Bastard kept gleefully smashing my poor plants with his asteroids!
[Image description: board game at the end of the game, after counting up points. Cards and pieces are splayed all over, and a red and a blue player markers are sitting on the same square on the scoreboard.]
Well if you only pick up one expansion, make it the preludes. It really speeds up the early game and makes it more fun.
Oh I own all the expansions, and we've played with Venus and Preludes, just not the rest.