( continues...) them.

A very bad thing is if you have Starbuck and Tigh in the same game and they're not getting along (although I can't imagine that ever happening), because his strength works against her weakness.

BSG

great insight, DQ.

Thanks again for GMing BT. You do a fabulous job. I'm already looking forward to the next game.

NSFW: Heavy Rain Glitch Brings Playable, Accidental Nudity

That's not a bug, it's a feature.

Thanks, Laga. Yes, BT is amazing to keep this game organized.

Re: Heavy Rain: Yeah, I gotta say if they have the nude model in the game to begin with, that's not an accident.

Well, reading the article, it seems having the character playable while nude is the glitch. There are apparently nude cutscenes of the character. Still the article title is kind of misleading.

BSG ETA: That sounds like a pretty good guide to playing Roslin, DQ.

I wonder if I'd be better at the game if I'd seen more of the show.

Thanks, Kalshane.

Laga--not really. I'm still watching the show right now; I played my first game when I'd only seen a few episodes, and I've played with people who've never seen any of the show before.

The board game can spoiler you a little. (Guess who spends half of a season in the Brig because she turns out to be a Cylon?)

You get a little more out of the board game having seen the series, but entirely in the sense of, "Oh, I understand why so-and-so has that power, now." Most of the Crisis Cards are inspired by the plots of given crisis-oriented episodes (but don't show how the episode turned out) and it's fun to go "hey, I remember that one!" But it's not necessary, and in a way, you probably will end up playing more tactically if you're not letting your character's "flavor" get in the way of making the most of what you can do.

The flip side to that though is that it of course can also be fun to "roleplay" up the characters a little more (I actually thought you were a perfectly convincing Boomer, so there we are) if you know who they are--it also eases tension by being able to help differentiate character voice and player voice. Hence the roleplay notes I was making earlier.

OTOH, I also think that some of the show rubs off on the game. People I've played with tend to be biased about who they suspect, regardless of in-game evidence. (Nobody ever wants to suspect Adama or Apollo or Helo of being Cylons, for example).

I just realized I have a game called "Deadwood"...and it's nothing like the show.

Not enough "cocksucker"?