew another Group card.

James looked at his top three Plots with the N.S.A.

James took action tokens.

Don Fnordlioni gave the Robot Sea Monsters and Hitler's Brain to James; James used the N.S.A. to pay for the transfer of the Robot Sea Monsters.

Glen exposed a Near Miss.

James spent his Society of Assassins action to bring out a Clipper Chip.

The Libertarians attacked to destroy the Pentagon. The roll was 3 or less.

Glen exposed a Beach Party.

James rolled a 5, a failure.

James knocked.

Thany's Turn 5

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Thany rolled a 12 for OPEC, giving it a power of 10.

James returned a Plot to his deck, making it the fourth from the top.

Thany drew a Plot and a Group.

Jason gave Soulburner to Glen.

Thany took action tokens and knocked.

Jason Bostick's Turn 5

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Jason drew two Plots and a Group.

Jason spent his Network action token and one action from each of his four groups to draw three more Plots.

Jason returned a Plot to the bottom of his deck.

Jason took action tokens.

Don Fnordlioni exposed a Murphy's Law plot.

Russia attacked to control Israel. The roll was an 8 or less.

Jason rolled a 4, a success.

Jason's Network attacked to destroy James' Robot Sea Monsters. The roll was a 2 or less.

Thany spent his Bavarian Illuminati to aid the attack. The roll was a 12 or less.

Jason rolled a 9, destroying the Robot Sea Monsters.

Finland attacked to control Don Fnordlioni's Mossad with an Agents card. The roll was a 9 or less.

Don Fnordlioni spent his Servants of Cthulhu action to defend the Mossad, bringing the roll down to a 0.

Jason spent the tokens of England and Canada to aid the attack. The roll was a 5.

Jason rolled an 8, a failure.

Jason gave a Plot to Glen. He discarded Unmasked! and Bavarian Illuminati. He returned a Plot to his deck, making it the sixth card down.

Glen discarded his exposed Forgery.

Jason knocked.

Glen Barnett's Turn 5

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Glen drew a Plot and a Group.

Glen played NWO: Gun Control.

Glen ATO'ed NASA and took action tokens.

Glen relinked the Necronomicon to the Local Police Departments.

Glen played Emergency Powers on Brazil.

Glen played New Blood on the Local Police Departments.

Jason gave a Plot to Glen.

Glen's Texas, aided by the C.I.A., made a Privileged attack to control Don Fnordlioni's Mossad.

Glen exposed a Ketchup is a Vegetable.

Glen rolled a 6, controlling Mossad and eliminating Don Fnordlioni from the game.

Thany discarded the action of the A.M.A.

Glen discarded his exposed Ketchup is a Vegetable.

NASA gave its action token to Texas.

Glen spent his Bavarian Illuminati action to draw a Plot, looking at his bottom Plot then drawing his top Plot.

Glen spent all his remaining action tokens to give the B.A.T.f., the Mossad, and NASA to Jason.

Glen gave Jason the Clipper Chip.

Glen declared victory with a total power of 50. Jason declared victory with Goal: Power For Its Own Sake and a total power of 51.

James and Thany said there was nothing they could do. Glen and Jason won the game.

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