It was fun! Pix, ND, and I went to a game store today and I was very tempted to get my own copy.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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megan walker - May 31, 2010 5:42:40 pm PDT #6066 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
billytea - May 31, 2010 7:10:52 pm PDT #6067 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.
MW was Madam President. ND was Pappy Admiral. I was Apollo.
Oh, the daddy issues. Did you occasionally tell him "All I ever wanted was to make you proud of me!" as you flounced out of the room? (I mean, more than usual?)
Sadly, we were not sure about Omnis and so did not listen to his call to brig Helo, who had been a Cylon all along.
I've seen a game once where a Cylon Helo pulled quite a neat little tactic. Helo starts on Caprica, and doesn't get his first turn; but it also means that he can't be brigged. In this game, the fleet came under early attack, they were pretty hard pressed, and then they drew the crisis "Sleep Deprivation". Two choices, either lose 1 Morale, or take all the vipers off the board.
Well, given the attack underway, the Admiral chose the -1 Morale. Helo then used his OPG ability to change the Admiral's decision, and recall all the vipers. Well, it was obvious Helo was a toaster, but they couldn't do anything about it. He sat on Caprica, spiking skill checks, until his second turn. He appeared on the Hangar Deck long enough to reveal and damage Galactica twice.
But the game lasted SIX HOURS! It was fun.
That is a long game. It can happen, especially when you have players learning how the game works.
Sure enough, when her turn came around, she played her card and made me PrAdmiral. Oh ya, ND was PrAdmiral for the bulk of the game.
Rules check: I assume she sent Adama to the Brig? If you're sent to the Brig, you lose the Admiralty, but not the Presidency, so Adama should've stayed President. (Not that it would've made a difference really. It mostly matters when you don't know who can be trusted.)
But now I want to go back and read the games on this thread. They should make a lot more sense now.
You could also check out the play-by-forum games on BoardGameGeek; they have board graphics too, which makes it easier to follow: [link] Most of the games have both the play forum and a turn-by-turn summary. I shall tootle my own horn a little and suggest the first game in which I played, #9, is a pretty exciting one, with some killer betrayals and a desperate fightback. [link]
It was fun! Pix, ND, and I went to a game store today and I was very tempted to get my own copy.
Doooo eeeet. Then join in on the next game here. (How's your timeframe looking, omnis?)
omnis_audis - May 31, 2010 10:08:41 pm PDT #6068 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
(How's your timeframe looking, omnis?)My schedule should be MUCH lighter starting this week or so. Hopefully. - Although, I think my backbone is having troubles. It seems to be a bit flimsy and weak at the thought of GM'ing for the first time.
Rayne - May 31, 2010 10:18:39 pm PDT #6069 of 26134
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Evil addictive game (Robot Unicorn Attack) with an evil addictive song.
megan walker - Jun 01, 2010 7:03:13 am PDT #6070 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Rules check: I assume she sent Adama to the Brig? If you're sent to the Brig, you lose the Admiralty, but not the Presidency, so Adama should've stayed President. (Not that it would've made a difference really. It mostly matters when you don't know who can be trusted.)
At some point, ND was able to pass his presidency to us and he had given it to Omnis based on how we were seated around the table.
omnis_audis - Jun 01, 2010 11:43:39 am PDT #6071 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Rules check: I assume she sent Adama to the Brig? If you're sent to the Brig, you lose the Admiralty, but not the Presidency, so Adama should've stayed President. (Not that it would've made a difference really. It mostly matters when you don't know who can be trusted.)When ND was brigged via Cylon outing action, the Admiralty shifted to me. Then after both cylons were outed, another crisis card caused him to shift the Presidency. Since MW could get Quarom cards via special ability, ND thought it best to make me PrAdmiral so I had access to some Quorom Cards as well.
Volans - Jun 08, 2010 5:57:56 am PDT #6072 of 26134
move out and draw fire
Video clip from Sherlock Holmes Nemesis causes plot bunny: What if Watson was a figment of Holmes' imagination?
Daisy Jane - Jun 08, 2010 10:32:29 am PDT #6073 of 26134
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
From elsewhere, but I think it belongs here [link]
megan walker - Jun 08, 2010 10:41:52 am PDT #6074 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Note to Omnis and billytea: Because of all the game talk in Natter yesterday, I finally caved and bought my own copy of BSG. It should arrive Thursday.
billytea - Jun 08, 2010 12:00:52 pm PDT #6075 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.
Note to Omnis and billytea: Because of all the game talk in Natter yesterday, I finally caved and bought my own copy of BSG. It should arrive Thursday.
Ooh, toasters for everyone! And they come in twelve different models.