Hey Raq, and anyone else who's played Battlestar Galactica, another question: as I understand it, when you have four or six players, you can get a Cylon sympathiser in addition to the actual Cylons. I've heard it suggested that (assuming they're pro-Cylon), they're not that interesting to play, that they don't even have all the options that revealed Cylons have. Is this correct? (If so, it seems to me that it would be a little dull winding up with this card.)
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billytea - Jan 06, 2009 5:54:49 pm PST #1466 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Polter-Cow - Jan 06, 2009 6:19:17 pm PST #1467 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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Volans - Jan 07, 2009 8:04:48 am PST #1468 of 26132
move out and draw fire
Yes, with 4 or 6 players you put a Cylon sympathizer card in the loyalty deck at the midpoint. If Baltar or Boomer are in the game, they have a higher chance of being the sympathizer than the other characters.
I think this is more a nod to the source material than any benefit to game play; the player who gets this card has to reveal it immediately and then gets sent to the brig immediately.
I haven't seen anyone use the sympathizer effectively for anything. Basically it's just a turn in the brig and limited actions thereafter. It can't happen until the midpoint of the game, so there's that.
One of the things about the game is that, until/unless you are a revealed cylon, you are always busy. Even if it's not your turn, you have to respond to the crises generated on others' turns, and other players may use their turns to direct your action (think Adama ordering Starbuck to go shoot down raiders). And there's always a lot of analysis and discussion about whether there is a cylon (in the first half; after the midpoint you know there is) and if so, who? The sympathizer can still do all these things, to some extent.
I think the best play is the 6-player game, where you have two cylons, if one reveals and one doesn't. And of course, one of the cylons could be the sympathizer.
billytea - Jan 07, 2009 1:12:08 pm PST #1469 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I haven't seen anyone use the sympathizer effectively for anything. Basically it's just a turn in the brig and limited actions thereafter. It can't happen until the midpoint of the game, so there's that.
I hear there's an 'official' variant where there's no sympathiser and the humans simply start our with lower resources to balance it out. At the moment I'm inclined to try it out that way - especially for a first play, I don't want anyone to feel stuck with a second-best option.
Aims - Jan 07, 2009 1:30:21 pm PST #1470 of 26132
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So I was checking out my (58 year old) cousin's profile on FaceBook. She listed under interests "RPG video games". So I clicked it.
Imagine my amusement that omnis was the first person listed.
Laga - Jan 07, 2009 7:11:39 pm PST #1471 of 26132
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Kevin - Jan 08, 2009 11:29:58 am PST #1472 of 26132
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Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2009 12:23:09 pm PST #1473 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I spent all night playing it. There was a lot of "This is IMPOSSIBLE!!!" followed by "My my, that was a clever puzzle."
omnis_audis - Jan 08, 2009 12:29:32 pm PST #1474 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Imagine my amusement that omnis was the first person listed.Huh what? I'm listed where? Do I know your cousin? So confused.
Miracleman - Jan 09, 2009 8:30:21 am PST #1475 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
She clicked on the RPG video games link on her cousin's FB profile. That finds other people you may know who are also interested in whatever.
You were first.