Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


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.

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billytea - Dec 20, 2009 6:09:53 pm PST #5080 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Yeah. There's no guarantee there's a Cylon prior to the Sleeper phase. Though it's certainly seemed otherwise the previous two games.

Yes, at the start of the game you could have no Cylons, one Cylon (as in game 1) or two Cylons (as in game 2). Actually, looking at that pattern, maybe you should expect to have three Cylons this game.

Roughly speaking, before the Sleeper phase you have about a 25% chance of having no Cylons, a 50% chance of having one Cylon and a 25% chance of having two Cylons.


NoiseDesign - Dec 20, 2009 10:09:42 pm PST #5081 of 26134
Our wings are not tired

I can help a lot or a little with this check if I understand the cards correctly.


billytea - Dec 21, 2009 5:48:15 am PST #5082 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

While we're waiting on the skill check (a reminder, you can send me COs if it's not yet your turn to play), this card also contains a raider activation, which means Apollo's going to get shot at. To keep that moving smoothly, I'd like to ask all the pilots to send me COs for EM interrupts. Boomer, if more than one person wants to play an EM, you decide who plays it, as it's your turn. Could you also send me an order of preference for Apollo, Helo and you? Thanks.


Laga - Dec 21, 2009 8:18:53 am PST #5083 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

BSG

Dont worry Apollo- we got your back.


Kalshane - Dec 21, 2009 3:37:55 pm PST #5084 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

In the interest of moving the game along, I will play my one card.


billytea - Dec 21, 2009 3:52:09 pm PST #5085 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Both Apollo and Helo have played one card. Zarek is up next.


omnis_audis - Dec 22, 2009 3:52:13 pm PST #5086 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG

:: poke poke ::


Laga - Dec 22, 2009 4:26:49 pm PST #5087 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'm currently awaiting the rest of the party to arrive; I'm DMing my own adventure. It's very scary knowing I'm (mostly) in control. Last time we played I wasn't prepared so I threw in three encounters from Dungeon Delve. For a minute there I thought I'd put them at too high a level and they were all going to die. Holy Raven Queen I've never seen a party roll so many natural 20s! I think there were three in a row and no fewer than 5. They slaughtered my guys. I'm tempted to make today's encounters harder but I doubt their dice can keep that up.


Laga - Dec 22, 2009 11:43:19 pm PST #5088 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Whoo! Bugbear Stranglers are fun. Boy was D's ranger surprised when, insteasd of attempting to escape from strangulation, he set his wolf on the Strangler, who used the ranger as a human shield, so... the wolf's attack ended up reducing the ranger to 0 hit points.


billytea - Dec 23, 2009 12:09:55 am PST #5089 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Whoo! Bugbear Stranglers are fun. Boy was D's ranger surprised when, insteasd of attempting to escape from strangulation, he set his wolf on the Strangler, who used the ranger as a human shield, so... the wolf's attack ended up reducing the ranger to 0 hit points.

Heh. My first experience with them was not positive. The GM misunderstood the rules, and had it doing the interpose trick with pretty much every attack instead of a maximum of once per round.