Rowan Tree and Red Thread

alaimacerc, sammywol and I played RftG last night after a slow start and much chatting. Homeworlds were Dooooomed World for me (Doooomed I tell you!), Damaged Alien Factory for Alai and Ancient Race for Sammywol.

We got stuck in and pretty soon Sammywol was Developing every turn. She had Instellar Bank, Galactic Developers, Public Works and I think one other Development power and really had a powerhouse going. Alai grew a respectable military but didn't get any of the 6-pt developments that really give big points for military power, while I got a reasonably good rare elements production engine going with a little novelty on the side. Improved Logistics helped me keep up a little with the heavy Development bias as I didn't draw many usuable developments.

Final scores were Sammywol 42, Alai 33 (plus 4 cards) and Myles 33 (plus 3 cards). Close run for second place to Alai, and a very convincing win for Sammywol. Nice game!