Subject: Wesley's STCCG Card of the day #385

Hi folks. Well, I have good news, and bad news.

Bad news is, the projector's shot, and I can't fix it (I'm a rater, not an
engineer. :) That means, no more holo-Wesley. Good news is, I've managed
to salvage the silver and gold medal winners for Internet Expansion IV,
and I've managed to put together reviews for them. (So any purists may
want to cover their eyes - this is pretty much all me, little/no Wes. Be
gentle, folks. :) 

Anyhoo, it's down to business, and our second place card:

Internet Expansion IV, 2nd place, by Joe Golowka

INVASION
Interrupt
Play card at the beginning of your turn. Until end of turn, score one
point for each of opponent's personnel you kill, 10 for each outpost, 6
for each station, and 5 for each starship. Double points if you have
completed Strategic Diversion. You may not play another Invasion for two
full turns.
"In 2372 the Klingon Empire launched an invasion against the Cardassian
Union. The invasion devestated Cardassia and gave the Klingons new
territory."

Well, here it is - the logical progression of Latinum Payoff and Klingon
Civil War. For one turn, those armadas become a big point machine. Of
course, there's one catch - you have to catch them first, and there has to
be enough of them out there to kill. And let's be honest - there's a
severe limit to how many points you'll score with this. Most likely,
you'll nail an outpost, two ships, tops. That's 20 points, plus crew
(remember that crew - point a piece). So if you're lucky, you'll net 25-30
points. About as good as a mission.

Now, before you Klingons out there start getting all excited, you're not
going to be able to win a game with this card. You can only use it every
three turns, but let's face it - your opponent won't have anything worth
shooting at for a long while.  If you sacrifice the fleet to a Borg Ship,
you'll get 45 - enough to bring you within 25-30 points of a win. So
you'll still need a mission to win. Of course, it's still worth it, since
you were planning on using that armada anyways, right? :-)  So one
interrupt for 20 points is a pretty darn good deal in my book.

End result - if you're playing the Armada, stock one or two. At least
you'll score 10 when you take out the outpost. Otherwise, leave it in the
box.

Favorite combo(s):

- Klingon armada + Invasion. (nah, go figure :)

- Don't forget the ground possibilities: Tasha Alternate + multiple Phaser
Burns makes for a darn good commando raid at 2 points per Burn. :)

Ratings for : 

Wesley's rating:                -.-
Allen's rating:                 6.5
Cpt. Targ's rating:             8.5
Data's rating:                  8.4
Dr. R'Mor's rating:             8.9  
EHCCGPP's rating:               5.5
Hal's rating:                   6.5
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a's rtg.:  7.2
John's rating:                  6.5
Jon Walker's rating:            5.0
Jono's rating:                  5.7
Locutus' rating:                7.0
Mot's rating:                   6.5
Nanite's rating:                9.5
Picarde's rating:               5.5
Ranger's rating:                9.1
Rothspar's rating:              7.0
Sirna's rating:                 8.0
Tebok's rating:                 8.5
Tony's rating:                  9.2
Worf's rating:                  5.0
----------------------          
AVERAGE RATING:                 7.2

Please direct all email concerning card of the day to:
crusher@kiss.de

Visit the Web Page! 

http://www.worldonline.nl/~ldp/COTD.html 
(for best indexing - all cards crosslinked)

With all back issues from #1 up to today !


LLAP,

Wesley Crusher
Temporarily immortal STCCG Lord (on vacation)

"A couple of lightyears can't keep good friends apart"

and

Allen Gould
The STCCG Lord's temp :)

"Hmm.. let's see what this button does.."
------------------------------------------------------------------------