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Meanwhile, I have purchased my very own copy of the Battlestar Galactica boardgame. We're playing this weekend with my brother and some friends of his. Wallybee and I tried out a two-player variant Monday night, mainly to get familiar with the rules. The peculiar genius of this game is the Cylon mechanic, and with two players it's not really relevant (one of you may be a sleeper Cylon, but that's very different from, say, a guaranteed two cylon cards out of five players). So we didn't get the full experience.
It was still a lot of fun, really. It delivers on theme, and we're both fans of the series, so that was a big plus. Wallybee chose to play Admiral Adama, and I decided the best fit for a good spread of skill cards would be Apollo. That helped with the theme (Apollo has an ability, "Alert Pilot"; whenever a viper gets launched, he can decide to pilot it. I decided when he did that he was probably flouncing, and I would tell Wallydama "All I ever wanted was to make you proud of me!")
We won the game without being seriously challenged. We got attacked between pretty much every jump, but since every other turn saw Apollo shooting down toasters (and occasionally on Adamabee's turn too), our firepower was generally well sufficient. We never seriously suspected each other of Toasterhood, so the crises were fairly easy to manage. I can see it being very different with more players and a good dollop of paranoia.
Upshot: I'm looking forward to Sunday. This could be a lot of fun.
I love Robo Rally, I kick everyone's butts.
'Tis a fine strategy unless they get hold of Rear-Firing Laser.
'Tis a fine strategy unless they get hold of Rear-Firing Laser.
And then you mis-count by one and end up in front of the pusher, and your route then takes you into the Flaming Pit O' Death.
I love Robo Rally, I kick everyone's butts.
You can play against Pete.
I love watching everyone shifting their bodies as they work out the route in their heads.
The dance of spatial awareness deficiency! Yes, I do that.
And then you mis-count by one and end up in front of the pusher, and your route then takes you into the Flaming Pit O' Death.
A quote from one game I played: "As God is my witness, I thought Spinbots could fly."
loves Wallydama and Adamabee.
that's all. I'm still recovering from my ass-whuping at Tigris & Euphrates.
and yes, chats don't seem to get through when you're in game, Raq. At least for me. I would expect them to be stored, at least. But I'm not finding them.
Huh. 27 posts in Gaming... someone must be home sick.
Would love to have a good gaming group around here.
I love Robo Rally, I kick everyone's butts.
You can play against Pete.
I don't know how good I would be at it anymore. I'm very rusty. ahem.
Still, I did have the pleasure of on one occasion boggling the game designer's mind when I shot someone with a laser across 3 board widths.
Good times.
RR games I play in usually turn into "Let's frag Pete!" because I've zipped past everyone and they've given up on beating me to the flags.
RR games I play in usually turn into "Let's frag Pete!" because I've zipped past everyone and they've given up on beating me to the flags.
The set-up I most enjoy (against the AI at least) uses just the Chop Shop board. It avoids the runaway leader problem, at least in the literal sense.
that's all. I'm still recovering from my ass-whuping at Tigris & Euphrates.
Tigris & Euphrates is on GameTableOnline too.
boggling the game designer's mind
He always struck me as a bogglable man. Kind of, "YOu people are looking at me. Why are you looking at me? Shoo."
