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[CylON!] Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game - Cylon Reveal on Page 7!
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Welcome to Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game!
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The game has begun! Board at the beginning of Turn 20:
Back again!
Players:
Admiral / President
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After forty years passing without a single word from the Cylons, they returned, and all but eradicated the human race. In this time of strife, they must put aside the petty differences that once separated them and focus on one thing — survival.
Humanity's only hope of a future is to find a new home; a place called Earth. The Cylons, however, are in constant and tireless pursuit. They now look, breathe and bleed exactly like humans. Cylons have infiltrated the Fleet, destroyed resources, and threaten to finish the extermination they have begun. The humans have no choice but to run, plagued by the paranoia of an indistinguishable enemy.
Are you a Cylon who will help to erase any memory of the human race? Or will your resilience and determination to survive prove to the Cylons that humanity is worth saving?
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The game has begun! Board at the beginning of Turn 20:
Back again!
Players:
Inquisitor - Admiral William Adama
Ianator - President Gaius Baltar
Crimsoncoyote - "Chief" Galen Tyrol
Rainfall - Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Utsanomiko - Saul Tigh
In addition to abilities listed on the character sheets, the Admiral and President gain additional abilities.Admiral / President
Admiral
Locations
When the fleet jumps, you draw 2 Destination Cards and choose 1.
You control the nuke tokens. (There are 2 nuke tokens.)
Action: Launch 1 nuke at a Basestar (the nuke is removed from the game).
Nukes damage a Basestar twice on a roll of 1-2, automatically destroy a Basestar on a roll of 3-6, and automatically destroy a Basestar and 3 Raiders in the same area on a roll of 7-8.
President
You control the nuke tokens. (There are 2 nuke tokens.)
Action: Launch 1 nuke at a Basestar (the nuke is removed from the game).
Nukes damage a Basestar twice on a roll of 1-2, automatically destroy a Basestar on a roll of 3-6, and automatically destroy a Basestar and 3 Raiders in the same area on a roll of 7-8.
At the start of the game, draw 1 Quorum Card. You control the hand of Quorum Cards.
Action: Draw a Quorum Card into your hand.
Quorum cards can be played as an action and specialize in increasing resources and dealing with unrevealed Cylons.
Action: Draw a Quorum Card into your hand.
Quorum cards can be played as an action and specialize in increasing resources and dealing with unrevealed Cylons.
Galactica
Skill Cards - Your Hand! Each card has a number value used for skill checks, and an ability.
FTL Control - Action: Jump the fleet if the Jump Preparation track is not in the red zone. Might lose population.
Weapons Control - Action: Attack 1 Cylon ship with Galactica.
Command - Action: Activate up to 2 unmanned Vipers.
Communications - Action: Look at the back of 2 civilian ships. You may then move them to adjacent area(s).
Admiral's Quarters - Action: Choose a character; then pass this skill check to send him to the "Brig". [Skill 7, Leadership, Tactics]
Research Lab - Action: Draw 1 engineering or 1 tactics Skill Card.
Hangar Deck - Action: Launch yourself in a viper. You may then take 1 more action. (Must have the Piloting skill.)
Armory - Action: Attack a centurion on the Boarding Party track (destroyed on a roll of 7-8).
Sickbay - You may only draw 1 Skill Card during your Receive Skills step.
Brig - You may not move, draw Crisis Cards, or add more than 1 card to skill checks. Action: Pass this skill check to move to any location. [Skill 7, Politics, Tactics]
Colonial One
Weapons Control - Action: Attack 1 Cylon ship with Galactica.
Command - Action: Activate up to 2 unmanned Vipers.
Communications - Action: Look at the back of 2 civilian ships. You may then move them to adjacent area(s).
Admiral's Quarters - Action: Choose a character; then pass this skill check to send him to the "Brig". [Skill 7, Leadership, Tactics]
Research Lab - Action: Draw 1 engineering or 1 tactics Skill Card.
Hangar Deck - Action: Launch yourself in a viper. You may then take 1 more action. (Must have the Piloting skill.)
Armory - Action: Attack a centurion on the Boarding Party track (destroyed on a roll of 7-8).
Sickbay - You may only draw 1 Skill Card during your Receive Skills step.
Brig - You may not move, draw Crisis Cards, or add more than 1 card to skill checks. Action: Pass this skill check to move to any location. [Skill 7, Politics, Tactics]
Press Room - Action: Draw 2 politics Skill Cards.
President's Office - Action: If you are the President, draw 1 Quorum Card. You may then draw 1 additional Quorum Card or play 1 from your hand.
Administration - Action: Choose a character, then pass this skill check to give him the President title. [Skill 5, Politics, Leadership]
Cylon Locations
President's Office - Action: If you are the President, draw 1 Quorum Card. You may then draw 1 additional Quorum Card or play 1 from your hand.
Administration - Action: Choose a character, then pass this skill check to give him the President title. [Skill 5, Politics, Leadership]
Caprica - Action: Play your Super Crisis Card or draw 2 Crisis Cards, choose 1 to resolve, and discard the other. No Activate Cylon Ships or Prepare for Jump steps.
Cylon Fleet - Action: Activate all Cylon ships of one type, or launch 2 Raiders and 1 Heavy Raider from each Basestar.
Human Fleet - Action: Look at any player's hand, and steal 1 Skill Card (place it in your hand). Then roll a die, and if 5 or higher, damage Galactica.
Resurrection Ship - Action: You may discard your Super Crisis Card to draw a new one. Then, if you distance is 7 or less, give your unrevealed Loyalty Card(s) to any player.
Cylon Fleet - Action: Activate all Cylon ships of one type, or launch 2 Raiders and 1 Heavy Raider from each Basestar.
Human Fleet - Action: Look at any player's hand, and steal 1 Skill Card (place it in your hand). Then roll a die, and if 5 or higher, damage Galactica.
Resurrection Ship - Action: You may discard your Super Crisis Card to draw a new one. Then, if you distance is 7 or less, give your unrevealed Loyalty Card(s) to any player.
Politics
1-2: Consolidate Power - Action: Draw 2 Skill Cards of any type(s). They may come from outside your skill set.
3-5: Investigative Committee - Play before cards are added to a skill check. All Skill Cards are played face up during this skill check (including from the Destiny deck).
Leadership
1-2: Executive Order - Action: Choose any other player. He may move his character and then take 1 action OR not move and take 2 actions.
3-5: Declare Emergency - Play after strength is totaled in a skill check to reduce its difficulty by 2. Limit of 1 "Declare Emergency" card used per skill check.
Tactics
1-2: Launch Scout - Action: Risk 1 Raptor to roll a die. If 3 or higher, look at the top card of the Crisis or Destination deck and place it on the top or the bottom. Otherwise, destroy 1 Raptor.
3-5: Strategic Planning - Play before any die roll to add 2 to the result. Limit of 1 "Strategic Planning" card used per die roll.
Piloting
1-2: Evasive Maneuvers - Play after any Viper is attacked to reroll the die. If the Viper is piloted, subtract 2 from the new roll.
3-5: Maximum Firepower - Action: Play while piloting a Viper to attack up to 4 times.
Engineering
1-2: Repair - Action: Repair your current location, or if you are in the "Hanger Deck" location, you may repair up to 2 damaged Vipers.
3-5: Scientific Research - Play before cards are added to a skill check. All engineering cards in the skill check count as positive strength.
Combat
1-2: Consolidate Power - Action: Draw 2 Skill Cards of any type(s). They may come from outside your skill set.
3-5: Investigative Committee - Play before cards are added to a skill check. All Skill Cards are played face up during this skill check (including from the Destiny deck).
Leadership
1-2: Executive Order - Action: Choose any other player. He may move his character and then take 1 action OR not move and take 2 actions.
3-5: Declare Emergency - Play after strength is totaled in a skill check to reduce its difficulty by 2. Limit of 1 "Declare Emergency" card used per skill check.
Tactics
1-2: Launch Scout - Action: Risk 1 Raptor to roll a die. If 3 or higher, look at the top card of the Crisis or Destination deck and place it on the top or the bottom. Otherwise, destroy 1 Raptor.
3-5: Strategic Planning - Play before any die roll to add 2 to the result. Limit of 1 "Strategic Planning" card used per die roll.
Piloting
1-2: Evasive Maneuvers - Play after any Viper is attacked to reroll the die. If the Viper is piloted, subtract 2 from the new roll.
3-5: Maximum Firepower - Action: Play while piloting a Viper to attack up to 4 times.
Engineering
1-2: Repair - Action: Repair your current location, or if you are in the "Hanger Deck" location, you may repair up to 2 damaged Vipers.
3-5: Scientific Research - Play before cards are added to a skill check. All engineering cards in the skill check count as positive strength.
Unit Attacked: Die Result
Raider: 3-8 = Destroyed
Heavy Raider: 7-8 = Destroyed
Centurion: 7-8 = Destroyed
Viper: 5-7 = Damaged
Viper: 8 = Destroyed
Civilian Ship: Automatically Destroyed (no die roll)
Galactica attacked with Raider: 8 = Damaged
Galactica attacked with Basestar: 4-8 = Damaged
Basestar attacked with Viper: 8 = Damaged
Basestar attacked with Galactica: 5-8 = Damaged
Basestar attacked with Nuke: 1-2 = Damaged Twice
Basestar attacked with Nuke: 3-6 = Destroyed
Basestar attacked with Nuke: 7-8 = Destroyed and destroy 3 Raiders in the same area
Raider: 3-8 = Destroyed
Heavy Raider: 7-8 = Destroyed
Centurion: 7-8 = Destroyed
Viper: 5-7 = Damaged
Viper: 8 = Destroyed
Civilian Ship: Automatically Destroyed (no die roll)
Galactica attacked with Raider: 8 = Damaged
Galactica attacked with Basestar: 4-8 = Damaged
Basestar attacked with Viper: 8 = Damaged
Basestar attacked with Galactica: 5-8 = Damaged
Basestar attacked with Nuke: 1-2 = Damaged Twice
Basestar attacked with Nuke: 3-6 = Destroyed
Basestar attacked with Nuke: 7-8 = Destroyed and destroy 3 Raiders in the same area
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The Board
The game starts like so. 1 Basestar and 3 Raiders in front of Galactica, 1 Viper in each space below Galactica, and 2 Civilian Ships behind Galactica.
Victory Conditions:
Next, I will go over many of the various cards in the game. There are a lot, so I will be listing many here and referencing them by title in the future.
Game Turn
To be continued... My brain is ruined and I will add more rules as they come up. :P
Character sheet image links from old OP for reference:
The game starts like so. 1 Basestar and 3 Raiders in front of Galactica, 1 Viper in each space below Galactica, and 2 Civilian Ships behind Galactica.
Humans - Reach Kobol. This is done by making one final jump after accumulating a Destination score of 8 or more (Every time you jump you will earn a Destination Card with a score of 1, 2, or 3).
Cylons - End humanity. This is done by destroying Galactica, dropping one of the fleets stats (Fuel, Food, Morale, Population) to 0, or getting a raiding party far enough into Galactica's innards.
Skill Checks
Cylons - End humanity. This is done by destroying Galactica, dropping one of the fleets stats (Fuel, Food, Morale, Population) to 0, or getting a raiding party far enough into Galactica's innards.
The main avenue for Cylon subterfuge is by sabotaging skill checks. This is because all players contribute skill cards anonymously. To make things easier, the skill types are color coded:
Politics: yellow. Leadership: green. Tactics: purple. Piloting: red. Engineering: blue.
A skill check will involve from 1 to 4 colors, and a number. A skill check always includes 2 cards from the Destinty Deck (which consists of random skill cards), and then each player may add as many cards as they like. After the skill cards are revealed, you ADD all of the numbers from the correctly colored skill cards, and then SUBTRACT all of the numbers from the non-matching skill cards. If you meet or beat the skill check number, the check is a pass. This usually does nothing but avoid negative results, but can sometimes yield positive results.
Human Players
Politics: yellow. Leadership: green. Tactics: purple. Piloting: red. Engineering: blue.
A skill check will involve from 1 to 4 colors, and a number. A skill check always includes 2 cards from the Destinty Deck (which consists of random skill cards), and then each player may add as many cards as they like. After the skill cards are revealed, you ADD all of the numbers from the correctly colored skill cards, and then SUBTRACT all of the numbers from the non-matching skill cards. If you meet or beat the skill check number, the check is a pass. This usually does nothing but avoid negative results, but can sometimes yield positive results.
Your goal is to reach Kobol. This is accomplished by making a series of jumps, each rewarding you with an amount of distance, from 1 to 3. When 4 distance is reached, the Sleeper Agent phase occurs and the second half of the Loyalty Deck is dealt out. When 8 distance is reached, one final jump wins the game for the humans.
Jumping
The game starts with the Jump Prep marker on Start. Each Crisis card drawn has a chance to advance the Jump Prep marker. When the Jump Prep marker reaches the -3 or -1 spots, any character can use the FTL Control location to initiate a jump, but will risk losing 3 or 1 population. If the Jump Prep marker advances to the Auto Jump spot, the fleet automatically jumps.
Jumping clears the board of all ships. All Vipers, unmanned or piloted, return to the reserves. Any characters piloting Vipers are moved to the Hangar Deck. While jumping does clear the board of all Cylon ships, and Centurions in a Boarding Party remain on Galactica.
Resources
Cylon Players
Jumping
The game starts with the Jump Prep marker on Start. Each Crisis card drawn has a chance to advance the Jump Prep marker. When the Jump Prep marker reaches the -3 or -1 spots, any character can use the FTL Control location to initiate a jump, but will risk losing 3 or 1 population. If the Jump Prep marker advances to the Auto Jump spot, the fleet automatically jumps.
Jumping clears the board of all ships. All Vipers, unmanned or piloted, return to the reserves. Any characters piloting Vipers are moved to the Hangar Deck. While jumping does clear the board of all Cylon ships, and Centurions in a Boarding Party remain on Galactica.
The Human Fleet has four resources: Fuel, Food, Morale, Population. If any of these resources drop to 0, the Humans lose.
Fuel starts at 8 and goes "red" at 4. Food starts at 8 and goes "red" at 4. Morale starts at 10 and goes "red" at 5. Population starts at 12 and goes "red" at 6.
A resources going "red" has no inherent affect, but can sometimes trigger effects on other cards. It also means you're in trouble.
Fuel starts at 8 and goes "red" at 4. Food starts at 8 and goes "red" at 4. Morale starts at 10 and goes "red" at 5. Population starts at 12 and goes "red" at 6.
A resources going "red" has no inherent affect, but can sometimes trigger effects on other cards. It also means you're in trouble.
Revealed Cylons and Crises
Although revealed Cylon players do not automatically draw a Crisis Card on their turn, they may draw and play a Crisis Card by using the "Caprica" Cylon location. When a revealed Cylon player draws a Crisis Card that poses a choice for the current player, that player makes the decision.
Revealed Cylon players are unaffected by abilities on Crisis Cards and skill checks. They cannot be sent to the "Brig" or "Sickbay" locations, and cannot be forced to discard Skill Cards.
Revealed Cylon Players' Skill Cards
Revealed Cylon players only draw two Skill Cards on their turns. A revealed Cylon player may - at his option- play one (and only one) Skill Card into each skill check that is resolved.
Revealed Cylon players may not use actions or abilities listed on Skill Cards. They must continue to obey the hand limit rule, and sicard down to 10 Skill Cards at the end of each player's turn.
The Destiny deck is still used after a Cylon player has been revealed.
Although revealed Cylon players do not automatically draw a Crisis Card on their turn, they may draw and play a Crisis Card by using the "Caprica" Cylon location. When a revealed Cylon player draws a Crisis Card that poses a choice for the current player, that player makes the decision.
Revealed Cylon players are unaffected by abilities on Crisis Cards and skill checks. They cannot be sent to the "Brig" or "Sickbay" locations, and cannot be forced to discard Skill Cards.
Revealed Cylon Players' Skill Cards
Revealed Cylon players only draw two Skill Cards on their turns. A revealed Cylon player may - at his option- play one (and only one) Skill Card into each skill check that is resolved.
Revealed Cylon players may not use actions or abilities listed on Skill Cards. They must continue to obey the hand limit rule, and sicard down to 10 Skill Cards at the end of each player's turn.
The Destiny deck is still used after a Cylon player has been revealed.
Next, I will go over many of the various cards in the game. There are a lot, so I will be listing many here and referencing them by title in the future.
Game Turn
1. Receive Skills Step: The current player draws the number and types of Skill Cards listed on his character sheet.
2. Movement Step: The current player may move to a different location. If he moves to a different ship (from Galactica to Colonial One or vice versa), he must discard one Skill Card from his hand.
3. Action Step: The current player chooses one action to perform. Options include the actions listed on his location, character sheet, and Skill Cards.
4. Crisis Step: The top card of the Crisis deck is drawn and then resolved.
5. Activate Cylon Ships Step: If any are in play, Cylon ships are activated according to the Crisis Card drawn.
6. Prepare for Jump Step: If the Crisis Card has the "prepare for jump" icon on it, the fleet token advances one space on the Jump Preparation track. If the token reaches the end of this track, then the fleet jumps.
2. Movement Step: The current player may move to a different location. If he moves to a different ship (from Galactica to Colonial One or vice versa), he must discard one Skill Card from his hand.
3. Action Step: The current player chooses one action to perform. Options include the actions listed on his location, character sheet, and Skill Cards.
4. Crisis Step: The top card of the Crisis deck is drawn and then resolved.
5. Activate Cylon Ships Step: If any are in play, Cylon ships are activated according to the Crisis Card drawn.
6. Prepare for Jump Step: If the Crisis Card has the "prepare for jump" icon on it, the fleet token advances one space on the Jump Preparation track. If the token reaches the end of this track, then the fleet jumps.
To be continued... My brain is ruined and I will add more rules as they come up. :P
Character sheet image links from old OP for reference:
Military Leaders
William Adama
Saul Tigh
Karl "Helo" Agathon
Political Leaders
Laura Roslin
Tom Zarek
Gaius Baltar
Pilots
Lee "Apollo" Adama
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Support
"Chief" Galen Tyrol
William Adama
Saul Tigh
Karl "Helo" Agathon
Political Leaders
Laura Roslin
Tom Zarek
Gaius Baltar
Pilots
Lee "Apollo" Adama
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Support
"Chief" Galen Tyrol
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I'm surprised characters aren't picked randomly. I guess I'lll go for Tigh, or Zarek as 2nd.
Need to see who Inquisitor picks before we see who is available after that.
I wanna be Chief!
Rainfall, are you going to be evil in this too? Frakking toaster.
EDIT: Just read the support thing... then I'll choose either of the Adamas (no preference which).
Frak you! I'm not going to be evil!
hahaha
Sorry, I dunno if I was clear enough, you can pick Support (The Chief) at any time.
This is assuming the character you want is available, we're choosing in turn order (though feel free to state your preferences, if the people before you want to they can let you have them).
edit: Oh, and while Boomer does have a higher chance of ending up a toaster during the Sleep Agent phase, it's all random, so Boomer could end up being a genuine human in BSG:TBG.
Ahh, gotcha.
And as for that last bit, I was referring to the fact that Rainfall is "always" evil in Phallas, and the significance of Boomer in the show.
I'm going with William Adama because he is one bad ass mother fucker.
I mean look at that jawline, damn!
Now to go read the rules. Err, if I can find them that is.
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Race traitor.
Hopefully Akinos will just seed us the knowledge we need as we need it or something.
Ianator - Gaius Baltar
crimsoncoyote
Rainfall
Utsanomiko
That gives us one Military Leader and one Political Leader.
Crimsoncoyote is up and must choose from Pilot or Support.
As for rules, I will give more of a game flow summary in the next thread (after character selection).
Ianator, if you betray me, I'll totally let us lose in Pandemic. :P
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Yes, the Cylons will be randomly dealt.
That leaves Rainfall "stuck" with choosing a Pilot, but it looks like he wanted Boomer anyway. And that let's Utsa have his pick of anyone remaining, so I'll assume he still wants Tigh.
Inquisitor - William Adama
Ianator - Gaius Baltar
crimsoncoyote - "Chief" Galen Tyrol
Rainfall - Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Utsanomiko - Saul Tigh
Rainfall, Utsanomiko, just let me know if you didn't actually want those characters.
I'll get the game set up, hopefully by tomorrow.
As soon as Rainfall and Utsa chime in I can make the Loyalty Deck and deal those out. :rotate:
edit: I just noticed the selections make for my favorite: President Baltar!
I will be watching this with great interest.
I am looking forwards to this. Majorly looking forwards!
Is it the two extra loyalty cards that are gonna get handed out? :P
Cause that's making me nervous.
Good hunting.
Hang in there!
For set up, can each player (except Inquisitor because he's first) look at what they would normally draw and select 3 cards they would like to draw? For example, Gaius usually draws 2 Politics, 1 Leadership, and 1 Engineering each turn, but for set up he picks 3 of those 4.
Also I am preparing the Loyalty Deck now, watch your PM boxes...
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Ianator: They don't need to be secret, but for the sake of keeping the thread clean let's go ahead and PM them to me.
edit: OP updated with more info. I'm adding all I can, but I'm sure I'm going to miss something so if something doesn't make sense, please ask.
FTL Control:
Weapons Control:
Command: Tigh
Communications:
Admiral's Quarters: Adama
Research Lab: Baltar
Hangar Deck: Tyrol
Armory: Boomer
Sickbay:
Brig:
Viper and Raptor Reserves: 4 Raptors, 6 Vipers
Damaged Vipers:
Colonial One
Press Room:
President's Office:
Administration:
Fuel: 8 - Food: 8 - Morale: 10 - Population: 12
No Boarding Party
Yup. Technically the Admiral does, so I am keeping track of them in your "inventory" (excel spreadsheet with everyones hands, etc.)
I'm going to deal out the rest of the Skill Cards since you're here and see if we can get a turn in. PMs inc.
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Galactica
FTL Control:
Weapons Control:
Command: Tigh
Communications:
Admiral's Quarters: Adama
Research Lab: Baltar
Hangar Deck: Tyrol
Armory: Boomer
Sickbay:
Brig:
Viper and Raptor Reserves: 4 Raptors, 6 Vipers
Damaged Vipers:
Colonial One
Press Room:
President's Office:
Administration:
Fuel: 8 - Food: 8 - Morale: 10 - Population: 12
No Boarding Party
Keep in mind that many of the actions you can perform are on the locations and skill cards, which are listed in the OP.