Third Consecutive Hutt Victory (sort of)

The usual suspects conspired to meet at Ric's place for tamales and burritos while Marlene was out of town.  Twas a good thing that we only had a couple beers and a bottle of Cab -- lesson learned from last week. 

After eating our fill, we had the usual crazy dice rolls before things settled down with Ric as Peetza da Hutt, Kent as the e-vile Emperor, and I was stuck with the luzer Rebels.  The setup was a little strange with the Storm Troopers and the Rebels giving the Hutts two shots at claiming their fifth resource planet, which they eventually accepted. 

The Emperor placed his first starbase on Sluis Van but both failed to sweep the Wild Spaces clear of Hutts and to block the Wild Spaces with the Death Star.  Then the Rebels had an exceptional round with 8 consecutive victories as they rolled from Bespin all the way to Topowara.  It looked like the Empire was already on the way down.

But the Storm Troopers slowly fought their way back from the brink of defeat, blew up Sullust and Rodia, and pretty much hammered the Rebels back into place.  The Force Meter got pushed to the extreme darkside, so faction cards flooded in. 

But while that was going on, the Hutts amassed 15 planets, 7 then 8 of them resource planets.  When they cashed in a huge straight and thought to win the game, a single Rebel garrison at Bespin held off 7 invading Hutts and denied them victory.  But with 5 new faction cards, time was running out.

The Empire made a valiant attempt to halt the Hutt swarms, but was thwarted at Nar Shaddar by a stubborn Hutt resistance.  The Rebels abandoned the Ison Corridor and made a desperate effort to take out the Emperor, but they guessed poorly and only knocked out a couple ordinary starbases.  The Hutts were able to capitalize on the resulting weakness and their superiority in faction cards to bring on board 7 + 4 legions to finish off the lightly held Imperial resource planets. 

Victory Hutts.

July 31st Battle for the Bottle

First things first, the Battle for Galactic Domination was declared a draw.  Yeah, Ric was on the ropes, but Kent had drunk two beers and pretty much an entire bottle of Cycles Gladiator Cabernet Sauvignon.  Ric and I had tucked into the Scotch and were pretty much useless.  After beating each other senseless with ridiculous dice rolls, no one had victory in sight.

So we'll just wave all the loyal blog readers past this catastrophe, "Move along.  Move along.  Nothing to see now.  Move along."

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
I'm just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

-- Cold Play, Viva la Vida