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[Grujah]

Great, a kindergarten teacher and a nut-case. Who's next? Me? Gods help us.

[WinterSpartan]

Well, I didn't say they had GOOD claims. If, twelve gods forbid, either of them ended up as President, I would almost certainly have to take measures to make sure the title ended up in better hands. Likely my own, due to the regrettable lack of personnel, but sometimes that's the way the world works. Roslin's cancer would prevent her from effectively fulfilling her duties, and heavens know you can't trust Baltar farther than you can kick him.

[Davio]

Grujah, I am your father!

No really, 'cause I'm picking William Adama, now gimme those nukes!
My middle name is William so this is a no-brainer.

Also it's fun to be the admiral and boss everyone around.
We're in the middle of full-on war fighting for our very survival and the politicians are trying to play house? I hope they're smart enough to step aside when the Cylons crash their little tea party.

[Davio]

no actually...but I've played the base game twice.

Are you okay with spoilers?

I think it's pretty hard to keep them out of a thread like this and putting everything in spoiler tags isn't a great solution either...

BTW: Your choice!'

You can now pick Military, Political or Pilot (all have 3 left) or Cally from Support, so plenty of options!

[theorel]

I'm fine with spoilers.

# I take Gaius Baltar.
#Starting Draw: 2 POL, 1 LEA

[Qvist]

I haven't watched the show either. But I guess I'm fine with spoilers, better than spoiler tags.

I'm reading the rules now, so please be a little bit patient so that I at least know what's going on.

[Davio]

I still need some cards!

# I take William (Bill) Adama.
#Starting Draw: 2 LEA, 1 TAC

[Tables]

Qvist, you're allowed to take any military leader, Pilot or Support that hasn't been taken already. That is:

Saul Tigh
Gaeta
Helo
Starbuck
Boomer
Anders
Cally

But don't worry too much - I've realised I don't have a clean version of my board image and don't want to recreate it, so won't be able to start until I get one from the university computers (i.e. at least 6-7 hours time)

[Qvist]

Uh, the rule book is really long. I have to go back to work now, but I guess I can choose a character already.

I think we need another Pilot, maybe.

# I take Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
# Starting Draw 1 TAC, 1 PIL, 1 ENG

[Davio]

Uh, the rule book is really long. I have to go back to work now, but I guess I can choose a character already.

I think we need another Pilot, maybe.

# I take Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
# Starting Draw 1 TAC, 1 PIL, 1 ENG

Cylon!

[Qvist]

Was this a bad choice?
Wait, we haven't got our identities yet, right?

[Tables]

There's nothing wrong with Boomer. But she's uh quite tough to play well as a beginner. Her recon ability is kinda useless if you don't know what you're looking for, her OPG is wasted is you don't know what's dangerous enough to use it on, and her weakness forces you to play a bit different. That doesn't mean she's a bad pick, though.

[Tables]

Also I'm currently updating the spreadsheet to give more information and to check what information I'm not giving. Right now it was made with BGG PBFs in mind, where we're not allowed to give card text, but that doesn't really apply here.

[Qvist]

I just picked what seemed the most useful character. I just try it. We'll see. I mean I'm allowed to discuss before deciding, right? So, this shouldn't be a problem.

[WinterSpartan]

So, Gaius. You may have the presidency for now - thanks to some highly suspicious election results - but I'll be keeping my eye on you. One sniff of Cylon activity, and there'll be a new round of elections. I look forward to it.

What a crew! I suppose I can't say "let the accusations begin" until loyalty cards come out, but we should be in for a fun ride. 

[Tables]

First post now contains information dump. Let me know if you spot any mistakes.

[Watno]

The Cylon comment was probably related to the fact that Boomer is more likely to be a Cylon because she gets 2 loyalty cards in the sleeper phase and that she in fact is a Cylon in the show.

[Davio]

I just picked what seemed the most useful character. I just try it. We'll see. I mean I'm allowed to discuss before deciding, right? So, this shouldn't be a problem.

Yes you are.

We are also allowed to call people out before loyalty cards have been dealt, that makes it even more fun!

But as a minor spoiler: Boomer was actually the first (former) crew member to be revealed as a Cylon. This happens in Season 1 if I'm not mistaken, so it's not that big of a spoiler. There may be a lot more, they may even all be Cylons! Or she might be the only one.

It has nothing to do with this actual game though, she could be plain human throughout.

[theorel]

So, Gaius. You may have the presidency for now - thanks to some highly suspicious election results - but I'll be keeping my eye on you. One sniff of Cylon activity, and there'll be a new round of elections. I look forward to it.

What a crew! I suppose I can't say "let the accusations begin" until loyalty cards come out, but we should be in for a fun ride. 

The people have spoken...that is all.  They wish to avoid being led by a convicted felon, and then you insult their ability to choose.  Whether you are flesh or metal, you certainly don't deserve to lead.

[Tables]

Having noticed replies have a # in their number (which makes quickly searching for them to find orders next to useless, I'm changing that rule to double hash your orders (e.g. ##Move to Armory)

Davio: First crew member, third revealed Cylon (Six then Leoben), but she's revealed at the end of the miniseries before season 1 even started.

Sending loyalty out now.

[Davio]

Ah, right, I even saw the miniseries which was great.

I remember my first attempt to watch the first season and it started off with the 33 Minutes episode and it threw you right into the fray. I was like "Who are all these people? What are Cylons even? Are they complete aliens? Humanoids? Matrix-like robots?" "Wait, she's the president? What's she doing on that crummy ship?" So I didn't even sit through that episode, didn't understand a thing. Then a few years later I started off with the miniseries and it made perfect sense.

33 Minutes is now still one of my favorite episodes, because it sets such a gloomy tone and really puts everything on edge. Imagine having to flee every 33 minutes for a few days straight and not getting more than a couple of minutes of sleep in between jumps.

[Davio]

Tables, do you plan to do a topic restart once the game actually begins (make a new topic)?

I like separating the subscribe and actual game topics.

[Tables]

Everyone should have recieved starting hand (if you asked for it) and loyalty. I believe Grujah/Apollo didn't specify a starting location or draw.

Yes, the PM to almost everyone (until I noticed while sending to Qvist) was titled "Battlestart Galactica"  . This was not intentional.

Any or all Cylons will have their loyalty cards as written in the game. Any non Cylons will have a loyalty card which says "You are not a Cylon."

I'm okay making a new thread when we're ready.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/678577/map-to-gerrys-bsg-images-geeklist - if you want more relevant images for flavour and the like, this is a great resource.

[WinterSpartan]

Because I don't see it in the first post:

Tables, are we using base sympathizer rules or no sympathizer?

I'm always in favor of no sympathizer (lower resources, more cards for revealed cylons, but max 2 cylons) because having to push a resource into the red pre-sleeper seems gamey to me.

[Davio]

Okay, I'm going into full flavor mode.

Sorry for turning the forum into a circus, but meh, game on everyone!

Let's hunt some Cylons!