Wesley: We're going to bring Angelus in alive. Connor: No we're not. Gunn: I thought you said capturing him wasn't an option. Wesley: Changed my mind. Connor: Change it back.

'Why We Fight'


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.

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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.


Polter-Cow - May 21, 2011 3:28:52 pm PDT #11586 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG

Yeah, once you revealed, it was nice to know you could only play one card into checks, even though you then had the power to move those damn Centurions.

And, yes, I complained many a time about the fact that we didn't have enough cards, which is why we couldn't brig you (also with two Cylons, it was hard to brig either one, and we had to resort to an arrest order).

There was a turn that, if I had managed to get that godsdamn Political Prowess (WHY DID THE CYLON GET IT NO FAIR), I was going to jump to the Airlock, Repair the Airlock, and then kill you. It would have been amazing. And, given your Reveal power, we might could have won. (Of course, I didn't get the PP, and then you frakking shot me IN THE FACE.)


NoiseDesign - May 21, 2011 3:39:20 pm PDT #11587 of 26134
Our wings are not tired

BSG

Yeah, the face shooting was one of my favorite parts of the game. I think it's my best use of a OPG ability yet. It's just so brutal. The fact that I stayed alive and out of the brig after that was CRAZY!


Polter-Cow - May 21, 2011 3:48:36 pm PDT #11588 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG

I still wonder how differently the game would have gone if I had buried that Dogfight we got for the very first Crisis card. We would have had such a smooth initial jump cycle; we wouldn't have lost all those civvies and Vipers. Maybe we would have had the cards to deal with you two.

I never got to use my OPG. AND I HAD THREE OF THEM.

Actually, I've never used my OPG in any game, come to think of it. Dammit.


Liese S. - May 21, 2011 5:52:53 pm PDT #11589 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

BSG

Ha! I was totally drawing yellow to mess with your head, PC, once I knew you wanted the PP. Because the whole game my draws were INSANE! Tory is a card drawing machine, but the draws themselves were crazy!
 
And no, Cally as Chief of Staff was a lucky guess. But yeah, I was totally trying to win without revealing. But I knew my doom was coming, because I knew Tigh was holding that execute card. I should have tried to take the Presidency instead of the failed brigging. I was distracted during that period.


Polter-Cow - May 21, 2011 6:01:54 pm PDT #11590 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG

Ha! I was totally drawing yellow to mess with your head, PC, once I knew you wanted the PP.

I KNEW IT. I HATE YOU SO MUCH.

I knew Tigh was holding that execute card.

Ooh, such suspense and terror for you!


billytea - May 21, 2011 7:05:27 pm PDT #11591 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

Couldn't I have XOed Kat with my bonus action and let her shoot twice? Holy crap, could that have worked??

...Holy crap, that could have worked! There hadn't been any other XOs played that turn, you could've played one. I steered you wrong! Um... sorry about that.