Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Another 6er, hell yeah. Not too often you get these, so i record every one i can find. =) Say hello to Dion as well, he started playing Power Grid after watching my videos on here. Exactly what i was hoping for with this!
6P has a faster-moving market compared to 5P, obviously due to more players in the game. Between that and the lowered requirements for Step 2 & ending the game, it pushes things away from the early 6-cap plants and more toward efficiency again. It's closer to 2-4P, in other words, though much more likely to end before the Step 3 auction.
Notice how the last player in the opening auction can get the 13 at cost...i was hoping to lure the players below me into bidding on plants, but no dice. Did manage to grab the 10 with cheap coal tho! Helped me win the 25 fairly cheap after 2 turns making a lot of money off the 10 - a seamless transition.
Meanwhile, the 20 arrived on turn 2. Always a tricky plant to handle that early, Dion landed it for a mere $22. Was a bit surprised Amitss didn't bid more since he already had coal stored on 04, but he got the 22 fairly cheap as well after that. What the players may not have realized is that the 20 is at its strongest in 6P - lower capacity requirement to end the game, and enormous resource restock rates combined with players landing more efficient plants earlier. You won't normally have to run an 08 or 10 for ages in 6P, which is a huge boost to the 20. Dion got the better deal than Amitss there...
As for other players, Jon stayed behind in capacity all game but got some decently efficient plants. Ligtreb bought the 24 on turn 2 and took a while to recover in money - would've preferred 07 in that spot. Mastaba kept overbuilding with the 13 and eventually had to settle for the 16 as his second plant.
The turn when i bought the 25 had 26 arrive right after, and that went to Amitss for a healthy amount. Arguably too much considering he only had 2 cities with 04 & 22, as 26 made his plant usage awkward for a while. 21 dropped immediately after that, and Dion bought it even though he'd just gotten the 20 and only had 2 cities to his name. 21 at cost with cheap oil is hard to beat, though - this was a rare case where that sort of play was justified.
Mastaba triggered Step 2 to move the market and won 32 for it. Ligtreb got the 30 after a fight, making for another game where the same player bought both 24 and 30. Unless both plants are cheap i'm not typically a big fan of that setup. With me wanting to build on the first turn of Step 2, i went for the 29 instead of one of the bigger plants. Let me penetrate the east coast, so no complaints!
Market stalled after that for quite a while, until Dion bought the 27. That brought the *34* on the market, and i bid like crazy for it. My thinking was that there was only a 1/3 chance of 35 making it after that, and anything else would stall the market and allow me to end the game on the next turn. Unfortunately 35 came and went for a lot cheaper than 34, and players after that bought plants to trigger Step 3 earlier than i was looking for. That took me out of the running - i didn't think people would buy plants like 23 & 19, and would not have gone for 34 or even 35 had i known that would happen. Very likely would've won the game had i not bought a plant and we made it to the Step 3 auction...
As is, it came down to Mastaba's early efficiency against Dion's cheap 20 & 21. Major congratulations to Dion for this performance in his very first game on the channel! We're creating monsters here, it seems~
If you'd like to learn more about Power Grid, please check my blog for strategy articles on each power plant as well as a guide to 2-player games:
maninmotiongoingnowhere.wordpress.com/power-grid-strategy-individual-plant-articles
Another 6er, hell yeah. Not too often you get these, so i record every one i can find. =) Say hello to Dion as well, he started playing Power Grid after watching my videos on here. Exactly what i was hoping for with this!
6P has a faster-moving market compared to 5P, obviously due to more players in the game. Between that and the lowered requirements for Step 2 & ending the game, it pushes things away from the early 6-cap plants and more toward efficiency again. It's closer to 2-4P, in other words, though much more likely to end before the Step 3 auction.
Notice how the last player in the opening auction can get the 13 at cost...i was hoping to lure the players below me into bidding on plants, but no dice. Did manage to grab the 10 with cheap coal tho! Helped me win the 25 fairly cheap after 2 turns making a lot of money off the 10 - a seamless transition.
Meanwhile, the 20 arrived on turn 2. Always a tricky plant to handle that early, Dion landed it for a mere $22. Was a bit surprised Amitss didn't bid more since he already had coal stored on 04, but he got the 22 fairly cheap as well after that. What the players may not have realized is that the 20 is at its strongest in 6P - lower capacity requirement to end the game, and enormous resource restock rates combined with players landing more efficient plants earlier. You won't normally have to run an 08 or 10 for ages in 6P, which is a huge boost to the 20. Dion got the better deal than Amitss there...
As for other players, Jon stayed behind in capacity all game but got some decently efficient plants. Ligtreb bought the 24 on turn 2 and took a while to recover in money - would've preferred 07 in that spot. Mastaba kept overbuilding with the 13 and eventually had to settle for the 16 as his second plant.
The turn when i bought the 25 had 26 arrive right after, and that went to Amitss for a healthy amount. Arguably too much considering he only had 2 cities with 04 & 22, as 26 made his plant usage awkward for a while. 21 dropped immediately after that, and Dion bought it even though he'd just gotten the 20 and only had 2 cities to his name. 21 at cost with cheap oil is hard to beat, though - this was a rare case where that sort of play was justified.
Mastaba triggered Step 2 to move the market and won 32 for it. Ligtreb got the 30 after a fight, making for another game where the same player bought both 24 and 30. Unless both plants are cheap i'm not typically a big fan of that setup. With me wanting to build on the first turn of Step 2, i went for the 29 instead of one of the bigger plants. Let me penetrate the east coast, so no complaints!
Market stalled after that for quite a while, until Dion bought the 27. That brought the *34* on the market, and i bid like crazy for it. My thinking was that there was only a 1/3 chance of 35 making it after that, and anything else would stall the market and allow me to end the game on the next turn. Unfortunately 35 came and went for a lot cheaper than 34, and players after that bought plants to trigger Step 3 earlier than i was looking for. That took me out of the running - i didn't think people would buy plants like 23 & 19, and would not have gone for 34 or even 35 had i known that would happen. Very likely would've won the game had i not bought a plant and we made it to the Step 3 auction...
As is, it came down to Mastaba's early efficiency against Dion's cheap 20 & 21. Major congratulations to Dion for this performance in his very first game on the channel! We're creating monsters here, it seems~
If you'd like to learn more about Power Grid, please check my blog for strategy articles on each power plant as well as a guide to 2-player games:
maninmotiongoingnowhere.wordpress.com/power-grid-strategy-individual-plant-articles
