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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

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Kalshane - Jan 05, 2011 4:26:25 pm PST #8826 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

I'm actually amazed I almost made it to my next turn before getting brigged.

You dare throw me, Gaius Baltar, in the Brig? I'm Gaius Frakkin' Baltar! Don't you know who you're dealing with? Stand back and tremble as I proceed to write nasty things about you in my diary! "Dear, Diary. You wouldn't believe what happened to me today. That total daggit-fra...[Baltar's pen slips off the page due to his overly-furious writing and stabs his thigh, puncturing the artery.]

[Wakes up in a vat of goo.] Well, frak.

Move: None

Action: Reveal Cylon card.

I discard G1, G1, Y1, Y1 to reduce my hand to 3.

For those interested, my Cylon card was "Damage Galactica."


billytea - Jan 05, 2011 4:36:58 pm PST #8827 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

For those interested, my Cylon card was "Damage Galactica."

I'm writing a song to commemorate this occasion. "Here we go something something, dum de dum dum". Still working out the details. I do have a final line though, "POP goes the weasel!"

Incidentally, I'm playing another game at boardgamegeek, where there was an attempted briggening of Baltar at the exact same time as we were doing this one. In that game, however, Baltar was human and it was the Cylons (Helena Cain and Ellen Tigh) who were trying to brig him. It was quite the epic struggle - including interrupts, the two teams played a total of 70 points between them. In the end, Baltar remained free by just one point, after Destiny made a weak showing of only 3 points in favour.

We're still frakked there, but at least we're not prison-frakked.


billytea - Jan 05, 2011 5:04:26 pm PST #8828 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

Helo, what do you think for your turn? Your reroll makes it a good time to go Centurion-hunting. An SP would give us a 75% chance of getting one of them.

Other balls in the air: we are under attack, and if we don't kill a basestar before our next jump, Thirty Three gets shuffled back into the Crisis Deck. That'll also reshuffle any Crises that got buried on scouting missions. I think Starbuck buried one (so we probably want that one back), and I buried two (which we'd rather not see again). If we can spare the time to blast the basestar then we may as well, but it's probably not our first priority.

On that jump thing, we really want to ensure we jump at least 2 Distance, so it'd be good to scout the Destination Deck beforehand. Your turn's a good time for this too. I can scout if we want to do that first.

It'd be nice to build up our Food stores too, which means working the Quorum. I'd need to go rummaging for that. Chances of success - uncertain. There's a fair chance of getting something else worthwhile though, like Mission Specialist or some Brutal Force for a Centurion.

I reckon that if you want to park yourself in the Armoury and go all "Guns don't kill robots, I do" on the Centurions, that'd be a good choice. If you XO me I'd scout the Destination Deck and hit up the Quorum for goodies and treats.


megan walker - Jan 05, 2011 5:18:19 pm PST #8829 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

End-of-turn Summary
Round 6.1 - Baltar

Locations and Hands
Baltar: Resurrection Ship; 3 cards
Helo: Hangar Deck; 5 cards
Starbuck: Caprica; 6 cards
Chief: Admiral's Quarters; 6 cards
Adama: President's Office; 10 cards

Sectors
Sector 1: 1 Basestar, 2 Raiders
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: Civilians 1
Sector 4: Civilians 1
Sector 5: 1 RSV, Civilians 1
Sector 6: 1 RSV, Civilians 1

Resources
Fuel: 3
Food: 3
Morale: 6
Population: 12
Viper Reserves: 6
Damaged Vipers: 0
Raptors: 2
Boarding Party: 2 at Start

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 2
Distance Travelled: 6
Galactica Damage: 0

(Please check with your data, to make sure there is nothing out of whack. If any discrepancy, please contact me immediately.)

Baltar has been sent his Super Crisis Card. Cards to be sent to Helo anon.


megan walker - Jan 05, 2011 5:30:23 pm PST #8830 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

BSG

Note: Both Leadership (green) and Piloting (red) were depleted after Helo's draw. They have both been reshuffled.


-t - Jan 05, 2011 6:01:11 pm PST #8831 of 26134
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

BSG

Hm. Well, shooting centurions does sound like a good time. I'd want SP help for that.

OTOH, we're theoretically closer to jumping than being destroyed by the boarding party, depending on how the crises go. And two actions rather than one, always appealing.

Chief, have an opinion?

I will move to the Armory while I'm thinking.


billytea - Jan 05, 2011 6:10:56 pm PST #8832 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

To aid in your cogitations:

1. I can supply an SP.
2. You raise a good point that we're likely to jump before the Centurions get too far. On the other hand, there are two of them. (And then again, I can make good use of both actions if XO'd, so that does raise efficiency.)


-t - Jan 06, 2011 9:00:57 am PST #8833 of 26134
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

BSG

Eh, when in doubt, XO-1 Adama.

Wield your mighty power, Pradmojitohips.


billytea - Jan 06, 2011 9:42:13 am PST #8834 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 just... a jump to the left!

Action 1: Play LS-1 on the Destination Deck, pass on interrupts

And then a step to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight

Action 2: Activate President's Office

I'll see my first draw before deciding whether to put my hands on my hips or bring my knees in tight.


Laga - Jan 06, 2011 10:53:10 am PST #8835 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

In non-BSG news. We played Dominion last night. Way big fun. At first I was put off by the fact that it's a card game but it came in a big square box so I was all, "where is the board? Where are the tokens?" But after some initial fear that it was toooo hard I quickly caught on and I want to play again, now! omnis, you must come over and play some time.