Thanks for GMing, BillyTea.
I remember at one point thinking that knowing who the cylons were so early really gave us humans an advantage.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Laga - May 21, 2011 7:57:51 am PDT #11576 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
billytea - May 21, 2011 8:06:56 am PDT #11577 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
I remember at one point thinking that knowing who the cylons were so early really gave us humans an advantage.
On the other hand, having Cylons so early really hurt you.
Game 2 also had 2 Cylons from the start (Apollo and the Chief). They both outed themselves spiking Detector Sabotage, so no one could check their Cylon cards. Not that anyone needed to after that. The Cylons still won (revealed Chief kept pulling Current Player's Choice crises, finally killed them on Fuel).
You might remember that one, Laga, being as how you were the one playing the Chief.
Liese S. - May 21, 2011 8:15:19 am PDT #11578 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
BSG
That was a fun game. I'm glad we still won because I screwed up a bunch of stuff major! Resulting in you being confused, thinking I was being devious, but I was just being obtuse! i.e., I figured out definitively who the other Cylon was *after* I'd initiated Cally's brig check but *before* I'd played into it. Oopsies!
We basically did the same thing here, spiking the same check. I guess it's a classic Cylon thing, thinking that it was our first solid opportunity to spike, so we both took it.
And yeah, thanks for GMing, bt, and thanks for being formidable foes, humans! And whoo, partner in toasterhood!
Laga - May 21, 2011 8:29:51 am PDT #11579 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
BSG
I do remember that game I was Chief. I was sooo disappointed to be a cylon. Now I keep thinking it would be fun and I've been human the last few games.
Poor P-C getting wasted twice. But oh the excitement. This might be my favorite game we've played so far and my team lost.
Liese S. - May 21, 2011 8:47:33 am PDT #11580 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
BSG
I know! And there finally were deaths! Admittedly one of them was mine, but still, deaths!
chrismg - May 21, 2011 11:58:41 am PDT #11581 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
BSG
Putting my oar in to say I'd be interested in playing next time. I don't have the physical game, however.
Portal 2
Still looking for a partner for co-op.
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2011 2:33:50 pm PDT #11582 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BSG
Even better, if he launched one, Apollo could've commandeered it and got a bonus action. Alas, it would've taken two actions to get him back to the Armoury and shooting at the Centurion.
Couldn't I have XOed Kat with my bonus action and let her shoot twice? Holy crap, could that have worked??
I remember at one point thinking that knowing who the cylons were so early really gave us humans an advantage.
It only made it more maddening because we couldn't do shit about it!
Resulting in you being confused, thinking I was being devious, but I was just being obtuse! i.e., I figured out definitively who the other Cylon was *after* I'd initiated Cally's brig check but *before* I'd played into it. Oopsies!
Ha! Oh man. And so you didn't know she was a Cylon when you assigned her to be your Chief of Staff.
We basically did the same thing here, spiking the same check. I guess it's a classic Cylon thing, thinking that it was our first solid opportunity to spike, so we both took it.
You DID spike it! It WAS a one and one! Oh man.
I know! And there finally were deaths! Admittedly one of them was mine, but still, deaths!
Hey, I died twice!
Putting my oar in to say I'd be interested in playing next time. I don't have the physical game, however.
That's not a problem; billytea takes care of everything LIKE A BOSS, as they say.
It was a hell of a game. I was really proud of myself for doing the detective work to definitively prove Cally was a Cylon, but, man, the fact that Tory was TOO was brutal.
Tory, I'm curious as to why you kept drawing Yellow rather than the traditional Red and Blue.
NoiseDesign - May 21, 2011 2:58:53 pm PDT #11583 of 26134
Our wings are not tired
BSG
I spent most of the game hoarding at least two repair cards. At one point I was wondering if we could pull off a cylon victory without ever actually revealing as cylons.
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2011 3:00:16 pm PDT #11584 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BSG
I spent most of the game hoarding at least two repair cards.
JERK!
At one point I was wondering if we could pull off a cylon victory without ever actually revealing as cylons.
Me too! I was like JUST REVEAL ALREADY for days. Ask billytea.
NoiseDesign - May 21, 2011 3:23:50 pm PDT #11585 of 26134
Our wings are not tired
BSG
It felt like we also did a pretty good job of keeping Team Human starved for cards. That was one of my main reasons for not revealing. It kept meaning that you had to divide your attention and worry how badly a spiked check was going to burn you.