Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


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.


billytea - Jul 13, 2013 10:18:40 pm PDT #20155 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

First, a correction: Roslin discarded an Executive Order 1, not a CP-1.

Roslin has chosen her crisis card. It is:

Familiar Face
Current Player's Choice

She has also made her choice, and avoids the skill check. Morale falls by 1.

Finally, the jump track advances. That concludes Roslin's turn. Cottle's cards are going out. Doc Cottle, when you're ready, please post your move and action.


billytea - Jul 13, 2013 10:20:07 pm PDT #20156 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

End-of-turn summary:

Round 4.1 - Roslin

Locations and Hands
Roslin: President's Office; 5 cards, 3 trauma
Cottle: Pegasus CIC; 1 card, 3 trauma
Adama: Main Batteries; 5 cards, 1 trauma
Starbuck: Sector 6; 4 cards, 3 trauma

NPCs
Weapons Control: Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
Engine Room: Callandra "Cally" Tyrol
Armoury: Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo

Main Board Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Empty
Sector 5: Empty
Sector 6: Starbuck

Resources
Fuel: 6
Food: 4
Morale: 5
Population: 10

Viper Reserves: 7
Damaged Vipers: 0
Raptors: 3
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 3 (Blue)
Distance Travelled: 2
Galactica Damage: 0


omnis_audis - Jul 13, 2013 10:41:42 pm PDT #20157 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG (Starbuck)

Well, given that we all just voted to tank a similar check, I suppose it was the right choice. I'm hoping you buried an attack card.


omnis_audis - Jul 13, 2013 11:31:25 pm PDT #20158 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

SKYRIM

Question for those who play Skyrim. Was having a geek-out moment with one of my students the other day (It spanned from LoTR, Dr Who, Firefly, and more) and she was amazed I hadn't heard of or played Skyrim. Has anyone played it? Is it a "button masher"? I ask, as it seems there are no demo's for it on Xbox Live, and I really don't want to plunk down money on game types I know I have no chance of playing well.


-t - Jul 14, 2013 4:51:42 am PDT #20159 of 26134
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

BSG (Doc)

Hey, Starbuck, would visiting Cally be a good idea?


Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 5:46:27 am PDT #20160 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG (Roslin)

Well, given that we all just voted to tank a similar check, I suppose it was the right choice. I'm hoping you buried an attack card.

As a matter of fact...I am not allowed to say, sadly. But, yeah, the choice was a no-brainer.


Laga - Jul 14, 2013 5:50:39 am PDT #20161 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Skyrim

funny you should ask as I have posted a couple times about my love of Skyrim in this very thread. It is a fantasy RPG with a central plot and many side missions similar to Red Dead Redemption. You choose your race, gender, and appearance at game start and then build your character based on choices you make in the game as you level up. If you'd like to see some of the whacky things you can do on the PC version, Mr. Rhexx has some amazing, funny, and sometimes disturbing videos on youtube. For a gentler tour of the game Felicia Day has a video called (if I recall correctly) My Vast Tracts of Skyrim Landz.


billytea - Jul 14, 2013 5:52:38 am PDT #20162 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

As a matter of fact...I am not allowed to say, sadly. But, yeah, the choice was a no-brainer.

Breaking news! The fair and balanced Caprica News quotes President Roslin as saying, "A trained monkey could do my job!" More at 11!


amych - Jul 14, 2013 6:11:03 am PDT #20163 of 26134
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Skyrim is quite possibly the greatest computer/console RPG in the history of anything. I used to play, until I took an arrow to the knee.


omnis_audis - Jul 14, 2013 8:58:57 am PDT #20164 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG (Starbuck)

Hey, Starbuck, would visiting Cally be a good idea?

I heard she had a fight with Chief last night, and is still fuming.