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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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Liese S. - Dec 03, 2010 11:01:10 am PST #8204 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hee. Was editing to do so. Yay, first turn!


megan walker - Dec 03, 2010 11:08:07 am PST #8205 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

BSG

I have a GMing question.

With the damage tokens (and the civvies too I guess), what do I do when they are resolved? Do they get "discarded" or do they go back into the mix? In other words, the next time Galactica is damaged, can it be the FTL control?

With the civvies, I assume that if they are attacked by the cylons, those tokens leave the game, but if the fleet jumps do they all just get put into the common pool again?


Liese S. - Dec 03, 2010 11:15:11 am PST #8206 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

BSG

Ooh, I think I know this one, 'cause I was browsing questions on BGG last night.

Yeah, back into the mix for the damage tokens. Pg. 25 says:

When a damaged location is repaired, return the damage token to the pile of unused damage tokens and randomize them

And the civvies:

When the fleet jumps during combat, all ships are removed from the space areas of the game board. Any vipers so removed are returned to the “Reserves,” and any civilian ships so removed are shuffled back into the pile of unused civilian ships. Any character who was piloting a viper is moved to the “Hangar Deck” location.


omnis_audis - Dec 03, 2010 11:46:12 am PST #8207 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

With the understanding, of course, that sudden and inevitable betrayal is always a possibility.

I'm sure I wasn't the only one whose brain went here: [link]


megan walker - Dec 03, 2010 11:46:30 am PST #8208 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Thanks. I don't have the rules here at work.


Liese S. - Dec 03, 2010 11:55:12 am PST #8209 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I'm sure I wasn't the only one

Not actually a coincidence. Hee.


billytea - Dec 03, 2010 12:10:12 pm PST #8210 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

Ok! Doctor, with the advance of the heavy raiders to Sector 6, there's another option for your XO. You could go to Command and activate the viper in Sector 6 to take a couple of shots at them.


billytea - Dec 03, 2010 12:16:00 pm PST #8211 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

I have a GMing question.

Liese is correct. To add a little more:

1. When damaged locations are repaireed, the damage tokens return to the pool, so they can be damaged again later. However, there are also two damage tokens that damage Fuel and Food respectively. If one of them turns up, it gets resolved and then discarded. It can't be picked again.

2. Civvies on the board when the fleet jumps return to the civvie reserves. If new civvies wind up on the board, they're drawn randomly from the reserves. However, any civvies that get destroyed are removed from the game. They can't be drawn again.


Kalshane - Dec 03, 2010 3:15:46 pm PST #8212 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

BSG

Crap. I thought we had that one with everyone drawing Yellow and/or Green.

Right, thank you, Chief Tyrol. You're a good man. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Doc Cottle was giving me the willies. Are we certain of his qualifications? Oh, right, Cylon boarders knocking on the back door. Let us see if we can do something about that, shall we?

Move: Command

Action: Activate the Viper in Sector 6 to fire on the heavy raiders twice.

Pass on interrupts.


billytea - Dec 03, 2010 3:42:02 pm PST #8213 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

Pass on interrupts