Strangers in the Alps 2: Catan Strikes Back
 

STRANGERS IN THE ALPS pt. 2

Welcome to the second annual Catan play-by-post thread! This year I'll be taking over as game moderator while Hyde is off in Korea doing whatever it is Koreans do. Not playing Catan or going to GFF Meets, that's for sure.

Hyde set up some great parameters for the thread-game so allow me to rip his work off:

The game will play out just like a normal game of Catan with a few exceptions.

Unique House Rules
- players may trade before their roll
- players may use their ports before their roll
- players may use more than one Development Card per turn
- players may use Development Cards as soon as they are purchased.

Online Mechanics
Resources drawn are sent as a PM to the players. Development cards are also indicated in PM.

Players must indicate in bold when they END TURN.

Any road building, settlement building, city upgrades, and thief movement should be as specific as possible so the game master can properly update the game board.

The game master will moderate discussion and will interfere is cheating is suspected. The game master will regularly update the game board and keep track of points and cards. No turn may last more than 48 hours.

If you are unable to take your turn and the time limit has passed the game master will roll on your behalf and pass the turn immediately. If at any point a player must discard half their hand and that player shows no activity within the time limit your cards will be discarded at random for you.

5-6 Player game~
There are six players. The official guide has some rules but this is the Alps and we live by our own rules:
-Players may trade, build, and use developement cards BEFORE their roll. Can you survive 5 rolls?


LIST OF STRANGERS (interact with caution):
Hyde 5 Points. 1 Knight. 1 Dev Card.
Zeph 5 Points.
PANGALANG 3 Points. 1 Knight.
a_lurker 6 Points. Longest Road.
Frank 2 Points.
Plarom 3 Points. 1 Knight


THIEF? 8 OF WHEAT IS BLOCKED

Take note of the number of Settlements, Cities, and roads you see here. That's all you get.

Please read them carefully. You are not required to reveal what dev cards you have but the number will be noted on this post. Keep in mind dev cards RUN OUT. Resources can run out if too many people are holding.

Just earlier tonight I realized I still haven't bought ingredients for a White Russian.

Just earlier tonight I had a bar meeting with the other keymaster's, my main point was that we need to sell more White Russians.

Just earlier tonight, I was wishing I had a White Russian instead of banging an ugly Mexican chick.

That's her. On the left.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ashawnMW-1.jpg

Fuckin' Cuervo.

Just earlier tonight I realized how much I miss double-sippin.

I call the white one.

I'm still here. :(

Sign me up, bra.

So how many is that so far?

Only one person has said they wanted to play.

White Russians INDICATE APPROVAL AND CONSENT! Sign me up you fucker.

Me too :(

So FRANK, PLAROM, and DENI have posted here but I'm not sure who's serious about playing yet ;)

If you need more bodies to get this thing rolling I guess I'm in

You will make the fourth RECOGNIZED person. I'll give it a day for Plarom and Frank to chime in.

Yes, I'm playing. Jesus, I need a fucking right wussian.

GREG GREG GREG!!

Sure, i'll jump in too.

You faggot fuckstick, I am playing, get it in your brain. Don't get mad just because I smashed you at Magic.

Sorry Hawk, Plarom confirmed he is playing. Update incoming within the hour~

Additional Spam:
To the six strangers, please begin ROLLING to determain the order. Seat arrangement AND color will be based on the rolls also. High roller gets seat one and color of their choice, etc.

Colors:
Red, Green, Brown, White, Orange, Blue.

OK GO GO GO GO!

Roll dem bones

Hwelp

I can't wait for somebody to call cracked.

Uht-oh.

ENOUGH WITH THE TIES

Aaaaaaw yeeeea~ I was literally just on my way home thinking, "Hm, I wonder when Catan is going to start!"

Additional Spam:
I also officially have all the makings for White Russians. Who wants one?

They see me rolling. They hating.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have two ties.

PANG, ZEPH, FRANK, and LURKER PLEASE RE-ROLL FOR YOUR POSITIONS.

HYDE, you are confirmed first and PLAROM you are at the back of the bus.

rerollan

We should use GFF dice roller for all our IRL games as well.

I'm waiting on the nastygram.

rollin

What wimpy re-rolls.

Here's the official order:

1. HYDE
2. ZEPH
3. PANG
4. LURKER
5. FRANK
6. PLAROM

OK, HYDE, place your first settlement and road and the rest of you folk take your turns in that order. Then, hopefully before the week ends, we can start playing!

REMEMBER, please be specific in where you are placing your objects.

GO, START!

(9, 9, 6) with the road going towards the 10 wood (on the western side going to the 3:1 port)

If you need me to clarify, let me know.

Choose a color also, Hyde.

I'll be the Red Devils.

Blue
(8,6,12) road going to the 2 sheep.

Just another reminder, I will be updating the island photo on the opening post as often as possible, considering how slowly this game will move.

Green.

4/4/3 in the upper left, road leading out to sea.

The last game lasted 3 months right? It took a while as I recall. It actually felt like I was conquering the island and therefore all the moves felt significant.

Well once we get past this initial settlement phase out of the way we can really slow things down to a crawl.

Gimme orange.

I want to settle in 8 (wood) 9 (brick) 11 (grain), road heading out SW.

Can you also specify which ports are 2:1 and what resources they are?

I've identified them on the board so no more confusion!

6, 9 10. Make my shit white. Like the cream on a decadant right wussian. Also, fuck you guys.

Edit: Road is going south. Towards the 9, 6, 12. Also, fuck you guys again.

black man slowing it down as usual.

BMT MOTHERFUCKER, ARE YOU ON IT

The 9,5,2 (brick, sheep, ore) with a road going southeast.

And the 6,3,2 (wheat, wood, sheep) with a road going southwest.

Stuck with brown, huh? I see how it is. It's ok though, I'm going to make chocolate rain down upon all your nations.

Time to whip it out. I'll take the 9, 11, 12 (brick, brick, ore) with the road headed southwest.

I get the feeling brick is going to be a bitch, so I'm snatching that shit up now.

I want 3 (brick) 11 (brick) 11 (grain), road leading SW.

Challenging Frank's brick supremacy~

This game could actually take half a year at this rate.

^^^ ...

I'm going to become a ghost, following you around the internet, harassing you people to hurry up.

Guess I'll take 8/11/mysterious void, road southwest. Yeah, I'm out of order but if you want to dispute me for this shitty spot too bad.

Hmm, so much potential here.

(9,5,4) upper left brick, wood, and sheep. Road leading right.

Oh, God, we're so damn close to starting!

IMPORTANT INFO GUYS

Just so you know I am keeping track of your hands and will be PMing you as quickly as each number is rolled, but also keep in mind that there are limited resources and dev cards. If everyone is holding all 24 Wood and a Wood is rolled nobody gets wood.

With six players dev cards will probably disappear fast.

OK HYDE WHERE YOU AT?

8 and 8 (wood, iron) going towards the wood port.

<3

OK, PMing you your cards and then HYDE can start things off~

Additional Spam:
HANDS are PMed. Please review them to make sure they are accurate. Also if you didn't get a PM let me know!~

Let me roll first.

Nothing personal, but I'm stealing from a_lurker. Sorry girl :(

Wow, already with this? You may steal, but what number are you cock blocking?

Additional Spam:
Also, just another quick reminder, the PMs have a list of recourses and a number. If there's no number then you have 0 of that recourse. This is just for the initial PMs because I didn't realize they where confusing~~

On her 9 of Brick.

Building a road to the wood port and buying a Dev Card.

End turn

:mad:

SHIT Zeph is busy doing army shit. :mad:

Isn't it your turn, anyways?

I am here, but the wireless internet I had access to the very first night has mysteriously stopped working since then, and I've heard this whole compound is a black hole for the internet.
All I have is these public use comps, but because of that, I can't see the island because imageshack is blocked.

I don't think it is. I thought we go in the same order we went for choosing settlements?

COOPER :argh:

oh, well it took so long to build I fucking FORGOT. I went by the front page roster, but apparently that's been fixed by now. At any rate, the mystery wireless is working again, so booyah. Rollin dem bones.

Additional Spam:
Also, building a road towards my wheat port. Sweet action.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume that Zeph totally meant to end his turn. Yeah. Rollin'


Drop a road west extended toward my nearest brick port
Take a dev card
End turn

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Pang rolled a 7, but he wasn't thinking about it so he ended his turn. WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

Oh, right. 7. Is that where I rob somebody? I guess it'll be you. Since you care about it so much. You weren't using that 8 Wood anyway.

See if I ever do anything nice to you again, jackass.

Additional Spam:
I don't even think that should count cause you ended your turn. DOUBLE JACKASS.

Your kind and thoughtful nature is a weakness

and weakness has no place in the Alps

To be honest, there isn't place for much other than a bottle of Beam.

Ha, I didn't expect more than one post within 24 hours. SORRY GUYS UPDATE IN A FEW MINUTES~

fuck pang

Additional Spam:
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Additional Spam:
Wanna block 8 (ore), hitting two thieves with one stone SUCK IT PANG ALSO HYDE.
Steal from Pang

I'm just posting to End Turn

Just so yinz know, you can find the location of the Thief under the photo of the island. Stop rolling sevens.

OK just because I don't want you to roll sevens doesn't mean I don't want you to play.

Lurker's the dumbass who was holding the dice, not me.

Additional Spam:
Can I get a brick for an ore?

Sure, I got a brick to spare.

Word.

I'll 4:1 brick for wood and build two roads from my southern settlement, along the (9, 10) and then (8, 10).

Additional Spam:
Oh, that ends my turn.

Cmon darkie.

Greg

where are you

greg

:(

I guess I'll have to do my duty in 24 hours.

GREG IT'S YOUR TURN.

::wooshes in::

YEEES. Sorry guys, my computer is still down and my Dad's laptop wasn't loading GFF for some reason.

UNTIL TODAY. How coincidental is that?

Let me just get the ball rollin', so to speak, as I'm already late for work!

You're all most important.
~

SHIT YEAH I LIKE THOSE BOX CARS

Let me first build my first chocolaty road off of the 3/6/2 settlement, going due west.

Now, would anyone like to trade me

EITHER A BRICK OR WOOD, FOR EITHER A SHEEP OR WHEAT.

That's a sheep or a wheat, for a brick or a wood.

That's a-

Actually, I'll even throw an iron in as an option for anyone who wants to trade with me!

I'll update hands after the trade, if there is a trade. Anyone touching 12s knows what they have.

Fuck you, Greg.

<3<3<3

There should be a time limit on waiting for trades, no?

I can't do it man. I can't do it.

I'll just buy a dev card, and end my turn. Sorry guys, my internet is still inconsistent and I even tried posting from my phone to no avail.

Rolling the bones and waiting for my hand update.

I updated hands to those the last two rolls concerned. That is, Frank, Zeph, and Greg.

FIX THE FUCKING IMAGE

Another DEV CARD then ending my turn.

Got a wood, sheep, OR wheat for trade. I just need a brick.

Done. I'll take the wood.

I'll go ahead and build a city on my wheat port, then rolllll.

Additional Spam:
Will trade in 4 wheat for a brick and wood and build a road from my (8, 6, 12) going towards the 10 wheat.

Oh, that's good news.

Looking to exchange a sheep for iron. If I can't get the trade (wait 24hr or whatev) then buy a dev card instead. I know that six just enriched every single one of you, be generous to a poor dweller in the borders of the wasteland. END TURN.

I take it you mean settlement, right? OK good.

Additional Spam:
Also, ZEPH, you didn't have the resources to build a road.

I'll give you an iron for a sheep. Do it. Do it.

Hands updated up to the roll of SIX.

IT IS DONE.

I had 3 wheat as of the previous hand update. I spent one for the settlement. Now I have two. I rolled 8 and netted 2 more. I trade all 4 in for a road.
This is rather confusing when I have to have 3 windows open to look at everything involving the game, and I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure I double checked that.

My apologies, Zeph, you were correct in that. I will amend your hand and board~

Also, just to be clear, you did mean to make a settlement, right.

Yeah. I'm home now so I'll try and take my time to be more clear with stuff.

First, sorry about the few errors I made the last few turns. Everything is OK now, so please, carry on. Carry on. :)

The bones, they are rolling.

Okay, I want to build a road going between 11 (brick) and 12 (sheep). Also, I'm in the market for a sheep, I'll trade ore or brick for one.

I will take that ore, misses. You won't regret this. The deal of a lifetime, I'm telling you.

This is a dangerous game we play.

Thank you, my good man. So I'm gonna build a settlement on 12 (sheep) 11 (brick) 6 (wheat), and then I will end turn.

Fucking whore.

Additional Spam:
I'd like one of those wheat's, Zeph. Downside is I can only give you an ore.

A simple yay or nay response will do, I'll PM instructions for Eric to be carried out upon a response.

Yay. In fact, since we're both defending this side of the island from the others, I propose we keep an open wheat/ore exchange between the two of us. What do you say?

Fool, as though I would ever agree to help a face-snatching boor like yourself a share of my ore~

NO TAKE-BACKS

Just keep rolling those cracked dice.

I've got a date at the top of this mountain.

I'm not a boor. Mother told me I was sophisticated. =(

Update soon... I guess. Let me check my records.

Additional Spam:
FRANKS TURN IS OVER, CARRY ON

Lets slide a new settlement on the end of my new road, between the 11, 3, and 5.

Additional Spam:
OOOOOooooo yes, that felt good.

Additional Spam:
HAY FRANK, LURKS.

How would either of you like to give me one of newly acquired bricks of yours?

I could give either one of you a wheat for your troubles. Or, I could just take it!

Hand update after the trades.

Sorry man, I need my bricks.

Yo, dawg, if anybody needs a wheat, they come through me. Don't make me sick my boys on yous.

I'll totally give you a brick for a wheat--on my turn.

Cold, cold blooded.

Damnit, guys.

I didn't really mean to sound like so much of a dick. We could have had cordial proceedings. I even refrained from making a joke about how Lurker has been sitting on so much wood.

BUT INSTEAD YOU BACK ME INTO A CORNER

I'll use my knight and slap it down on that 9 brick (belonging to Frank and Lurks, naturally). Aaaand plunder Frank's brick cities.

I wish you could see my face right now.

(It's Junior)

UPDATE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS

HEY GREG, HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT WOOD?

SO MUCH SO, THE TURN ENDS ITSELF

Imagine, all of us, sitting at a table.

And me walking away from the table with rage.

Building a settlement on the wood port then rolling.

Lol at roll.

Also, gonna build a city on the 9, 9, 6 settlement.
I believe I have enough resources.

Anyone have a brick. I just picked up a wood for trade.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOoo!!! Keep rolling those 8's baby! Daddy's getting himself a brand new Volvo!

Oh, great. More wood to feed Lurk's loins.

I'm telling you, this fiery vixen will be the end of us!

I'll be gone for about four days, so, you know.

Wait, Cooper's turn. SCRATCH THIS.

I thought Hyde was still waiting on a trade. Well, it's not like it can't happen even if I take my turn. ROLL 'EM!

Actually, I'll port 2 wheat into rock card and build a CITY (12,6,8) before I let them fly.

Additional Spam:
Hot shit! I'll trade in my remaining 4 wheat and build a road along the (12,10) route.

END TURN

THIS TIME IT WILL WORK

Well, crap. Should have used some story to try to stick with my 3. I'll expand my 3/4/4 settlement into a CITY, and then slap down my KNIGHT. Drop the robber on that 8 wood in the northeast, and rob... Hyde.

End Turn.

Fuck you, Pang. I got jokes and jokes for you on my turn.

I gotta do some shoppin'. First, I want roads between 12 (sheep) & 6 (wheat), and 3 (wood) & 12 (sheep). Then I'm going to put another settlement at 2 (ore) 12 (sheep) 3 (wood). Finally, a roll.

OH SHIT

Gonna have to move that thief out of my way, put it on the 8 (ore) in the NE, and steal from Pang.

After all of that, end turn.

I feel like I was in a coma, I'll catch up on this as soon as pie.

Oh my god. I just had to throw out half my hand, lurker.

The sevens seem to be pretty brutally common in the internet. :(

FUCK

SHIT

Additional Spam:
End turn. Shit. Fuck.

One moment, updating.

WAYWHOAWHA

WHeat for a brick? Anyone want a wheat for a brick? I ask, knowing that Wheat Baron Coop is probably off making thousands of loaves of bread somewhere.

I'll also trade a sheep for a brick~

Let me at least begin by building a road west from 5,2,9 settlement. This should make it niiice 'n safe for me to roll.

[Addition]
Alright. I'm going to build another road~ From that same 5,2,9 settlement, the road that's going southeast from it? I'd like to extend that road and continue south.

HAHAHAHA. Keep those 8's coming!

Oi! 88 8's this game. And no one at all has traded with me. :(

Even after lurker cockchopblocked me. I see how it is.

TURNIN' ON END

Build a city on the 8,8. Build a road on the west coast to the 3:1 port. Build a settlement on the 3:1 port.
I believe I have enough resources for all that after Plarom rolled the 9.

Flip over my soldier card on put it on lurker's 9. (payback)

Trade 3 iron for a brick and build a road through the 9, 10 towards the 5 in the southwest.

Jeez, that turn was a goddamn rampage. End turn

So much of a rampage that you forgot to roll and gimme the bloody dice?

Oh my fucking god. These dice are rigged.

What are you bitching for, you get three resources on an 8.

No, I get 3, he gets 5.

Puppy peed on my keyboard. This is a friend's laptop. I'm MIA god damnitt, someone take my turn.

You don't gotta lie, Frank. I'd pee on my keyboard too if Hyde was whipping my ass so hard. Fortunately, I'm not far behind.

I'm tracking I got 8 wheat, so I'm trading 6 of those in for 3 ROCKS and using the other 2 to build a city on the (4, 5, 9), then rolllllllllllllllll these rigged dice.

Everything OK in here?

Additional Spam:
Please note when you roll during your turn in text, please.

Well I got jack shit for a hand so I guess I'll roll before I do anything.

Drop that robber on the southeast 8 Wheat, rob Zephyrin. Hopefully I'll get to use my spoils before they get stolen from me in turn this time.

oh durf END IT (THE TURN)

Bones be rollin'.

Additional Spam:
Aight, I want to build a road between 11 (wheat) and 11 (brick), uniting my road and getting me longest road. Then I will pass the dice.

I was playing 'Faces of Jim Beam' the other day.

What face am I making right now?

Hey everyone, little update on my life: I'm traveling!

I can have a full-on, awesome update soon. Hopefully the game is going slow enough that I can catch up in a few days.

I'LL BE BACK!

Hope you make it in that bucket o' bolts. Crossin' my fingers for ya. If it breaks and you need some iron to fix it....well, ask Frank.

OK I lost a lot of sleep thinking about the thread so I updated it~

Additional Spam:
OK the top post has more valuable info such as who has longest road, points, and what dev cards people have used and if anyone has a dev card in their hand. The only thing missing are how many cards are in each players hands.

FRANK!!!! Where are you?!

A dog peed on his keyboard. somebody should text him, cause receiving texts about games played over the internet isn't dweeby at all.

I talked to Frank this past Friday when he just got off the plane from his trip to Iceland. I have no idea if he's made it back home yet.

So um do we wait for Frank indefinitely or what, how does this work

OK OK, here's frank's ROLL!

Additional Spam:
Oh, great, now I have to be tactical. Since ZEPH's eight is already blocked, and it is tied with the HYDE's eight as the best two places for the robber, that's where it's going. I'm just looking out for everyone's best interest here

;)

~~~ END TURN~~~

Ohhayhiho

Additional Spam:
I'll move the robber to the 8 wood, at the top northeastern part of the map, and take from Miss Lurker.

oh wtf plarom :(

hyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyde

hyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyde

I don't want to presume anything but I think plarom is done hyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyde

Holy shit. Sorry.

Well, I had to throw out half my hand because of Plarom's stupid toss. Let me roll first. I didn't hit anything.

I throw away my extra sheep and 3 extra wheat and then build a Settlement on the 3:1 port on the western coast.

End turn

I was actually waiting to see what resource I get, so I could also see what cards I have, so I could then actually make a move!
NICE

I feel bad now :(

That somehow put a smile on my face. :tpg:

Well let me know if you are doing anything Plarom and I'll take my turn.

WELL ONE OF YOU DO SOMETHING

OK I GUESS WE SHOULD FINISH THIS GAME, RIGHT?

Massive update coming this weekend. Last time I checked I sent out a PM to hyde asking him to toss half his cards after a seven was rolled. Haven't heard back, plus I've just been in denial that this thread still exists.

OK, LET'S DO IT.

Let the games begin.

(just kidding)