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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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NoiseDesign - Oct 31, 2010 1:29:17 pm PDT #7983 of 26134
Our wings are not tired

BSG

Great game everyone. I really didn't think team Cylon was going to pull that one out. It was about as tight as can be.


megan walker - Oct 31, 2010 1:47:19 pm PDT #7984 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

BSG

How many cylon victories does that make here?


Laga - Oct 31, 2010 1:49:04 pm PDT #7985 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

All but one, I think.


billytea - Oct 31, 2010 1:49:15 pm PDT #7986 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

It's currently Cylons 3, Humans 1. This one was easily the closest.


billytea - Oct 31, 2010 1:58:21 pm PDT #7987 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

A little more detail: The first game went for 53 turns; the Cylons won on Population. The second game was 39 turns long, and Fuel was the culprit that time. Game 3 took 33 turns for the humans to win. Finally, this game took 50 turns and was another Population victory for the Cylon master race.


Laga - Oct 31, 2010 2:04:23 pm PDT #7988 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I need to work out how bad may cards really were. Every time I was surprised by how many ones and twos I drew.


megan walker - Oct 31, 2010 2:04:58 pm PDT #7989 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Attention lurkers!

Billytea and I were discussing GMing and wanted to know if there are any lurkers interested in trying a game (either now or in the near future).

I know you are out there. Speak now, or forever be suspected of being a cylon.


megan walker - Oct 31, 2010 2:06:25 pm PDT #7990 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Yeah, Laga, there was really only one point where I had an amazing hand of high cards (and really wanted to pull Legendary Discovery). But otherwise, I felt like we couldn't really compete on skill checks.


NoiseDesign - Oct 31, 2010 2:07:38 pm PDT #7991 of 26134
Our wings are not tired

BSG

For much of the game my hand was almost completely Y1 and R1 cards.


billytea - Oct 31, 2010 2:17:43 pm PDT #7992 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.

I need to work out how bad may cards really were. Every time I was surprised by how many ones and twos I drew.

Two thirds of the skill cards are worth 1 or 2, so there's roughly a 13% chance of drawing nothing better. Usually you'll get at least something better, but it certainly happens.

Yeah, Laga, there was really only one point where I had an amazing hand of high cards (and really wanted to pull Legendary Discovery). But otherwise, I felt like we couldn't really compete on skill checks.

You actually only ever lost two skill checks that you tried to pass. (There were a number that you chose to tank without trying.) Unfortunately, those two were the last ones that finished off your Population. Destiny was double negative for both checks too.

It was, from my end, a deliberate strategy to try to keep you guys short on cards. As far as I was able to anyway, revealed Cylons don't get much chance to be proactive; but where possible, I tried to get you guys to spend up. My own hand had its ups and downs, but I drew the Purple-5 back on my second turn, and then held onto it for almost the whole game. In the end, I didn't get much out of it beyond stopping you guys from drawing it.