Homeland PBF recruitment and game 1

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You could burn the asset to make it fail edit: the plot succeed, which you might want to do if you were the terrorist mole.

It seems highly unlikely to me given how carefully you curated the cards to pass by one, but the option exists if you want to use it.

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OK, @RossM please let me know your conditions for burning Lynne. For this one I’m assuming you don’t.

1 point on the Agency track.
RossM as case lead gets 1 Rep + exposure, and 2 Intel cards.

Imminent-3:
Case lead: DJCT
General Danesh Akbari / Cairo Hijacking

Special:

  • Forced Suspension: Case Lead: Pay 2 Rep or Deactivate your Assets

(DJCT has no face-up assets and can’t afford the rep anyway.)

Intel:

  • Media Attention (-1)
  • Anonymous Tip (1)

Sophistication 3 + Complexity 6 = target 9
Intel card values (-1, 0, 1) = intel 0
Impact 2

Burning Lynne will make no difference to this. Assussanni spends a soldier to activate William Walden: Once per Terrorist Turn, you may discard a Soldier to lower the Impact of a Threat by 1

1 point on the terrorist track. Everyone gets 1 Clout.

Fallout:
Case Lead must discard a Soldier or Burn an Asset

DJCT has no Soldiers, but also no face-up Assets.

Imminent-5:
Case lead: Chewy77
Lone Wolf / Moscow Sniper Attack

Intel:

  • Full Background Check (1)

Sophistication 0 + Complexity 7 = target 7
Intel card values (1) = intel 1
Impact 1

Again, Lynne can’t help here. 1 Terrorist track point, 1 Clout for everyone.

And finally Imminent-6:

Case lead: DJCT
Majid Javadi / Agency Server Breach

Intel:

  • Intercepted Intel (3)
  • Suicide Bombing (-3)
  • Search Warrant (2)

Sophistication 3 + Complexity 5 = target 8
Intel card values (-3, 2, 3) = intel 2
Impact 2

Again no effect from Lynne. 2 more terrorist points, 2 more clout all round. DJCT’s assets and intel cards are exposed.

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Public information

Agency score: 5/12
Terrorist score: 7/12

Chewy77:

Face-down intel: 3
Face-up asset:

  • Senator Richard Halsted / Chair of Armed Services Committee / 3 VP / When any Plot Succeeds, take a Soldier / Drone Strike

Agents: 1
Clout: 9
Rep: 3
Soldiers: 1

DJCT:

Face-up intel:

  • Interagency Cooperation / (2) / 1 Clout
  • Search Warrant / (2) / 1 Clout
  • Agent Roster Leak / (-3) / 1 Clout, 1 Rep

Face-up asset:

  • Mira Berenson / International Aid Worker / 3 VP / Once during your turn, you may discard 1 Intel card and draw a new card / Burn to take Saul Berenson from another player or the discard pile

Agents: 1
Clout: 8
Rep: 1
Soldiers: 0

Assussanni:

Face-down intel: 3
Face-down asset: 1
Face-up asset:

  • William Walden / Vice President of the United States / 2 VP / Once per Terrorist Turn, you may discard a Soldier to lower the Impact of a Threat by 1 / Drone Strike

Agents: 1
Clout: 4
Rep: 6
Soldiers: 0

RossM:

Face-down intel: 2
Face-up intel:

  • Compromised Intel / (-2) / 1 Clout, 1 Rep
  • Jihad / (-9) / 3 Rep
  • Misleading Subterfuge / (-1) / 1 Rep

Face-up asset:

  • David Estes / Agency Director / 3 VP / When you Recruit an Agent, take an extra Agent / Drone Strike
  • Carrie Mathison / Agency Analyst / 3 VP / +1 to all your Cases / When you Deploy an Agent to a Threat, you may also look at all the Intel Cards of that Threat
  • Lynne Reed / Personal Escort / 4 VP / Take 1 Rep per Abu Nazir Threat Neutralized / Burn during Threat Analysis to add 4 to the red or blue total of a Threat
  • Major Joy Mendez / Military Intelligence / 3 VP / When you Recruit an Asset, also take a Soldier

Agents: 0
Clout: 4
Rep: 3
Soldiers: 0

Threat Board

1 2 3 4
Imminent Militant Separatists / Soph 2 / Impact 1 / Adv 1 Agent, 1 Rep / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 2 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier, 1 Clout / Lead RossM / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Radicalized Local Militia / Soph 0 / Impact 2 / Adv 2 Intel / Lead Chewy77 / Intel cards 2 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier, 1 Clout / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Severe Guerrilla Dissidents / Soph 1 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier / Lead RossM / Intel cards 3 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Elevated Lone Wolf / Soph 0 / Impact 1 / Adv 1 Intel / Lead RossM / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Sectarian Insurgents / Soph 1 / Impact 3 / Adv 1 Agent / Lead DJCT / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Roya Hammad / Soph 2 / Impact 3 / Adv 3 Intel / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Guarded Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 3 / Adv 1 Clout, 1 Soldier / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Guerrilla Dissidents / Soph 1 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Low Guerrilla Dissidents / Soph 1 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s

Play order this round will be:

  • @DJCT
  • Assussanni
  • Chewy77
  • RossM
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Use mira to discard agent roster leak (-3) and see what i get

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Also i think I recruited a soldier which then would have been discarded, or can i not deploy and recruit in the same turn? Outcome the same in either case

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The difference is that you end up now with a soldier. Fixed.

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Does that not mean inwould lose the soldier?

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Oh, right. Misread. Yes.

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Planning on drone striking my imminent 2 if someone can spare one soldier. I can provide the other.

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@RogerBW To check my understanding: Chewy can take up to three soldiers if they want due to their asset? And did the Fallout from Imminent-5 and Imminent-6 do nothing? I didn’t see it listed, but might have missed it.

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Ooh. If Chewy can get soldiers and I get one we can air strike on each of the next two turns.

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Yes, Chewy gets 3 soldiers from the 3 successful plots.

Imminent-5 fallout was “case lead must discard a soldier [done] or burn an Asset” (combined with the above means Chewy has 3 soldiers total). Imminent-6 was Case Lead Exposure for DJCT, which is why you can see their cards above.

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If I can do it this way I can recruit a soldier and put it on imminent 2.

Claim imminent 4. Put * Interagency Cooperation / (2) / 1 Clout on that and

  • Search Warrant / (2) / 1 Clout on imminent 3
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Awesome. If chewy puts 2 soldiers on any other threat we can drone strike 2 of the 4 this turn and load at least one of the others with good cards.

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Oh, wow, things developed overnight…

Just a question, can you buy more than one asset per turn?

Oh, and… WTF???

EDIT:
Just to confirm, do I have 4 soldiers total now?

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Oh yeah, that card is getting exchanged for rep.

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I thought my previous hand was bad, but that trumps it. Big time.

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Chewy has three soldiers to hand (1 at end of round, +3, but -1 from Fallout.)

You can recruit only one asset per turn.

Done DJCT’s actions.

Public information

Agency score: 5/12
Terrorist score: 7/12

RossM:

Face-down intel: 2
Face-up intel:

  • Compromised Intel / (-2) / 1 Rep, 1 Clout
  • Jihad / (-9) / 3 Rep
  • Misleading Subterfuge / (-1) / 1 Rep

Face-up asset:

  • David Estes / Agency Director / 3 VP / When you Recruit an Agent, take an extra Agent / Drone Strike
  • Carrie Mathison / Agency Analyst / 3 VP / +1 to all your Cases / When you Deploy an Agent to a Threat, you may also look at all the Intel Cards of that Threat
  • Lynne Reed / Personal Escort / 4 VP / Take 1 Rep per Abu Nazir Threat Neutralized / Burn during Threat Analysis to add 4 to the red or blue total of a Threat
  • Major Joy Mendez / Military Intelligence / 3 VP / When you Recruit an Asset, also take a Soldier

Agents: 0
Clout: 4
Rep: 3
Soldiers: 0

DJCT:

Face-down intel: 1
Face-up asset:

  • Mira Berenson / International Aid Worker / 3 VP / Once during your turn, you may discard 1 Intel card and draw a new card / Burn to take Saul Berenson from another player or the discard pile

Agents: 1
Clout: 8
Rep: 1
Soldiers: 0

Assussanni:

Face-down intel: 3
Face-down asset: 1
Face-up asset:

  • William Walden / Vice President of the United States / 2 VP / Once per Terrorist Turn, you may discard a Soldier to lower the Impact of a Threat by 1 / Drone Strike

Agents: 1
Clout: 4
Rep: 6
Soldiers: 0

Chewy77:

Face-down intel: 3
Face-up asset:

  • Senator Richard Halsted / Chair of Armed Services Committee / 3 VP / When any Plot Succeeds, take a Soldier / Drone Strike

Agents: 1
Clout: 9
Rep: 3
Soldiers: 3

1 2 3 4
Imminent Militant Separatists / Soph 2 / Impact 1 / Adv 1 Agent, 1 Rep / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 2 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier, 1 Clout / Lead RossM / Intel cards 1 / 1 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Radicalized Local Militia / Soph 0 / Impact 2 / Adv 2 Intel / Lead Chewy77 / Intel cards 3 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier, 1 Clout / Lead DJCT / Intel cards 2 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Severe Guerrilla Dissidents / Soph 1 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier / Lead RossM / Intel cards 3 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Elevated Lone Wolf / Soph 0 / Impact 1 / Adv 1 Intel / Lead RossM / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Sectarian Insurgents / Soph 1 / Impact 3 / Adv 1 Agent / Lead DJCT / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Roya Hammad / Soph 2 / Impact 3 / Adv 3 Intel / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Guarded Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 3 / Adv 1 Soldier, 1 Clout / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Guerrilla Dissidents / Soph 1 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s
Low Guerrilla Dissidents / Soph 1 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Soldier / Lead UNCLAIMED / Intel cards 1 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s

@Assussanni to play.

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First I will deploy an Agent to Imminent-1 and have a look at the Plot card.

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That complexity is quite high. Is anyone else planning to contribute Intel to Imminent-1 or are we willing to accept that we probably won’t thwart it?