Storm Round:
The storm moves 3 sectors, to stop ontop of sector 3 (Hagga Basin blow).
Spice Blows at:
Wind Pass North - 6
NEXUS!!!! - Fremen please tell me where you want to ride the worm.
Deadline for Nexus discussions is Monday 4-11 at 8pm
The Emperor and Harkonnens join forces.
The Atreides and Tleilaxu sign a blood pact.
South Mesa - 10
Bidding Round:
The Ix transfers a card to the Tleilaxu.
Card 4.1: BT: 2, F: 3, BT: 4; and the Tleilaxu wins it for 4 spice, 3 spice paid to the Emperor, 1 to bank.
Card 4.2: H: 1, BG: 2, Ix: 3, H: 4; and the Harks win it for 4 spice, 2 paid to the bank.
Card 4.3: Ix: 1, H: 2, Ix: 3, H: 4; and the Harks win it for 4 spice, 2 spice paid to the bank.
They get no free card, as it was card 8.
Card 4.4: I: 1, F: 2, I: 3, F: 4, I: 5; and the Ix wins it for 5 spice, 3 paid to the Emperor, 2 to the bank.
Card 4.5: T: 2, BG: 3; and the BGs win it for 3 spice, 2 spice paid to the Emperor.
Card 4.6: Everyone passed on card 4.6, so it becomes 5.1 next tround.
The Ix and the Guild swap a card.
Revival Phase:
Harks, Atreides, and Raad take their free revival.
Emperor, Ix and Guild each take full revival, 9 spice to the Tleilaxu, 3 to bank.
The Tleilaxu revives 1 token, and earns 2 spice from the tanks. The Tleilaxu creates a Ghola of Duncan Idaho (2), for 1 spice, paid to the bank. As I received no conditional revival orders from the Atreides, they choose to NOT revive him now.
Movement Phase:
At the beginning of the Movement round, the BGs announce that they will not coexist at Tuek's Sietch or at Red Chasm.
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Tleilaxu Ship 10 to Carthag,(7 to the Guild). Then move 1 to the Imperial Basin. No BG advisor.
Harkonnen Ship 1 to Gara Kulon, move 1 from Carthag to Arrakeen. The BGs send an advisor.
Atreides Ship two tokens to Arrakeen (1 to Guild) and move one token from HRS to Wind Pass North. Advisor?
BGs Ship 3 to Tuek's Sietch(2 spice to the Guild), move 3 from Tuek's to South Mesa.
Emp No Ship, No Move.
IX Ix moves 1 from GK to Pasty Mesa (sector?)
Fremen Fremen moves 9(2)from Imperial Plain to Wind Pass North.
Raad No ship, no move.
Guild Guild ship six tokens to Tuek's Sietch, no move
A Tleilaxu face dancer un-morphs from amongst the Bene Gesserit Harvestors at South Mesa. (a dead BG unit appears in the tanks.)
Battle Order: Teilaxu, Fremen, Guild, Hark
Battle Rounds:
Battle of South Mesa (Tleilaxu vs. BGs)
Voice Order: "Play No Poison Weapon!"
Prescience question? What Weapon? Answer: "None"
The "bene" houses make a public deal:
The BT will Dial 0
The BT will not play Staben Tuek as a leader
The BT will not play any offensive cards (projectile or Lasgun or poison)
The BT will not attempt an assassination
The BT will not call traitor
The BG will transfer 2 spice during the turn four collection round to the BT
The BG will not play and offensive card (projectile or Lasgun or poison)
Their battle went thusly:
Tleilaxu: Cheap hero, no weapon, no defense, no spice, dial 0.
Gesserit: Wana Marcus, no cards, no spice, dial 0.
The BGs win 5 to 0, the Tleilaxu discards Cheap Hero, and 1 token goes to the tanks.
Battle of The Imperial Plain (Tleilaxu vs. Fremen)
Voice: "Don't play a Projectile Defense!"
Question: "What will you dial?"
Answer: "0"
Tleilaxu: Page (1), poison weapon, worthless card, 0 spice, Dial 0.
Fremen: Chani (6), Weapon None, Defense Worthless, 0 spice, Dial 0.
The Tleilaxu win 1 vs. 0, Chani and a Fremen troooper are sent to the tanks. The Tleilaxu are paid 6 spice from Chani's water. Both players discard their worthless defenses.
Battle of Wind Pass North (Fremen vs. Atreides)
Voice: Don't play a Projectile Defense!"
Duke Greg plays a Karama to block the voice.
Prescience Question: "What will you dial?"
Prescience Answer: "8"
Fremen: Cheap Hero B, Crysknife, Spice 6 (6 to Ix), Dial 8
Atreides: Gurney Halleck (4), no cards, dial .5
The Fremen win 8 to .5, Gurney Halleck (4), 6(2) Fremen troopers, 1 Atreides Trooper are sent to the tanks. The Fremen discard Cheap Hero B. The Fremen are paid 4 spice from Gurney Halleck's body.
Public Deal
This deal involves both Red Chasm and Tueks Sietch
The Guild will choose to resolve the Red Chasm battle first.
In Red Chasm
The Guild will not play Staben Tuek
The Guild will dial 0
The Guild will not play a projectile, poison or lasgun weapon
The Guild will not call treachery
The BG can Play any leader
The BG can dial anything
The BG will not play a projectile, poison or lasgun weapon
The BG will not call treachery
In Tueks Sietch
The Guild can play any available leader
The Guild can dial anything
The Guild will not play a projectile, poison or lasgun weapon
The Guild will not call treachery
The BG can Play any leader (they are all the same)
The BG will dial 0
The BG will not play a projectile, poison or lasgun weapon
The BG will not call treachery
In addition the BG will transfer two spice to the Guild during the turn four collection round
The Guild will play Heavy Spice Blow during turn 4 collection in south mesa
The BG will not move out of South Mesa until all spice there is collected
The BG will transfer half of all spice collected from south mesa (fractions rounded up) to the Guild in future collection rounds
End Public Deal
Battle of Red Chasm (Guild vs. BGs)
Voice: Lost in the wind.
The BGs stand mute (don't use the voice)
BGs: Princess Irulan (5), no Cards, Dial 0
Guild: Soo Soo Sook (2), no cards, Dial 0
The BGs win it 5 vs. 2, 1 Guild Trooper is sent to the tanks.
Battle of Tuek's Sietch (Guild vs. BGs)
Voice order: Again, lost in the wind...those BGs should speak up...
BG: Leader Alia(5), Dial 0, Spice 0, Ambush Card (+2.5 to Alia)
Guild: Leader Staban Tuek(5), Dial .5, Spice 0, no cards.
After re-reviewing the public deal, I see no problems with these battle orders. The BGs win it 7.5 vs. 5.5, 7 Guild tokens are sent to the tanks. The BGs discard Ambush.
Battle of Arrakeen (Harkonnens vs. Atreides)
Prescience Question: "What weapon?"
Prescience Answer: "Special Poison Weapon - Poison Tooth"
Harks: Cheap Hero, Special poison weapon, dial 0.
Atreides: Lady Jessica (5) (KW +2), Kindja Attack, Snooper, no spice, dial .5
Atreides wins it 7.5 vs. 0, Harkonnens discard Special Poison Weapon, and Cheap Hero. 1 Harkonnen trooper and 1 Atreides trooper are sent to the tanks.
Pre-Collection Orders due Monday at 8pm.
The BGs and Fremen announce a public deal which states the Fremen will give the BGs 6 spice and both players agree to stay in the current alliance if there is a Nexus next turn.
Collection Round:
The Guild play's Unusually Heavy Spice Blow at S. Mesa causing the spice there to bloom from 10 to 15.
The Fremen harvest 6 spice at the Funeral Plain, and 6 spice at Wind Pass North.
The BGs havest 3 spice at Red Chasm, and 6 spice at South Mesa.
The BGs, Raad and Emperor receive CHOAM Charity.
The Tleilaxu and Atreides earn 2 spice from Carthag and Arrakeen, while the Harkonnens and BGs earn 1 spice each from Gara Kulon and Tuek's Sietch.
The Raad issue a Taxation decree (schedule: 0-3 spice = 0 tax, 4+= 18% tax, rounded up). As a reminder, the Raad will ONLY see how much tax each player pays not how much spice they have.
Collections have ended, going into the spice tranfer phase, these
automatic transfers occur based on public deals:
BGs transfer 2 to the Tleilaxu
BGs transfer 2 + 3(half spice collected at S. Mesa) to the Guild
Fremen transfer 6 to the BGs
Spice Transfers will be due by Tuesday at 8pm.
Turn 4 Ends