Aaah... auctions; is there another topic which keeps us Gaia Project nerds arguing for days with the same passion?

I don't think so. Listen to my take on it, so you as well can disagree with... someone. That'll be fantastic.

Yes, it includes a full guide on how the Boardgame Arena auction system works.

Here's the timestamp:

00:00 Introduction

07:05 Sectors rotation

09:53 What are auctions?

11:10 Classic auctions

12:59: BGA/DIGIDICED style auctions

14:49 BGA auctions tutorial

21:04 Classic auctions pros and cons

22:47 BGA auctions pros and cons

25:32 Auctions are pointless, here’s why

35:15 I want a tournament with rotation

36:42 Suggestions for classic auctions

39:46 Suggestions for BGA/DIGIDICED auctions

42:22 Conclusions

Come argue on the famous Gaia Project "Fight Club" Discord, take a side and die on your hill, no matter the actual facts: ⁠https://discord.gg/TsNX9epNUp

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And now, enjoy the new factions!

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Check out Moweyds, Tinkeroids, Space Giants and Tinkeroids; then come and join the discussion, the Discord server is quite buzzing about the Lost Fleet these days: https://discord.gg/TsNX9epNUp

Timestamp

0:00 - The legendary fleet

1:29 - Errata to the first part

4:10 - Thanks to our sponsor

5:22 - Changes to Ivits

8:08 - Changes to Xenos

9:20 - Changes to Gleens

10:30 - Changes to Bescods

11:22 - Changes to Lantids

14:17 - New factions: introduction

19:10 - Moweyds

26:02 - Tinkeroids

29:55 - Space Giants

32:42 - Darkanians

35:54 - Announcements and conclusions

The Lost Fleet manual: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/277004/gaia-project-the-lost-fleet-rulebook

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IT’S HERE! Part 1 of The Lost Fleet is finally here!

Again, our sponsor is Magic Mind, for which you have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code PAIAGROJECT20 at checkout. You can claim it at https://magicmind.com/paiagroject .

But immediately after that, dive into the introduction to this HUGE expansion, and while you wait for part 2 tell me what you think you can find me at the Gaia Project "Fight Club" Discord: https://discord.gg/TsNX9epNUp

Timestamps

0:00 The T F Mars

2:10 A message from Magic Mind

3:45 Update on BGA Arena Season 18

6:35 Quick rant about 3p games and random maps

8:27 LONG rant about auctions

14:50 A declaration of love (and hate)

19:32 Some preliminary considerations

22:05 The Lost Fleet overview - the map

30:98 The four spaceships

33:10 New Power actions

40:52 New final scoring tiles

38:49 New Credit actions

41:50 New Knowledge actions

43:42 New basic techs

47:43 New federation tiles

50:15 Artifacts (the spaceship name is Twilight, sorry)

51:17 New round scoring tiles

52:06 New advanced techs

53:50 New round boosters

57:17 Lantids PI adjustments

58:54 The 7th adv tech

59:30 Economy track changes

1:01:46 Final roundup

The Lost Fleet manual: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/277004/gaia-project-the-lost-fleet-rulebook

PROJ’s list of considerations: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3353396/how-the-lost-fleet-affects-gaia-projects-design-th

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