RESULTS: For the battle of Habbanya Ridge Sietch, the BG Voices the Emperor to play no Projectile Weapon again. The Atreides foresees that the BG will be playing a Poison Weapon, and the Emperor decided to roll over big-time. The BG win with 1 supported token and a Cheap Hero. Caid dies, giving the BG a net +2 spice. The Emperor played no cards. As usual, I'll assume the BG will keep their cards unless they tell me otherwise. That brings up the 3 Guild battles. Which one does the fish want to fight first? (Personal note -- I'm going to be out of town beginning this evening through Tuesday, so unless Chip and others can respond early today, the next update probably won't be until Wednesday. I might be reading my email Monday or Tuesday, but I can't promise anything.) ORDERS NEEDED: Bene Gesserit - Call traitor? Discard any cards? (Just asking to make it official) Guild - Order you want to fight your 3 battles? All - Conditional orders or card plays DUE DATE: October 24, 1999 =============================================================================== TURN: 3 STORM: The Greater Flat (sector 16) SPICE: South Mesa (sector 5) - 2 Red Chasm (sector 7) - 8 ALLIANCES: Atreides & Emperor Bene Gesserit & Guild CARD BIDDING: Card #1 - F:- B:- G:- E:x A:1 H:2 A:- -> H:2 Card #2 - B:- G:- E:x A:1 H:- F:2 A:3 F:4 A:- -> F:4 Card #3 - G:1 E:x A:2 H:- F:- B:- G:- -> A:2 Card #4 - A:1 H:- F:2 B:- G:- E:x A:5 F:- -> A:5 Card #5 - H:- F:2 B:- G:- E:x A:3 F:- -> A:3 REVIVAL: Atreides - 2 free + 1 paid Emperor - 1 (Sardaukar) free Fremen - 3 (1 Fedaykin, 2 regular) free Guild - 1 free + 1 paid Harkonnen - 2 free MOVEMENT: Fremen - Ship 2 tokens to The Great Flat; Move 5 tokens (including 1 Fedaykin) from The Great Flat to the Polar Sink Bene Gesserit - Ship 8 tokens to Habbanya Ridge Sietch; Move 2 tokens from Imperial Basin to Carthag Guild - Ship 8 tokens to Arrakeen; No movement Emperor - Ship 6 tokens (including 1 Sardaukar) to Carthag; Move 3 Sardaukar from Habbanya Ridge Sietch to False Wall West Atreides - Ship 6 tokens to Sietch Tabr; Move 3 tokens from Imperial Basin to Red Chasm Harkonnen - Ship 2 tokens to Tuek's Sietch; No movement COMBAT: Faction Dial Spice Leader Weapon Defense ---------------------------------------------------------------- Carthag: BG 3 2 Irulan (5) Poison Poison Emperor 4 0 Bashar (2) Jubba Cloak None Habb. Ridge Sietch: BG 1 1 Cheap (0) Poison Poison Emperor 0.5 0 Caid (3) None None Sietch Tabr: Guild Atreides Tuek's Sietch: Guild Harkonnen Arrakeen: Guild Atreides SPICE COLLECTION: TOKEN LOCATIONS: Atreides - 3 Arrakeen (sector 10) 3 Imperial Basin (sector 10) 3 Red Chasm (sector 7) 6 Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 0 Off-planet 5 Tanks Bene Gesserit - 1(c) Arrakeen (sector 10) 8 Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) 1 Polar Sink 2(c) Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 2 South Mesa (sector 5) 1 Off-planet 5 Tanks Emperor - 3(3) False Wall West (sector 17) 4 Off-planet 13(2) Tanks Fremen - 5(1) Polar Sink 4(2) Far side of planet 11 Tanks Guild - 8 Arrakeen (sector 10) 5 Polar Sink 2 Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 3 Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) 0 Off-planet 2 Tanks Harkonnen - 2 Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) 5 Off-planet 13 Tanks LEADER STATUS: Atreides - OK Lady Jessica (5) OK Thufir Hawat (5) OK Gurney Halleck (4) OK Duncan Idaho (2) OK Dr. Wellington Yueh (1) OK Kwisatz Haderach (+2) [7/7] Bene Gesserit - OK Alia (5) OK Lady Margot Fenring (5) OK Princess Irulan (5) OK Rev. Mother Ramallo (5) OK Wanna Marcus (5) Emperor - OK Count Hasimir Fenring (6) OK Captain Aramsham (5) OK Burseg (3) DEAD Caid (3) DEAD Bashar (2) Fremen - OK Stilgar (7) OK Chani (6) OK Otheym (5) DEAD Shadout Mapes (3) DEAD Jamis (2) Guild - OK Staban Tuek (5) OK Esmar Tuek (3) OK Master Bewt (3) OK Soo Soo Sook (2) OK Guild Representative (1) Harkonnen - OK Feyd-Rautha (6) OK Beast Rabban (4) OK Piter DeVries (3) OK Captain Iakin Nefud (2) OK Umman Kudu (1) PLAYERS: Atreides - Sherlockazulu Bene Gesserit - Dandelot Emperor - Sorvan Harkonnen - LoveTXmen Fremen - JonathanMcC Guild - CcollinsIII GM - tempus42 PLAYER DOTS: Cielago South (sector 2) - Bene Gesserit Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) - Guild Gara Kulon (sector 8) - Emperor Carthag (sector 11) - Atreides Sietch Tabr (sector 14) - Harkonnen Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) - Fremen