Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.


billytea - May 09, 2011 8:43:37 pm PDT #11242 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Let's see the outcome:

Consolidate Power 1
Executive Order 1
Declare Emergency 3
Launch Scout 1
Strategic Planning 3
Critical Situation 5
Repair 1
Calculations 5
Human Weakness 3

Tally: 14 - 9 = 5. Fail. Missed the partial pass by only 1, I'm afraid. The fleet loses 1 Morale; the Admiral has no more cards to lose.

Finally, both the raiders and the jump track advance. The civvie in Sector 5 is now unprotected and under immediate threat. That concludes Chief Tyrol's turn. Kat's cards are going out. Kat, when you're ready, please post your move and action.


billytea - May 09, 2011 8:44:03 pm PDT #11243 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

End-of-turn summary:

Round 4.3 - Chief

Locations and Hands
Tigh: President's Office; 0 cards
Tory: Admiral's Quarters; 7 cards
Chief: Hangar Deck; 1 card
Kat: Press Room; 2 cards
Cally: Hangar Deck; 3 cards

Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: 1 Basestar
Sector 4: 3 Raiders, 2 Heavy Raiders
Sector 5: 2 Raiders, Civilians A
Sector 6: 2 RSVs, Civilians B C

Resources
Fuel: 7
Food: 5
Morale: 4
Population: 8
Viper Reserves: 5
Damaged Vipers: 1
Raptors: 3
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 3 (Blue)
Distance Travelled: 3
Galactica Damage: Airlock, Engine Room


Polter-Cow - May 09, 2011 8:49:49 pm PDT #11244 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG

Missed the partial pass by only 1, I'm afraid.

GAH. And Destiny actually played a positive card, too! Frak, so close.

Kat, hope you draw awesomely!


Laga - May 10, 2011 5:29:11 am PDT #11245 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

starstarbuckstarbuckbucks


Atropa - May 10, 2011 2:50:06 pm PDT #11246 of 26134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'm hijacking the gaming thread.

White Wolf Games opened pre-orders for the 20th anniversary edition of Vampire: the Masquerade. The info from the order page:

* All thirteen original clans, clan variants and bloodlines, with their signature Disciplines * Rules for character creation and advancement from Neonate to Methuselah * All the Disciplines from level one through nine * Updated setting to the modern nights * New full color original art by Tim Bradstreet and other classic Masquerade artists

I won't lie, I want it, but not enough to pay $99 + s&h for it. Because I don't play V:tM any more (mostly because I haven't been able to talk someone into running a game for me, and if I was able to, I'd rather play Victorian-Age V:tM). It would just be an expensive bit of memorabilia.


Liese S. - May 10, 2011 2:54:02 pm PDT #11247 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Ha. That's totally not hijacking. That's what this thread is for.

But yes, I wouldn't pay $99, cool as it sounds.


Atropa - May 10, 2011 3:05:59 pm PDT #11248 of 26134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

But yes, I wouldn't pay $99, cool as it sounds.

I'm betting there's no way I could sweet-talk them into sending me a copy for review, either.


Laga - May 10, 2011 3:24:06 pm PDT #11249 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'm betting there's no way I could sweet-talk them into sending me a copy for review, either.

It's certainly worth a shot. I bet you've a better chance than most, especially if you send in a photo. (I'm thinking from Halloween).


Atropa - May 10, 2011 3:40:36 pm PDT #11250 of 26134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It's certainly worth a shot. I bet you've a better chance than most, especially if you send in a photo. (I'm thinking from Halloween).

Oh, they know who I am, trust me. The person organizing the big White Wolf event that this is launching at is someone I used to work with.


Laga - May 10, 2011 7:03:42 pm PDT #11251 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

BSG

sorry for the holdup.

I move to FTL Control and play MF-5 to Jump the Fleet!