Akamar Herald Year One Issue 2

Ron had the second turn for the first year.  One of the cards he drew was an event.  When an event card is drawn it is played immediately and then placed on the discard pile.   Any cards in the discard pile that are below an event card cannot be chosen when drawing cards.  Ron drew another card to replace the event card.   It is possible for a player to draw more than one event card in a row and they must continue to draw cards until they get one that is not an event.   Since Ken was the only player with melded countries the event card was played against one of his countries.   Due to certain restrictions on some of the event cards, there is a possibility that a player will have to play an event card that is not good on one of their own countries.   Ron chose not to meld any countries and put his discard on the top of the discard pile.   Players must discard one of the cards they hold at the end of their turn.

The campaign was run via email.   I would contact a player when it was their turn.   They would tell me what  cards they wanted to draw from the deck and/or discard pile, and inform me of their decisions for their turn.    This prevented other players form knowing what they held in their hand.   Items of general knowledge were then published in the Akamar Herald.   The second issue is as follows:

THE AKAMAR HERALD

KING TMOSIC OF PISCIS HAS SUCCOMBED TO THE EFFECTS OF A RARE DISEASE.  SHORTLY AFTER JOINING THE GRAND CONFEDERATION KING TMOSIC FELL ILL.  PHYSICIANS WERE UNABLE TO FIND A CURE FOR HIS AILMENT.    WITH NO CLEAR SUCCESSOR TO THE KING, THE COUNTRY HAS DISOLVED INTO CHAOS AND IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATION.

 

PLAYER	KEN	RON	MIKE	RAY	HAL	GARY	DISCARD
TREASURY	2 talents	2 talents	3 talents	3 talents	3 talents	3 talents	KETOS 6
MELD	MONOKEROS 6
	PERSEUS 2
	HOROLOGIUM 8
	HYDROS 6
	ERIDANUS 8
	ARGOS 6
HAND	3 cards	10 cards	8 cards	8 cards	8 cards	8 cards

The loss of Piscis created a gap between the western countries and the eastern countries that Ken controlled.   This would prevent Ken from moving armies from one end of The Grand Confederation to the other unless by sea.