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ETA: I do have to say Team Human got a really sucky string of crisises they never had a chance to recover from. With how crappy things were right off the bat team Cylon may have been better served to give up all pretenses and just go for the jugular. (Though at the time I'm sure we both thought we were a team of 1.)
They really did. Especially at the death, Legendary Discovery followed by Scouting for Water was just impossible for them to escape. They both demanded Purple and Red cards to pass. Either the humans pass LD and avoid the Food loss, then fail SfW and lose all their Fuel; or they fail LD and Food drops to 1, and then Chief chooses option 2 on SfW and they lose the last Food.
Yay team cylon! I was disappointed to be a cylon at first but it turned out to be really fun. Still, humanity losing twice in a row is a bummer. I, for one, am up for a rematch.
I'd also love to play again if BT is up to it. Would definitely like to play a human and have to experience all the paranoia. Plus, it'd be nice to enjoy shooting down raiders instead of just doing it to avoid blowing my cover.
There was little paranoia for the humans this time. Just desperation.
There was little paranoia for the humans this time. Just desperation.
Indeed. I found it ironic that the failed Detector Sabotage check, which ensured the Cylons' loyalty cards could never be checked, is what allowed the humans to work out who the two Cylons were.
BSG
Let's finish this off properly. The end-of-game summary:
Round 7.3 - Chief
Locations and Hands
Tigh: President's Office; 6 card(s)
Apollo: Brig; 8 card(s)
Chief: Caprica; 3 card(s)
Zarek: Research Lab; 5 card(s)
Helo: Command; 0 card(s)
Starbuck: Hangar Deck; 2 card(s)
Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Empty
Sector 5: Empty
Sector 6: Empty
Resources
Fuel: 0
Food: 2
Morale: 7
Population: 3
Viper Reserves: 5
Damaged Vipers: 3
Raptors: 3
Boarding Party: 0
Other
Nukes: 0
Jump Track: 1 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 7
Galactica Damage: None
So, none of them can ever get home, but the 3 people left are feeling mighty fine about it. I don't think Morale is supposed to end that high.
at least, with no fuel, we can't spin up the drives, so maybe it will be harder for the cylons to find us. Sure we don't reach "earth", but we end with NO cylons in space around us!
The morale is high because of the captive breeding program.
I found it ironic that the failed Detector Sabotage check, which ensured the Cylons' loyalty cards could never be checked, is what allowed the humans to work out who the two Cylons were.
I was pretty sure there was a second Cylon before that, but I was convinced it was Starbuck. Which is why I threw in Yellow as my spike card instead of Red, so as to potentially implicate Zarek or the Chief. But then Zarek had to ruin it by not playing any cards and the decision implicated both of the real Cylons.
