Homeland PBF recruitment and game 1

I am certainly happy to if you think it can be breached?

I will:

  • Recruit a soldier,
  • Play an intel card to Imminent-4,
  • Claim the Elevated-3 case,
  • Play an intel card to Elevated-3,
  • Activate my face down asset, Elizabeth Gaines,

and that’s the end of my turn.

Assussanni has the option of discarding and redrawing intel cards.

Public information

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

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

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

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

Assussanni:

Face-down intel: 3
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
  • Elizabeth Gaines / Affluent Politico / 3 VP / After you refill your hand at the end of your turn, you may discard all your Intel cards and refill your hand again

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

Threat Board

1 2 3 4
Imminent Militant Separatists / Soph 2 / Impact 1 / Adv 1 Rep, 1 Agent / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 2 / 0 soldier/s, 1 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 3 / 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 Assussanni / Intel cards 2 / 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

@Chewy77 to play.

Sure, I will discard my hand and redraw.

Sorry, been quite busy this weekend.

I discard Cooked Intel / (-3) for 2 Rep.

I expend 3 clout for an intel card. My intention is to claim Guerrilla Dissidents at Guarded level and put one of my cards there, but I will wait to see what card I get before placing a soldier (or more) and a card

EDIT: that was meant to be an asset card, not an intel, my bad.

As said before, if you can pop 2 soldiers on any imminent threat but mine I will drone strike it.

Why not yours, are you going to use one of your soldiers?

EDIT: I get my asset card (sorry again Roger) and discover it

  • Saul Berenson / Senior Analyst / 2 VP / When you Recruit an Asset, also take an Agent / When you Deploy an Agent, draw an Intel card

I place my other card under Sectarian Insurgents at Elevated Level

I place 2 soldiers on Political Splinter Group on column 4 (case from DJCT)

I think that’s my turn done.

Yep. I’m recruiting and adding an soldier to mine.

@RogerBW the first move of my turn is to pay 3 clout to recruit an asset.

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

Chewy77:

Face-up asset:

  • Senator Richard Halsted / Chair of Armed Services Committee / 3 VP / When any Plot Succeeds, take a Soldier / Drone Strike
  • Saul Berenson / Senior Analyst / 2 VP / When you Recruit an Asset, also take an Agent / When you Deploy an Agent, draw an Intel card

Agents: 1
Clout: 6
Rep: 5
Soldiers: 1

Assussanni:

Face-down intel: 3
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
  • Elizabeth Gaines / Affluent Politico / 3 VP / After you refill your hand at the end of your turn, you may discard all your Intel cards and refill your hand again

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

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

Threat board

1 2 3 4
Imminent Militant Separatists / Soph 2 / Impact 1 / Adv 1 Rep, 1 Agent / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 2 / 0 soldier/s, 1 agent/s Political Splinter Group / Soph 2 / Impact 2 / Adv 1 Clout, 1 Soldier / 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 Clout, 1 Soldier / Lead DJCT / Intel cards 3 / 2 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 2 / 0 soldier/s, 0 agent/s Roya Hammad / Soph 2 / Impact 3 / Adv 3 Intel / Lead Assussanni / Intel cards 2 / 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 Chewy77 / Intel cards 2 / 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

@RossM plays, I’ll PM your asset choice in a moment.

Discard Jihad for 3 rep.

Add one soldier to my imminent case. Look at the cards and add a new one.

Add one of my exposed red cards to each imminent threat with 2 soldiers on them.

Drone strike both imminent threats with 2 soldiers.

Claim the only unclaimed plot.

Round 7 begins.

Play order this round:

  • RossM
  • DJCT
  • Assussanni
  • Chewy77

Threats to resolve now:
Imminent-1: Militant Separatists: Sophistication 2, Impact 1
Imminent-3: Radicalized Local Militia: Sophistication 0, Impact 2

Before I start, could I have conditions for use of assets:

@RossM:

  • 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

@ Assussanni:

  • 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

While you’re thinking about that I’ll sort out any intel card draws I haven’t done yet.

Roger you didn’t say what my discarded asset choice was.

Sorry, yes - Nicholas Brody / Rescued POW / 5 VP / Take 1 Clout on your turn / Burn during Threat Analysis to add 5 to the red or blue total of a Threat

I’m confused as to why we drone struck Imminent-4 rather than Imminent-1.

I will not use William Walden, I will save my soldier to discard to the fallout of Imminent-1. (If by some miracle the threat is neutralised, get back to me.)

Case lead: @Assussanni
Militant Separatists / Frankfurt Sniper Attack

Intel:

  • Evasive Ploy (-1)
  • Intercepted Intel (3)
  • 1 Agent

Sophistication 2 + Complexity 7 = target 9
Intel card values (-1, 3, 1) = intel 3
Impact 1

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

You can lower the impact to zero but you can’t remove the fallout. Having spent the Soldier, you’ll have to burn an Asset.
(Even if RossM burns Lynne that won’t help here.)

(The alternative would be to let the Impact 1 happen, and then discard the Soldier rather than an Asset. Let me know which.)

Yep. I won’t discard as it will make no difference.

Discard soldier, leave Impact at 1.

OK, terrorist track is at 8/12, everyone gets a Clout.

Imminent-3:
Case lead: Chewy77
Radicalized Local Militia / Cross Continental Flight Bombing

Special:

  • Surprise Attack!: Immediately Reveal 1 new Threat at Severe

Intel:

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

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

Fallout:
Case Lead must discard all undeployed Agents

Again, nothing Lynne can do to help here. Chewy77 got two Soldiers from the two plot successes and Senator Richard Halsted, but loses their Agent. Two more clout for everyone.

Threats advance; new threats are added.