Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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I suppose I should start reading the board again then.
re: Cottle - he's in Exodus, but not as a playable PC. He's a supporting character, used in one of the 3 variants in the box.
IMO, Exodus is mostly unnecessary complication - though the Cylon Fleet (replaces the random Cylon ship stuff on Crisis cards) is a fascinating alternative. They're ALWAYS there, lurking on their own board. Sometimes it does something like throws ships at you - sometimes it just lurks, gloating in the distance.
re: Cottle - he's in Exodus, but not as a playable PC. He's a supporting character, used in one of the 3 variants in the box.
I love his Ally write-up. If you encounter happy funtimes Cottle, he fixes you up quick-smart. If you get bitter/dark Cottle, you're subjected to the debilitating effects of second-hand smoke.
IMO, Exodus is mostly unnecessary complication - though the Cylon Fleet (replaces the random Cylon ship stuff on Crisis cards) is a fascinating alternative. They're ALWAYS there, lurking on their own board. Sometimes it does something like throws ships at you - sometimes it just lurks, gloating in the distance.
I like the concept of all the different parts of the Ionian Nebula, but I'm not sure how well they work in practice. (There's one Crossroads card that seems to be "Pick a Cylon and kick them out of the game", for instance.) I don't think I'd play Exodus at all without the Cylon Fleet though. Aside from it sounding like fun, the new Crisis Cards don't have any Cylon attacks. Without the Cylon Fleet, then, attacks would become too rare.
BSG
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcom the crew of the sixth flight of the Battlestar Buffistica. All players have been able to take their first pick. We have three characters from the base game, two from Pegasus and one from Exodus. I've randomised the turn order and it will be:
Anastasia "Dee" Dualla
(NoiseDesign)
Ellen Tigh
(StuntHusband)
Admiral Karl "Helo" Agathon
(Polter-Cow)
President Laura Roslin
(-t)
Felix Gaeta
(Laga)
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
(Kalshane)
Loyalty Cards are going out. Everyone except Dee, please post your choice of starting skill cards (choose three cards from your normal draw). I'll then post the starting set-up and we will start with Dee's turn.
BSG
Woo! Looks like a fun crowd.
I'll take 2 Y and 1 G, please.
BSG
I'll take one blue, one purple & one green.
BSG
I feel compelled to choose R G B.
BSG
I feel compelled to choose R G B.
No can do, I'm afraid; your normal card draw allows you to take either Green or Blue, but not both; your starting card draw follows the same restriction.
BSG
He already asked, and I already answered - 2Y and 1G
Don't look at me that way, I'm not bad OR drawn that way; you just don't understand my relationship with my husband. Jealous?
I think so.
Is P-C the only one playing his own gender?
you just don't understand my relationship with my husband.
I don't think I want to.
goes back to lurking with her bowl of popcorn