Board Game Arena

MyleneH 198 vs Automa 116
https://boardgamearena.com/10/gaiaproje ... =392756129
Focused on Science and Navigation, and Terraforming towards the end

Hmmm can I get over 200 if I try again..... So close! ^^;;;

On Automalein difficulty, I managed to beat the bot 148 points to 99. https://boardgamearena.com/3/gaiaprojec ... =393119771#

Ok. Tried it on normal difficulty this time and actually got a better score than on easy difficulty, beating the bot 170 to 116 points. https://boardgamearena.com/3/gaiaprojec ... =393120651

What a high-scoring start to the new challenge. Thank you all, as ever, for sharing your scores.

pepealas wrote: ↑02 July 2023, 22:19 Pepealas 247 vs automa 119.

I like the 2 RL adjacent and all-round scoring.

majiming wrote: ↑03 July 2023, 11:02 Ok. Tried it on normal difficulty this time and actually got a better score than on easy difficulty

Congratulations on you much higher score: although it scores more, the standard automa level usually provides more power charging (leech), for example.

kespie wrote: ↑03 July 2023, 08:44 kespie 265 vs 116 Automa.
It should be interesting to try a science approach as well, but then probably combined with gaiaforming (?).

Amazing! The 2RL start with the lab round booster gets you off to a great start (scoring for 2 TS and 2 RL). What stands out for me is the amount of power you spent on conversions (42, such as taking 1 ore for 3 power), maximising the Brainstone around a small number of power tokens.

Scores listed.

The points are already this high ....
I'm almost ashamed to post my score here ...

Andreas G 151 vs Automa 116 – https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=393140555 – Academy in first Round, Science first, then Economy

Here's a first try with science and gaiaforming - tough to get right but still a good score. Quite some potential for improvement here (e.g. scored only 9 vp for satellites final objective, didn't even take all printed gaias, and had to buy a useless tech without a step at the end). I still like the eco approach much better though. But Taklons are so insanely powerful that they can do almost any tactic and still score well...

kespie 232 vs 115 Automa - https://boardgamearena.com/5/gaiaprojec ... =393245683 - science, nav2, gaia

Update, slightly better try with same approach:
kespie 243 vs 116 Automa - https://boardgamearena.com/4/gaiaprojec ... =393751491 - science, nav2, gaia

montybojangles 224 vs Ultoma 147 - https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=393450722 - econ, then nav, taking advanced tiles, then terraforming and AI.

Andreas G wrote: ↑03 July 2023, 13:12 The points are already this high ....
I'm almost ashamed to post my score here ...

I know you mean that tongue-in-cheek, but the score doesn't matter as long as everyone enjoys the game .

kespie wrote: ↑03 July 2023, 18:53 Here's a first try with science and gaiaforming - tough to get right but still a good score ... scored only 9 vp for satellites final objective

Yes, a good score and interesting to try. Am surprised you didn't win satellites, with all those tokens available .

Score lists updated.

snyggis2003 - 223 vs 146 Automachtig - This was the third playthrough.

djchadb 182 vs Automa 116 - https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=393596065 - started off slow, eventually went up on econ and nav, then terra and AI; 4 feds.

core mistake I made throughout the game was building placement and upgrades; I wasn't near the automa enough to benefit from charging like Taklons should (only spent -6VP on passive charging)