I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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.


chrismg - Jun 23, 2012 12:57:50 pm PDT #16361 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

B BSG(The Adama who would be king)

I discard State of Emergency-6 and move to FTL control.

I then press the frakking WIN THE GAME button!!!!!!!!!!


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2012 1:08:11 pm PDT #16362 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG (Kat)

Er, that's not the Win the Game button.

I mean, it is, but you—and only you—can order a jump from anywhere.


chrismg - Jun 23, 2012 1:13:39 pm PDT #16363 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Don't be a grumpus! You've got a whole planet, all to yourselves!


billytea - Jun 23, 2012 1:27:06 pm PDT #16364 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

The Admiral gives the order for the fleet to jump away. With all the civilian ships evacuated, and all the crew evacuated, there is no resource loss. For the first time, the humans have escaped from New Caprica!

HUMANS WIN!


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2012 1:31:43 pm PDT #16365 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG

Those freaking nukes. And you hardly ever got skill checks! I can't believe you guys actually pulled it off. Stupid cards!


billytea - Jun 23, 2012 1:36:23 pm PDT #16366 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

And you hardly ever got skill checks!

Actually, their first seven crisis cards on New Caprica all contained skill checks. They had 21 skill checks out of 48 turns, which sounds about average.


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2012 1:38:27 pm PDT #16367 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG

Perhaps I should they hardly ever got skill checks after I had good cards to spike them with.

They didn't get a single skill check after I played God's Plan. It's still sitting there, waiting to explode.


chrismg - Jun 23, 2012 2:06:53 pm PDT #16368 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

If I were asked my opinion, I'd say the decision to decamp to Caprica when there were four OA centurions on the board might have something to do with it. Spamming OA activations would have kept us busy punching, and maybe destroyed more ships.


NoiseDesign - Jun 23, 2012 3:00:14 pm PDT #16369 of 26134
Our wings are not tired

BSG

Yeah, my whole strategy was to play the long game and stay hidden until I could steal the admiralty and jump early, then there was the skill check that revealed me. Basically I had one positive card left to play, so I played two negative and one positive and then the hand went in such a way as to leave no doubt who played the negative cards. I considered playing only the one positive card, but it was a huge skill check and I was holding a ton of cards and thought that it was just as likely that I'd get outed if I didn't play the full three cards I was allowed.


omnis_audis - Jun 23, 2012 3:35:35 pm PDT #16370 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

hot damn! Can't believe we did it! With all those resources flirting with nil. Crazy. Amazing. Must have been the stellar leadership of the Presidency.