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ErikPeter Walker
United States
New Haven
Connecticut
Uplifting
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Hello again. Thanks for tuning in. I'll be sharing a few more cards today.
First up is the retooled Galactic Alliance. Originally over-powered as predicted, it lost its phase III power (Gain a VP after settling), which may find its way onto another card in the set. The ability to settle a Non-military world during develop is powerful and creates an interesting leech dynamic. Throwing down whatever cheap worlds you can afford won't necessarily lead to victory, but regardless, 1 VP per world is usually a good deal. It could see another tweak down the line.
Speaking of interesting dynamics, Imperium Rule looks gross, but actually hasn't won a game yet, despite being able to settle Non-military worlds on the cheap (once you have some Military, anyways). In order to combat the potential for pure brokenness, it scores points along a military strategy, so if you're using its phase III power to its full potential you won't be getting any bonus VP (unless the worlds have the Imperium Keyword).
Core Intelligence, as I've mentioned before, gets the Psi-Crystal World power from Brink of War. So far, it hasn't seen much use in playtesting, despite being a useful ability. I think it will be more attractive when there are a few more cards with "Intel" powers in the set.
The Rebel Network has an "Intel" power, and is the second-highest defense military world in my set. As produce/consume engines gained a bit of strength, old fashioned military tableaus needed some help (and they still might!). I think it has a lot of potential, but I just added it to my playtests, so we'll see. I really like how the art turned out.
Finally, here's the Path of Peace. Since the Agenda/Destiny rules aren't finalized, this card isn't either, but it has been quite useful under the current ruleset and was the highest scoring of the new 6-costs to date--16, if I'm not mistaken. (In contrast, I think Uplift Gene Proliferation scored 4 the only time anyone's played it; yeah, it needs some work!)
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