I am interested in BSG and my DH might be as well...we have a copy of the game. What do you have in mind as far as running it?
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Volans - May 24, 2009 12:51:20 pm PDT #1925 of 26133
move out and draw fire
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 24, 2009 2:22:04 pm PDT #1926 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
First Pete gleefully kicked my ass in OrangeBox (not unexpected, but I did give a run for the money on a few maps).
Not really true. You gave me a tougher time than you realize, and if you'd been more familiar with the maps it would have been closer still.
billytea - May 24, 2009 5:50:41 pm PDT #1927 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I am interested in BSG and my DH might be as well...we have a copy of the game. What do you have in mind as far as running it?
My idea is that I'll run the game rather than play, so I'll 'shuffle' all the decks (i.e. use the randomiser function in Excel to sort them all). I'll send player-specific info to private email addresses, and for public information, post it either here or (if we don't use this thread) send it to all addresses. Likewise, player discussion will be public.
I'd be interested in playing BSG on line but I don't have a copy of the game and I'm no longer able to log in from work so I have a lot less time on line these days.
We can work around not having a copy, I think. Having less time online is more of an issue, but if you log in at least once a day it's probably workable. I'd also encourage any players to make use of Conditional Orders (sent privately); e.g. "If we try to scout, I will/will not play Strategic Planning").
billytea - May 24, 2009 6:03:34 pm PDT #1928 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
To give a further idea of how this might work, an example of playing BSG via forum can be found here: [link] (They're actually up to their 8th game on boardgamegeek, they've proven immensely popular). I don't have Photoshop, so I won't be able to provide the graphics.
So far I think we have Sean, Raq, maybe Raq's hubby and maybe Laga. Anyone else? Anyone not interested in playing who has an opinion on using this thread for it?
Polter-Cow - May 24, 2009 10:42:38 pm PDT #1929 of 26133
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I played Ticket to Ride: Europe today. It was my first time playing a Ticket to Ride game. It's not as dumb as I thought!
billytea - May 24, 2009 10:43:22 pm PDT #1930 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I played Ticket to Ride: Europe today. It was my first time playing a Ticket to Ride game. It's not as dumb as I thought!
Don't be surprised if that quote appears on the box next reprint!
omnis_audis - May 24, 2009 10:51:12 pm PDT #1931 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
billytea, I'd be interested, but have never played or own the game, so very much clueless. But I am always up for learning/playing a new game.
ION, just finished the most painful game of Cataan on XboxLive. One player must have fallen asleep or something, so every time it was his turn, the hour glass just counted down the time. He rolled 7 a few times, and had to get rid of 10 cards each time, which took forever, until the computer choose which cards to ditch, then had to wait for where to place the robber... you get the feeling. And another player lost net connection, so a bot took over. A bot doesn't have time constraints, and will stay in the trade window as long as any other player is in there. Guess what. Ya, fell asleep dude didn't leave, because that would require pushing the B button. So bots turns took a good 3 minutes, asleep dudes as well. Most turns can be done in less than a minute. Sooooo boring.
billytea - May 24, 2009 11:12:59 pm PDT #1932 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
billytea, I'd be interested, but have never played or own the game, so very much clueless. But I am always up for learning/playing a new game.
For people who are interested but don't have the game, the rules are available for download here: [link] This is a reasonable place to start. I also have a simpler summary if anyone would like a look. Just email me.
Laga - May 24, 2009 11:50:45 pm PDT #1933 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
if you log in at least once a day it's probably workable.
I log on at least twice a day!
I finally have enough brutes created that I'm no longer running out of fights and having to create new brutes to fight more. I'm astonished at the people who came up with the same names I did. Already taken were Chanandler Bong, Ms Chanandler Bong, Ms. Chanandler Bong, Harmoninny Granger (I made mine Grater), Jack's Merkin Revenge (I made Jax Merkin), Le Lezard Volente (I dropped the 'e' on the end)... I know there are more. It's scary how many people think the same way I do.
billytea - May 25, 2009 6:04:47 am PDT #1934 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I log on at least twice a day!
Cool. Given the game coordinator is in a different time zone from the rest of you, I suspect you won't be the biggest time disruption.
So at the moment for a BSG game I think we have Sean, Raq, Laga and Omnis Audis. Maybe Raq's husband too. Is that right?
Next question, is there anyone who wants to raise an objection to us using this forum to run the game?