I played my first game of Battlestar Galactica on Saturday, and REALLY enjoyed it. By the end of the game, I was thinking that it was a lot like Arkham Horror, because the crisis cards in BSG reminded me a lot of the Mythos cards in AH. I thought that the way the battles were resolved using the cards was interesting and thematic, and even though I've never seen the show and have very little understanding of it, I thought that it captured the whole subterfuge of the Cylons working subtly against the humans.
In the first half of the game, I was a human, and had a pretty good idea of who the Cylon was at that time. I was Admiral Tigh, and had the opportunity to throw said player in the Brig. I decided it was too soon in the game to try that tactic, so I bided my time to see how the player would keep playing. She just confirmed my suspicions. Also, while I was a human, I had to decide between two fates on a crisis card. At the time, it was less destructive to strip the President of his/her (a guy playing the role of some woman with a mental illness?) title, so I did that and moved her to the main ship. It was more a choice of trying to keep the game together, not a way to institute martial law in the game. Now, after the halfway point of the game, I became a Cylon, and being the President and the Admiral, I felt like all I had to do was bide my time and do what I could to mess up the works. Since I was able to select from the two destinations after the FTL jumps, I could pick the ones that did the most damage, without revealing too much about my plan. It turned out to be a bit tougher than expected, because morale was critically low, and had I picked one that lowered it even more, I would have revealed myself too soon. By the time I was ready to reveal myself, the other Cylon player (the person I had originally suspected) revealed herself and started doing some damage. I was all set to reveal myself at the next turn, with a boisterous MWAHAHAHAHA!!!, but morale dropped to zero on the turn before I had a chance to do so. It. Was. AWESOME. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
