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I had actually sent COs NOT to play that DE but overruled at the last second. Dammit.

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Heh. Well, you weren`t alone in thinking we should free Dee at that point. Strategically we probably should have left her in just because of the cost of getting her out. But it really was unclear at that point.
 
I think our card management was an issue. Without as many ICs as have come up in other games, we overshot on some, and lost expensively on some, meaning we had to tank some checks we really could have used.

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I think our card management was an issue. Without as many ICs as have come up in other games, we overshot on some, and lost expensively on some, meaning we had to tank some checks we really could have used.

This becomes more difficult in Pegasus too, as ICs don't reveal Destiny. You can reduce the uncertainty but it doesn't disappear (unless you use a Guts and Initiative too).

This becomes more difficult in Pegasus too, as ICs don't reveal Destiny.

I have to say, watching this from afar, I wasn't really liking the expansion, thinking it mostly made things unnecessarily complicated for my enjoyment, but that sealed the deal for me. I feel like I mostly like ICs for the fact that you see Destiny.

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whew! That was a good game. Thanks for running it, billytea.

I think I suspected everyone at one point or another.

Has anyone else been watching Jeopardy? I'm off to go watch in 8 mintes.

I feel like I mostly like ICs for the fact that you see Destiny.

I kind of like that the expansion takes that away so that there's still some uncertainty, but you can try to conserve your cards and force Cylons to play positive to avoid being discovered.

I feel like the Treachery cards didn't prove to be terribly useful, but that's mainly because I never got to spike a Reckless check.

Yeah, I don't like not being able to see Destiny, but I kind of appreciate its effect on the game. It's a little more weight to chance, but many of the other new cards give more control, so it more or less balances out.

Hey, does anyone play Scrabble on Facebook? I've been playing solo vs the computer on the iPad quite a bit and it would probably be a good idea to occasionally play invisible humans, instead. I'm not sure how it works, but I know it's possible.

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I feel like I mostly like ICs for the fact that you see Destiny.

I prefer the base game ICs myself, but the Pegasus ones seem to be more popular on BGG. I do think they're more thematic - I see an actual investigative committee as primarily checking up on the actions of the people involved in a situation; there'll be random elements that simply aren't investigable.

On that note, for the players, what did you think of the new Pegasus elements? Fun? Interesting? Just confusing? How much of a difference did it make to the play experience?

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I thought it was interesting. Coming in the middle, I feel like I never fully grasped the import of the treachery cards. I agree that the game still felt balanced.