RESULTS: The BG voice the Fremen to use no poison weapon in the battle for Carthag, and it becomes a straight up fight. Otheym leads his better-supplied force to victory over Alia. No cards played, no deaths. All of the BG are removed, along with 2 regular Fremen and 1 Fedaykin. That leaves things pretty topsy-turvy at the end of the fourth turn: The Guild own Arrakeen; the Fremen own Carthag; the Atreides own Sietch Tabr; the Harkonnen own Tuek's Sietch; and the BG own Habbanya Ridge Sietch. Also, every faction has at least half of their tokens in the tanks, except for the BG (who are close to that anyway), and most factions have at least 2 leaders dead. It's a bloodbath! Spice collection is shown below. I'll be sending out the storm and spice blow info for turn 5 shortly. ORDERS NEEDED: All - Conditional orders or card plays DUE DATE: December 10, 1999 =============================================================================== TURN: 4 STORM: Cielago South (sector 2) [SHIELD WALL DOWN] SPICE: Cielago North (sector 3) - 8 ALLIANCES: Atreides & Emperor Bene Gesserit & Guild CARD BIDDING: Card #1 - G:1 E:2 A:- H:- F:- B:- G:3 E:- -> G:3 Card #2 - E:2 A:- G:- F:- B:- G:3 E:4 G:5 E:- A:6 G:7 A:- -> G:7 Card #3 - A:1 H:2 F:- B:- G:3 E:- A:4 H:- G:5 A:- -> G:5 Card #4 - H:2 F:- B:3 G:x E:4 A:- H:- B:- -> E:4 Card #5 - F:3 B:4 G:x E:x A:5 H:- F:- B:- G:6 A:- -> G:6 Card #6 - B:3 G:x E:x A:5 H:- F:- B:- -> A:5 REVIVAL: Guild - 1 free + 5 Ghola (played during bidding) Emperor - 1 free Sardaukar Atreides - 2 free + 1 paid Harkonnen - 2 free Fremen - 3 free Bene Gesserit - 1 free + 1 paid MOVEMENT: Guild - Ship 4 tokens to Tuek's Sietch (with advisor); Move 5 tokens from Polar Sink to Tuek's Sietch Emperor - No shipment; No movement Atreides - Ship 2 tokens to Sietch Tabr (with advisor to the Polar Sink); Move 3 tokens from Imperial Basin to Rim Wall West Harkonnen - Ship 2 tokens to Tuek's Sietch (with advisor); No movement Fremen - Ship 4 regular tokens to Broken Land; Move 5 tokens (including 1 Fedaykin) from Polar Sink to Carthag Bene Gesserit - Ship 4 tokens from Habbanya Ridge Sietch to Carthag (using Guild shipment); Move 2 tokens from South Mesa to Tuek's Sietch COMBAT: Faction Dial Spice Leader Weapon Defense ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuek's Sietch: Guild 6 6 Esmar (3) Worthless Poison Harkonnen 2 2 Feyd (6) Lasgun Poison Sietch Tabr: Atreides 7 7 Duncan (2+2) None None BG 2 2 Irulan (5) Poison Poison Carthag: Fremen 4 3 Otheym (5) None None BG 2 0 Alia (5) None None SPICE COLLECTION: Atreides - 2 (Red Chasm) Bene Gesserit - 2 (automatic CHOAM for turn 5) Fremen - 10 (Broken Land + Carthag) Guild - 2 (Arrakeen) Harkonnen - 1 (Tuek's Sietch) TOKEN LOCATIONS: Atreides - 3 Red Chasm (sector 7) 3 Rim Wall West (sector 9) 1 Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 1 Off-planet 12 Tanks Bene Gesserit - 1(c) Arrakeen (sector 10) 4 Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) 2 Polar Sink 4(c) Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) 0 Off-planet 9 Tanks Emperor - 3(3) False Wall West (sector 17) 5(1) Off-planet 12(1) Tanks Fremen - 4 Broken Land (sector 12) 2 Carthag (sector 11) 3(2) Far side of planet 11(1) Tanks Guild - 5 Arrakeen (sector 10) 2 Off-planet 13 Tanks Harkonnen - 1 Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) 5 Off-planet 14 Tanks LEADER STATUS: Atreides - OK Lady Jessica (5) OK Thufir Hawat (5) OK Gurney Halleck (4) DEAD Duncan Idaho (2) DEAD 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 - DEAD Esmar Tuek (3) DEAD Master Bewt (3) OK Soo Soo Sook (2) DEAD 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) OK Staban Tuek (5) 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