Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.

'Touched'


Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

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Laga - Sep 14, 2009 10:17:22 am PDT #3927 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

(reading back over the posts) Oh wait, I'm Chief- it's my turn...

I play no cards.


omnis_audis - Sep 14, 2009 10:25:25 am PDT #3928 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Laga, you crack me up. Good play, save the cards. IIRC, we did ok on morale last time. It was fuel and population that came down to the wire.

Pete, I like the *** player *** thing. It's a little more noticeable than just italics.


Laga - Sep 14, 2009 10:28:24 am PDT #3929 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

we're like a russian novel over here I've got so many names.


Laga - Sep 14, 2009 10:30:04 am PDT #3930 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

nebbermind


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Sep 14, 2009 10:54:11 am PDT #3931 of 26134
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

BSG

We start with 8 Fuel, 8 Food, 10 Morale & 12 Population. While dropping Morale to 8 may not seem grave I suspect if it starts higher that means there's more cards that can effect it. We are going to have to be cautious. It's our current weak point.

Tigh isn't afraid of a Cyclon Screening. Frak card play, I have now decided to play no cards. And frankly any cards I throw in are going to be wasted, I can see where this is going.


Kalshane - Sep 14, 2009 12:10:59 pm PDT #3932 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

BSG

Well, if things get desperate in the Morale department, Zerek can always use his one time ability to exchange 1 Population for 1 Morale (though I'm not sure how that works. Does he somehow manage to just kill off all the people everyone hates, which makes the remaining people happier?)

Like I said, I can help a little with the check, but if the consensus is we want to intentionally fail it, there's no sense in me wasting the cards.


StuntHusband - Sep 14, 2009 12:47:18 pm PDT #3933 of 26134
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

(though I'm not sure how that works. Does he somehow manage to just kill off all the people everyone hates, which makes the remaining people happier?)

I think of it as the Commissar's ability from "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War" - Zarek pulls out his gun, shoots someone in the head, and everyone else "cheers up" immediately lest they suffer the same fate. All their smiles are rather Joker-esque, Smilex-ish smiles.

Works, though.

Trust Zarek.


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Sep 14, 2009 12:53:49 pm PDT #3934 of 26134
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

Actually I imagine it as when you lose one population, there's more supplies for the survivors and so, Morale boost!


StuntHusband - Sep 14, 2009 1:19:12 pm PDT #3935 of 26134
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Actually I imagine it as when you lose one population, there's more supplies for the survivors and so, Morale boost!

That Tigh, always such a cheery fellow!


StuntHusband - Sep 14, 2009 2:18:59 pm PDT #3936 of 26134
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

As a matter of strategy, it seems better to conserve nigh-unrecoverable resources and spend cards, since the decks get regularly shuffled. Avoiding a Morale loss - that, AFAIK, can only have 1 point added once in a game, IF Zarek is in play - is a good thing.

Especially since the results of the loyalty card check will always be suspect, and that comes with the Morale-loss price.

Passing is painless; it just uses cards.