Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.

Mal ,'The Message'


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.


Sean K - Aug 02, 2009 1:00:12 am PDT #3154 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

No interrupts.


billytea - Aug 02, 2009 4:49:48 am PDT #3155 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.

BSG

Ok, no interrupts. Time for the die roll.

Roll = 7. Hit! Slacker Grandpa Centurion bites the dust, having gone nowhere for 19 turns. Bah. From now on I'm powering my Centurions with Duracell batteries. You Have Been Warned.

Hey, look at that! We've reached a player who isn't in the Brig! Guess we should draw a Crisis Card. And it's pretty appropriate coming right after the first reveal.

Informing the Public
Current player's choice

Boomer, when you're ready please post your choice.


Volans - Aug 02, 2009 5:09:09 am PDT #3156 of 26133
move out and draw fire

BSG

I can help pass the check, if that's how you decide to go.

BSG

And now I have to go find my husband and tell him the jig is up, the lying liar.


billytea - Aug 02, 2009 5:12:51 am PDT #3157 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.

And now I have to go find my husband and tell him the jig is up, the lying liar.

Hee. Let us know how that turns out.


Volans - Aug 02, 2009 5:16:17 am PDT #3158 of 26133
move out and draw fire

I introduced more folks to BSG yesterday; humans lost before we'd even gotten to the halfway point. The cylon hardly did anything; just screwed with a couple skill checks and never threw SPs in to help with rolls...we just had really bad luck with combat.

After that we played Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, which I still dislike but which the host did like, so there's that.


Volans - Aug 02, 2009 7:36:01 am PDT #3159 of 26133
move out and draw fire

Hee. Let us know how that turns out.

He wanted to know why Apollo wasn't Pradmiral before revealing, and how anyone had escaped the brig. And I had to debrief on when and how I decided he was a cylon (last thing he remembers is me voting for Baltar to test him).

I will not go into more detail at this time, because I talked a lot about how I think there's one other cylon, and who and why...but on that note:

BSG

Does Apollo 13 give his other loyalty card to another player now, or is that a separate action? I thought the "declare" thing was Move to the Resurrection Ship and Action give other card to another player.


megan walker - Aug 02, 2009 7:36:20 am PDT #3160 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

After that we played Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, which I still dislike

I'm with you on that. Although, I may be tainted by the fact that the first time I played I let my housemate explain the rules instead of reading them for myself. He's one of those people that leaves out key information (not on purpose, he's just a bad explainer), which particularly screws you in German-style games.


Laga - Aug 02, 2009 7:58:59 am PDT #3161 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

BSG

If you decide on the skill check I can help a little.


omnis_audis - Aug 02, 2009 8:25:15 am PDT #3162 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG

Roll = 7. Hit! Slacker Grandpa Centurion bites the dust, having gone nowhere for 19 turns. Bah.
suuuWWWWEEETTT!!! Whew. That was close. OK. As for right now, we HUMANS are not in terrible shape. We are two jumps from home. We currently have *NO* raiders in our surrounding space. We have finally found the toaster that was standing in the corner, and eradicated it. And half the skin jobs have been found, thus reducing our negative skill check effects! Let's rally together crew, let's weed out that other skin job. Let's get to our new home, and breathe the sweet clean, natural air of EARTH!

Informing the Public

I am really torn on this skill check folks. I can help a little. I have two other oaths of loyalty, that can only help a little. I am worried that our three little helps will not be enough to get over the 2nd Cylon and the destiny cards. It's a low number. But. Uggg. Damn it Jim, I'm a Raptor Pilot, not an Admiral. Oops, um, cross geek contamination there.

Morale & Population are in ok shape. I'm hesitant to whap Population more, in case we need to jump twice early to get to Earth. What are the other things that will zap morale?

I think we have better odds with the 50/50 of the dice roll. But I ask you, my crew. Please report your observations to help me better make this tough tough decision.


Laga - Aug 02, 2009 8:32:28 am PDT #3163 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I can't help with the die roll but if we fail the skill check I might be able to make us squeak by. If we count on failing, I think losing 1 pop & 1 morale is better than losing 2 morale.