oh, that would be bad 
iām suffering from failing notifications for Eclipse in the moment.
itās so annoying. opening Eclipse more often than any other game 
and to ease the pressure for the playing and the pain for the players on the waiting list they could/should start a 4 or 5P āwaiting gameā?
Hey Michael,
Sorry for the recent delay. There was about 36 hours of traveling with children that resulted in zero downtime. And, while I could take an Ascension turn in about 10 seconds, a move in Terra Mystica requires significantly more thought. Iāll try to minimize those occurrences and let people know when Iām that occupied again.
Calm down everyone! There was no way that a 4p game of Terra Mystica was going to fly by. Everything is back on track again, with the only damage being me forgetting my move during the downtime, and terraforming the wrong space! 
Fortunately, @JHTaube was a true gentleman, and didnāt use his witch powers to steal it. Now that the ugliness is behind us, letās all hug it out. 
I know I"m not in the challenge or anything, but I totally agree with this.
Some games (TM being a major example) do require a lot more thought, and thus while Iāll take all 25 of my other turns, this one I want to make sure I have time to think.
Same thing with my 1775 turns when they come up, now that Iām playing with @SpiceTheCat, but not just for that reason. I also donāt want to take the turn lying in bed before going to sleep and thus not have a chance to write my quick AAR. 
Hi Joe, i apologize for putting up pressure. and i will always respect family life over gaming. if i had known about your family travels, i would have never lost a word and would have waited cool, calm and collected for weeks.
it was just that i was afraid the game might get lost after 2 timeouts by 2 players in a row.
iām back to inner balance, thinking āand even when a game gets lost. so what? no problem. itās only a game. good community relations and feelings are far more important.ā
[quote=āwhovian223, post:24, topic:610, full:trueā].Same thing with my 1775 turns when they come up, now that Iām playing with @SpiceTheCat, but not just for that reason. I also donāt want to take the turn lying in bed before going to sleep and thus not have a chance to write my quick AAR.
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At least 1775 can move at a relatively zen tempo. The lack of a turn timer is clearly a feature, not a half-assed implementation. The on-going AARs as a consequence of the crappy game log is also a happy accident. 
Current game is drawing to a close soon.
Iām on pins and needles as @hard_co and I are battling it out for the top seed. Everywhere I look, my former lead is being chipped away!!
I hate to be rude and surrender as it is something I just donāt do, but my time is running out before Iām away and I may just bow out to keep the end running smoothly. I think I have fewer VP than I started the game with, so its not as if I am a strong contender or anything.
I think you are overestimating my chances! I see nothing but bad things for me in the last couple actionsā¦
Are you referencing the ātournamentā game? This thread is the āKing of the Hillā game.
Yeah, sorry. The game is over anyways so my entire post is pointless, much like my role in the gameā¦
Woohoo! Game 1 is done ā¦
And JHTaube holds the Transormerās 
Game recap with pics on the way soon ā¦
Challenge sent to:
duckworp
geigerm
JMH.75
On deck for the next round:
jason1002
MisterMentat
congratulations to Joe Taube on a great victory!
i had to learn the hard way that ā3 cities+largest areaā is no āi winā button at all.
iāll hurry back to the line.
JHTaube holds the Transformerās
Challenge sent to:
duckworp
geigerm
JMH.75
On deck for the next round:
jason1002
MisterMentat
JammaTal
Well played @JHTaube! I picked the swarmlings thinking the free Trading Posts would offset the lack of money in the bonus tiles, but Iām not sure if anything can overcome their high building costs! Well, maybe the 3 workers for founding a city, but I forgot about that powerā¦
Put me at the bottom!
On deck for the next round:
jason1002
MisterMentat
JammaTal
Hardco
I donāt see anything, probably because Iām mgeiger9 in-game ā¦
@JammaTal, I am surprised that 3 cities plus largest area, plus competitive on the cult tracks didnāt score higher. Were you forced to be out of sync with the round bonuses?
The steady trickle of power from @Hardco in the south-central area helped me along. Probably my best use of the Witchesā Broom.
Accepted 
I have accepted, or at least I think I have, I do find the TM app confusing in terms of accepting or inviting to a game. So is this another round of the competition?
The (first?) tourney is over done gone dusted Pete ā¦ neither of us won.
This new game is in a āwinner stays onā sequence. If you win this one you will get another game. But you are up against Joe ā¦ who just beat the tourney winner.
Further, using skill and judgement, I suspect quite strongly that Joe is related to Saviodo so he springs from a well of multiple gaming greatness. But donāt let that hold you back ā¦