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Annotated Games: 4 playersThis game was played during the testing of version 3.07 of Nova Suecia - The Last Letter Home. To test different strategies, the governors played as follow:
The following abbreviations have been used for the district types. Parentheses indicate that a district is closed, underline that it has a log cabin. Numbers indicate which player owns the district. Parentheses indicate that it's empty, plain text that it's invested in and bold text that it's produced in.
Round 1Ship bag: 1 colonist, 1 gold, 1 grain, 1 iron, 1 timber, 1 tobacco, 1 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Minuit (1 thaler, 1 colonist, 0 districts)
Kling (1 thaler, 1 colonist, 0 districts)
Ridder (2 thaler, 1 colonist, 0 districts)
Printz (2 thaler, 2 colonists, 0 districts)
Minuit starts with a farm and Kling with a plantation. Kling had hoped to avoid competitors but Ridder starts with a spin and builds a log cabin there, waiting for the plant prices to fall. Printz enters the fur trade. Round 2Ship bag: 1 colonist, 0 gold, 1 grain, 1 iron, 1 timber, 1 tobacco, 2 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Printz (3 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -8)
Minuit (2 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Kling (2 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Ridder (4 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Printz continues with his fur strategy and risks a second loan to quickly get the production volumes up. Minuit plays safely produces his grain to get cash. Kling, still annoyed about the tobacco competition from Ridder, but sees no better option but to produce his plant to get cash. Both Minuit and Kling lose 1 thaler to the Dutch. Ridder calmly completes his log cabin. Round 3Ship bag: 1 colonist, 1 gold, 0 grain, 2 iron, 1 timber, 0 tobacco, 2 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Ridder (4 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Printz (0 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districts, interest -16)
Minuit (6 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Kling (7 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Ridder assembles his colonist to get 1 thaler with the intention of saving money to start his tobacco production. Printz produces a log cabin in one of his trade posts while Minuit, who has enough cash to employ his second colonist, invests in a Forestry. Kling decides to deny Ridder the tobacco opportunity by taking a loan to afford an investment in a spin. Round 4Ship bag: 3 colonists, 2 gold, 0 grain, 1 iron, 0 timber, 0 tobacco, 1 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Kling (1 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districts, interest -16)
Ridder (5 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Printz (0 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districts, interest -16)
Minuit (0 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Kling produces his tobacco and lowers the tobacco price but Ridder proceeds with his plan anyway and invests in his spin (without paying for grain, since it now has a log cabin). Printz and Minuit produce fur and timber respectively but Minuit also loses 1 thaler to the Dutch since his forestry is within Dutch influence. Round 5Ship bag: 1 colonist, 2 gold, 1 grain, 1 iron, 1 timber, 0 tobacco, 1 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Minuit (10 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districs, interest -9)
Kling (11 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districts, interest -16)
Ridder (2 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -9)
Printz (7 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districts, interest -16)
Minuit continues his diversification strategy by adding a forge to his previous farm and forestry. Kling assembles his colonists to prepare for a new round of tobacco production while Ridder's low cost strategy enables him to use some of his money from the tobacco to deposit thaler. Printz finds a third open trade post, although within Dutch influence to invest in, and decides to go for a third colonist to improve the productivity of all his trade posts. Round 6Ship bag: 2 colonists, 1 gold, 1 grain, 1 iron, 1 timber, 0 tobacco, 1 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Printz (0 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Minuit (2 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -9)
Kling (13 thaler, 2 colonists, 2 districts, interest -16)
Ridder (10 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest -5)
Printz produces a log cabin but doesn't have to worry about any more Dutch plundering since he's down at 0 thaler. Minuit produces iron but has to pay 1 thaler to the plundering Dutch. Kling can afford to invest 2 plant in a new plantation and can look forward to good tobacco production next round. Ridder decides to assemble his colonist to get 1 thaler and then deposits another 3 thaler. Round 7Ship bag: 1 colonist, 1 gold, 1 grain, 0 iron, 2 timber, 2 tobacco, 0 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Ridder (8 thaler, 1 colonist, 1 district, interest +1)
Printz (0 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Minuit (7 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -9)
Kling (0 thaler, 2 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Ridder enters the grain market by investing in a farm and adding iron for increased production. Printz and Minuit assemble their colonists to raise cash while Kling produces his tobacco. Round 8Ship bag: 2 colonists, 1 gold, 1 grain, 1 iron, 2 timber, 0 tobacco, 0 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Kling (23 thaler, 2 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Ridder (1 thaler, 1 colonist, 2 districts, interest +1)
Printz (3 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Minuit (10 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -9)
Kling takes advantage of the high plant price to invest in his plantation and add iron for increased production. Ridder produces his grain and Printz invests in one of his trade posts. Minuit is disappointed with the low grain prices but invests in his farm anyway to maintain the seal. Round 9Ship bag: 2 colonists, 2 gold, 1 grain, 0 iron, 1 timber, 1 tobacco, 0 furMarkets (buy/sell)
Minuit (9 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -9)
Kling (14 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Ridder (12 thaler, 1 colonist, 2 districts, interest +1)
Printz (3 thaler, 3 colonists, 3 districts, interest -16)
Minuit invests in the second of his three districts, the Mine, and feeds the colonist with a grain. Kling produces his 4 plant, bringing down the plant price considerably. Ridder takes advantage of this by hiring his second colonist and investing in his spin, costing him only the price for the plant thanks to the log cabin. Both Kling and Ridder take the opportunity to deposit thaler as well. Finally, Printz invests in the second of his three trade posts and chooses a log cabin this time to save future costs and not bring down the fur price too much. To be continued. |
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