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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.

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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.

(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.

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

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!

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.

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I have COs: Zarek plays 1 card. Helo, you're up next.

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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.

A quick discussion of the resources:

Population is the resource most at risk from Cylon attacks, and is fairly often placed at risk by Crisis Cards too. I believe it's the most common way for the Cylons to win the game.

Morale is the resource most often put at risk by Crisis Cards. I think it's second in frequency to Population of ending the game. There are 4 Quorum cards that offer a chance to raise Morale by 1 (via a die roll).

Fuel will decline as you make FTL jumps, but is generally ok unless the Admiral is a Cylon. However, if you start losing Fuel for non-jump reasons, it can become an issue.

Food is mostly put at risk by Shortages, which are President's Choice. It pretty uncommon to lose on Food, but not impossible.

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Wait, apologies, I have COs from Helo:

Destiny: 2 cards
Chief: No cards
Zarek: 1 card
Helo: No cards
Starbuck:
Tigh:
Apollo:

I also have COs from Starbuck, but I need to clarify them.

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:: Wow, it's strange, Boomer seems kind of vague on the whole evac thing. But I can't quite figure it out. Not sure if it's the radiation, or the anti-radiation pills, either way, my head isn't thinking as clearly as it should. Thankfully there are a good supply of the pills, they don't seem to be running out as fast as I thought with two of us. Boomer sure is looking fine. Damn it! Gotta stop thinking like that. Chief will kick my ASS! ::