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Hahahaha!!! Oh my. HAHAHhahahahaHAHAHAhaha. Oops, that was my outloud laugh. HAHahahahahaha. Sorry. can't contain it.
Yeah, the game falls into an unfortunate category. It's not a Euro-style game, which means the rules aren't necessarily simple or too cohesive. It's textbook Ameritrash, with lots of theme and lots of potentially fiddly rules to bring the theme. Then, the fiddly rules all interact with each other, raising unexpected situations.
It's possible to deal with that kind of complexity, the best wargames do so in a very orderly fashion. But then you get rules which are set out as numbered lists, very dry reading. BSG is targetted towards people who aren't necessarily as committed as your serious wargamer, so that style of rulebook is out.
End result: yeah, I think the rules could certainly have been better written, in many areas. There is a bit of the nature of the beast going into it too - I think even well-written rules would still leave a fair amount to argue over.
What was the formatting choice for completely out of character stuff? I mean, I come from text based online RPGing, so my idea of in and out of character is already different from all y'all's but still.
Anyway, what I wanted to ask was, what was Baltar's initial color request for his card draw? We get to know that, right? Was it emailed or did I just miss it in thread somewhere?
What was the formatting choice for completely out of character stuff? I mean, I come from text based online RPGing, so my idea of in and out of character is already different from all y'all's but still.
I probably wouldn't format that any differently (like this conversation). You could put it in italics if you want to make a distinction from game-play discussions.
Anyway, what I wanted to ask was, what was Baltar's initial color request for his card draw? We get to know that, right? Was it emailed or did I just miss it in thread somewhere?
Because Baltar was the first player, he doesn't draw three cards. He just gets his normal draw at the start of his turn, no choice to be made.
Baltar does, however, differ from all other players in the way his normal card draw works. He only draws
four
cards at the start of his turn. Then, once his Crisis Card gets revealed (after he's taken his action and all), he can draw one more card, of whatever colour he wants. (This turn he chose Blue.)
Quoting our illustrious GM:
Dang it. Totally missed that. I'm used to it being bold and all. :: whistles innocently ::
He just gets his normal draw at the start of his turn, no choice to be made.
Oh, ok. Thanks.
I expect to be Question-O-Gal at this table being all newbie and whatnot.
I expect to be Question-O-Gal at this table being all newbie and whatnot.
Questions are good. The flow of the game is fairly straightforward once you get used to it, but there's a pretty endless supply of special cases to complicate matters.
I've played in every game so far and I still feel like I only 75% understand it. This is probably because I don't own the home version.
Hahahaha!!! Oh my. HAHAHhahahahaHAHAHAhaha. Oops, that was my outloud laugh. HAHahahahahaha. Sorry. can't contain it.
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
Just waiting on interrupts from Starbuck at this point.
BSG
Just waiting on interrupts from Starbuck at this point.
Starbuck only drew Red and Blue for her starting cards, so she can't have an SP yet anyway. It's probably safe to pass her.
