Homeland PBF recruitment and game 1

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Well, it is a shame, cause I have amazing cards.

I claim Guarded 2, and place an intel card under it.

I place an amazing card under Imminent 2 General Danesh Akbari.

I recruit an agent, place it on my Elevated 2 case (Guerrilla Dissidents) which through my Saul Berenson asset card gives me an intel card from the deck.

I will chose which card I discard after drawing this new one if it is allowed.

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But you’ve got to drone strike first with your soldiers before your hand fills up.

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No need, Ross, believe me. We can save that drone strike for later. This intel card is THAT good.

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Ok, after discussion with Roger, I get a new intel card from my Saul Berenson asset card, which I discard

  • Security Breach / (-2) / 2 Rep

That should be the end of my turn.

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Ok. That’s weird. But if that’s the end of the turn then that’s the end of the turn.

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OK, terrorist turn starts round 8.

Before the resolution, some assets that I’d like to know your use conditions for, privately:

@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
  • Dar Adal / Black Ops Director / 2 VP / During Threat Analysis, you may discard Agents to add 2 to the blue total per Agent discarded / Drone Strike

@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
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I will be using both my assets on my threat.

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Edit: accidentally posted my use conditions here, rather than sending by PM.

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Round 8

Play order this round:

  • Assussanni
  • Chewy77
  • RossM
  • DJCT

Threats to resolve now:
1: Guerrilla Dissidents: Sophistication 1, Impact 2
2: General Danesh Akbari: Sophistication 3, Impact 3

Guerrilla Dissidents / Euro-Pacific Flight Bombing

Case lead: RossM

Special:

  • Political Ramifications: +1 Impact to Threat

Intel:

  • Dangerous Rabbit Hole (-2)
  • Blown Cover (-2)
  • Intercepted Intel (3)
  • 2 Agents

Sophistication 1 + Complexity 6 = target 7
Intel card values (-2, -2, 0, 3, 2) = intel 1
+1 from Carrie imakes 2
+4 from burning Lynne makes 6
+2 from discarding an Agent via Dar Adal makes 8

Impact 2 (becomes 3) – 3 Rep awarded.

Advantage:
Soldier × 1

General Danesh Akbari / Agency HQ Bombing

Case lead: DJCT

Special:

  • All Targets Secured: Threat is NEUTRALIZED

So the rest doesn’t matter. You do get to see it, though:

Intel:

  • High Value Target Sanction (4)
  • Forensic Data Analysis (2)
  • Media Attention (-1)

Sophistication 3 + Complexity 9 = target 12
Intel card values (-1, 0, 2, 4) = intel 5
Impact 3 – 3 Rep awarded.

Advantage:
Agent × 1, Soldier × 1

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Public information

Agency score: 11/12
Terrorist score: 10/12

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
  • 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: 0
Clout: 9
Rep: 7
Soldiers: 3

RossM:

Face-down intel: 3
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
  • Major Joy Mendez / Military Intelligence / 3 VP / When you Recruit an Asset, also take a Soldier
  • Dar Adal / Black Ops Director / 2 VP / During Threat Analysis, you may discard Agents to add 2 to the blue total per Agent discarded / Drone Strike

Agents: 0
Clout: 4
Rep: 10
Soldiers: 1

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
  • 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: 8
Soldiers: 0

DJCT:

Face-down intel: 3
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: 2
Clout: 11
Rep: 4
Soldiers: 1

Threat board

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

I will remind you that the game ends when either track reaches 12 – remaining threats do not get resolved.

@Assussanni to play.

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So. We resolve the first threat successfully and we win?

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Yes. Since it’s Impact 1, you wouldn’t immediately lose if it succeeded.

(ETA later - unless it has the “+1 Impact” or other modifiers that you don’t know about.)

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So we can potentially let that one go as well?

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Yes. And of course drone striking is always an option.

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I’ll spend 3 Clout to recruit an Asset. Are face-down assets still worth points at the end of the game or do they have to be face-up to score?

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Face-down assets do still score.

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Discards: Prince Farid bin Abbud / Royal Playboy / 0 VP / +1 Hand Size / You may Exchange 2 Intel Cards for tokens each turn

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  • Claim Severe-4,
  • Play Intel to Imminent-2,
  • Play Intel to Imminent-3,
  • Discard Misleading Subterfuge (-1) for 1 Rep.

End of turn, barring Intel redraw from Elizabeth Gaines.

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Public information

Agency score: 11/12
Terrorist score: 10/12

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
  • 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: 0
Clout: 9
Rep: 7
Soldiers: 3

Assussanni:

Face-down intel: 3
Face-down asset: 2
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: 1
Rep: 8
Soldiers: 0

DJCT:

Face-down intel: 3
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: 2
Clout: 11
Rep: 4
Soldiers: 1

RossM:

Face-down intel: 3
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
  • Major Joy Mendez / Military Intelligence / 3 VP / When you Recruit an Asset, also take a Soldier
  • Dar Adal / Black Ops Director / 2 VP / During Threat Analysis, you may discard Agents to add 2 to the blue total per Agent discarded / Drone Strike

Agents: 0
Clout: 4
Rep: 10
Soldiers: 1

Threat board

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

@Chewy77 to play.

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I claim Elevated 3 and place a card under it (Lone Wolf)
I place another card under Imminent 1 (Lone Wolf again, come on guys!! Wolves work better in packs)
I recruit an agent, and place it on Imminent 1 (The Wolf Is Not Lonely any more)
That’s going to give me a card through my Saul Berenson asset.
(Unless it is a much better card than the one I have in my hand already, I have one here ready to dispose for tokens)
Also I am asking Roger about soldiers, to see if they are any good towards final score? If not I will deploy 2 on Imminent 3