Who the hell is that?

That's the lawyer who defended Gaius Baltar, most hated man in the Fleet.

I've whitefonted just in case. Refers to events at the end of Season 3.

BTW, how many times here have the President and/or Admiral turned out to be cylons?

Game 1: President Roslin became a Cylon in the Sleeper Phase.
Game 2: Both clean, the toasters were B.J. and the Bear Apollo and the Chief.
Game 3: President Zarek was a Cylon from the start.
Game 4: The Cylon contingent was formed by the two pilots, Apollo and Boomer.

The President has a 50/50 chrome ratio. So far, the Admiral has always been human (in Tigh's case, all too human).

Ah, right, Badger/Sterling.

I can't imagine the Prez being against the humans from the start. That's rough.

I can't imagine the Prez being against the humans from the start. That's rough.

A Cylon President is particularly good at hurting Food - that game we just finished likely would've ended a lot faster if Zarek had been a Cylon. However, once they've tipped their hand, they'll usually lose the Presidency fairly quickly. They also need to build up the Quorum hand before they can do much damage, and eventually that'll be a plus for the humans.

A Cylon Admiral is bad news if your Fuel is low, and they can cause trouble just by picking slow jumps. It's less obvious too, since no one can be sure whether the other choice wasn't worse. They may keep the title for a while.

I think the Admiral might be more dangerous from the start. They can be working against humanity from the very first jump. A Cylon President can make quite a mess at some stage, but whether it's sooner or later probably doesn't matter too much.

I had a BGG game in which Admiral Tigh was a Cylon from the outset. We wanted a human sympathiser of course, so we'd got Morale into the Red. Just before the jump into the Sleeper Phase, I gave Tigh an XO. He used his first action to take the Presidency, and his second action to make an Inspirational Speech to try and push Morale back up. It failed, but that turn's Crisis Card jumped the Fleet, and he chose a bad Fuel destination. We spent the rest of the game desperately trying to get the titles back off him, then defending Fuel and Morale, both of which hit 1 at one stage. Great use of both the Presidency and the Admiralty to try and screw us over.

Yeah, they should've just named him Badger Crowley.

BSG

Well, the results are in!

Following the survey tiebreaker rules, we get this character selection, which gives 4 first choices and 1 third choice:
William Adama: 3 Leadership (green), 2 Tactics (purple)
Helo: 2 Leadership (green), 2 Tactics (purple), 1 Piloting (red)
Baltar: 1 Engineering (blue), 1 Leadership (green), 2 Politics (yellow)
Starbuck: 1 Engineering (blue) or Leadership (green), 2 Tactics (purple), 2 Piloting (red)
Chief: 2 Engineering (blue), 2 Leadership (green), 1 Politics (yellow)

Adama would start as Admiral and Baltar as President.

Total draw for this group would be 3 (or 4) blue, 3 yellow, 3 red, 6 purple, (8 or) 9 green. Is that okay with everyone? I think it's a pretty good balance.

Note: Starbuck was the most popular character, with 4 votes, then Adama with 3, although Adama was the one with 2 first-choice votes. No one picked Tigh, Boomer, or Zarek as any of their choices.

BSG

Ok! So there's me and... Toaster-frakker, Toaster-frakker, Toaster-frakker, Toaster-frakker...

Aw, crap. We're screwed.

(PS: which players got which characters?)

Total draw for this group would be 3 (or 4) blue, 3 yellow, 3 red, 6 purple, (8 or) 9 green. Is that okay with everyone? I think it's a pretty good balance.

It's certainly workable. We're a bit short of Politics, especially once Baltar is inevitably revealed to be a Cylon, but that's ok.

Jeez we're not even playing yet and already with the accusations.

You're right, we should find another basis for accusations. Let's see, you've been a Cylon more often than anyone else in the game, so...

Jeez we're not even playing yet and already with the accusations.

This is exactly why I didn't put who was who. Once everyone signs off on the mix, I'll make it official.

BTW, the next option in line didn't provide an obvious president, so I didn't post it.

We're a bit short of Politics

There's actually not much yellow to be had since only 4 characters automatically draw it. I guess that's because you get it on the board in the Press Room.

ETA: What's the rationale for Baltar being the only player to get only 4 cards on his turn?