'Shindig'
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Yay! New game!
And Pete, when you're not dying-of-deadlines, some Monday evening we (you and I) should hit the Victory Lounge, which has BOARDGAME NIGHT. $1.50 beer, food, and table space specifically to pay boardgames. Apparently Catan is the #1 favorite.
We should get them to play BSG all the time. ALL. THE. TIME.
bt - what're the chances of having Pegasus involved? Maybe not this game, but at all? :)
bt - what're the chances of having Pegasus involved? Maybe not this game, but at all? :)
I can safely say the chances are minimal until they send some damn copies to Australia. Once I've had a chance to play it, we'll go from there. I don't think it'd be a good idea with newbies - it looks like a definite step up in complexity.
And Pete, when you're not dying-of-deadlines, some Monday evening we (you and I) should hit the Victory Lounge, which has BOARDGAME NIGHT. $1.50 beer, food, and table space specifically to pay boardgames. Apparently Catan is the #1 favorite.
There are so many better games available now. Catan deserves kudos for ushering in the new era of Euros, but it's been easily surpassed. They must be educated!
Whereas we just played Doom, which has sat on our shelf for 3-4 years. Lamest. Game. Ever.
I remember hearing good things about it, but honestly it was really boring. No amount of plastic figs makes up for that.
Connie, I'm jealous.
He's especially delighted with the new Brood Lord, and there are figs of Gene Stealers clinging to various pieces of ship, and one of a Space Marine's skeleton in his armor sitting on a throne of some sort.
Hubby keeps showing them to me and giggling.
I wish I had the time to join the BSG game. Hopefully next time around my schedule won't be quite so restrictive.
I wish I had the time to join the BSG game. Hopefully next time around my schedule won't be quite so restrictive.
That would be quite excellent.
He's especially delighted with the new Brood Lord, and there are figs of Gene Stealers clinging to various pieces of ship, and one of a Space Marine's skeleton in his armor sitting on a throne of some sort.
The minis are unpainted, right?
bt - what're the chances of having Pegasus involved? Maybe not this game, but at all?
An expansion or a variant game which has much the same rules but completely different ship and crew?
An expansion or a variant game which has much the same rules but completely different ship and crew?
Pegasus is an expansion set, which includes four new characters (Military - Admiral Cain, Pilot - Kat, Support - Dualla, and Political - Ellen Tigh), as well as the option of taking a Cylon leader. It adds some new skill card types, including some that allow for Cylon treachery beyond just spiking the check itself. You can end the game on New Caprica instead of just jumping to Kobol; there, the Cylons take over and you have an insurgency, and the human players have to try to escape with as many of the civilian ships as they can.
Oh, and finally you can execute people. Just chuck 'em out an airlock. If they were a Cylon, they resurrect; if not, they get a new character.
It sounds good, but definitely more complicated. And it hasn't reached my gaming store yet, the bastidges.
I agree, bt - more complicated. I love the sound of it, but at least for now the original game alone is quite enough.
I'm just overly-enthusiastic. Playing Cain would be SUCH A BLAST.
Playing Cain would be SUCH A BLAST.
For you. Everyone around you would have to jump ship and hope Adama will protect them.