Skill Check [8] Politics + Leadership Pass: No Effect.
5+: -1 Morale.
Fail: -1 Morale, and President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) discards 4 Skill Cards.
Skill Cards and Result: Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Politics 5 - Investigative Committee Leadership 3 - Declare Emergency
Leadership 5 - Declare Emergency Piloting 2 - Evasive Maneuvers
16 - 2 = 14, Pass: No effect.
The rumors of an election are quickly and safely dispelled, not while the fleet is under attack.
After Crisis: Activate Heavy Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
The Centurion boarders advance to the 3rd step of the Boarding Track - two more activations for Cylon Victory.
The Fore (9 o'clock) Heavy Raider advances to the Port-Bow (7 o'clock).
The Aft (3 o'clock) Heavy Raider advances to the Port-Quarter (5 o'clock).
Jump Preparation advances to Level 4 - Jump is possible, but at high risk. Turn 35: Admiral-President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn)
Receive Skills Step: Varcayn draws 2 Leadership, 1 Tactics, and 2 Piloting. (The Piloting deck is shuffled after the first draw.)
Pretty much our only hope was to prevent Cavil from hitting his win condition, then get extraordinarily lucky on die rolls. I doubt we succeeded, but it's worth a shot. If Cavil activates heavy raiders, we're fucked. If he doesn't, we're still almost certainly fucked.
Lee Adama and Gaius Baltar attempt to stop the Centurion advance without any success. Galactica's fate is looking more grim by the moment, and the boarders are pushing up against the last of the battlestar's defenses.
Crisis Step: Witch Hunt
Skill Check [10] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No effect.
6+: -1 Morale.
Fail: -1 Morale. Current player Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) chooses a character and moves him to "Sickbay".
After Crisis: Activate Heavy Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
Turn 35: Admiral-President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn)
Crisis Step: Witch Hunt
Skill Check [10] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No effect.
6+: -1 Morale. Fail: -1 Morale. Current player Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) chooses a character and moves him to "Sickbay".
Skill Cards and Result: Politics 1 - Consolidate Power Treachery 1 - Broadcast Location
Treachery 1 - By Your Command
1 - 2 = -1, Fail: -1 Morale. Varcayn chooses to send himself to Sickbay.
Centurions begin to break through the human defenses, and Varcayn is injured in the process. People are losing hope as the end looks to be near.
After Crisis: Activate Heavy Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
Centurions advance to the 4th step of the Boarding Track - one more activation for Cylon Victory.
Heavy Raiders remain in place due to component limitations.
Jump Preparation advances to Level 5 - Jump is possible at some risk. Turn 36: Helena Cain (Doctorstrongbad)
Special Rule - Raptor Crew Captured
Keep this card in play until the fleet jumps. When a Basestar is destroyed, lose 1 Morale and destroy 1 Raptor.
Special Rule - Training New Pilots
Keep this card in play until the fleet jumps. Each unmanned viper suffers a -2 penalty to its attack rolls.
Special Rule - The Farm: Fail Condition
Keep this card in play. Human players may not use their once-per-game abilities.
Receive Skills Step: Doctorstrongbad draws 1 Leadership and 1 Tactics. (The Tactics deck is reshuffled after Doctorstrongbad's draw.) Movement Step: Remain in Cylon Fleet. Action Step: Activate Heavy Raiders.
Cylons advance to the last step of the Boarding Track.
With the defense lines broken, Cain leads the final charge into Galactica, taking it over completely. The remainder of the fleet is powerless to resist and succumbs to the Cylons' might.
Cylon Victory has been achieved on Turn 36 via Centurion Boarding Party!
DevoutlyApathetic reveals his secret agenda: Show Their True Nature - The Cylons have won AND Either you are in the “Brig” or “Detention”, or you have been executed at least once.
Cylon Leader Victory with the Show Their True Nature agenda!
Yeah, the humans got kind of hosed after the second jump. Luck just kind of works that way sometimes - and in Battlestar Galactica, if you have a good first half, you're probably in for a doozy for the second half. Anyways, thanks for playing, guys. I might run another game soon, might be BSG, might be something else.
Much thanks all the same, MrB. Well played everyone.
Yeah I was really looking forward to you guys doing New Caprica so I could watch and see how it went before my game got there
Then again if my players keep losing morale like they have been they may not make it their either :P
The second card in the Destination Deck was the following: A Civilian Convoy - Distance +3
Lose 3 Fuel and gain 1 Population. The Admiral may choose to lose 1 Morale to gain 1 Fuel.
Varcayn would have had to spent Morale for Fuel, but they would have made it to New Caprica if they jumped early. Of course, they also would have had four Centurions waiting for them on the Boarding Track for when Galactica returned to orbit.
On a side note, I was really, really hoping that DevoutlyApathetic and the other Cylons would try blowing up Galactica. Mmm, explosions.
I also had the gain 1 Fuel for discarding 2 skill cards and drawing 2 treachery cards Quorum Card, so fuel could've been dealt with in a couple ways, but it was over once those centurions boarded.
Posts
I guess since the game is almost over the waiting til its your turn mechanic has died.
Zero cards.
Crisis Step: Elections Loom
Skill Check [8] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No Effect.
5+: -1 Morale.
Fail: -1 Morale, and President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) discards 4 Skill Cards.
Skill Card Contributions:
Destiny Deck: 2 cards
Varcayn: 1 card
Doctorstrongbad: 0 cards
DevoutlyApathetic: 0 cards
Arivia: 1 card
pablo_price: 0 cards
Darian: 2 cards
Thanatos: 1 card
Skill Cards and Result:
Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Politics 5 - Investigative Committee
Leadership 3 - Declare Emergency
Leadership 5 - Declare Emergency
Piloting 2 - Evasive Maneuvers
16 - 2 = 14, Pass: No effect.
The rumors of an election are quickly and safely dispelled, not while the fleet is under attack.
After Crisis: Activate Heavy Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
The Centurion boarders advance to the 3rd step of the Boarding Track - two more activations for Cylon Victory.
The Fore (9 o'clock) Heavy Raider advances to the Port-Bow (7 o'clock).
The Aft (3 o'clock) Heavy Raider advances to the Port-Quarter (5 o'clock).
Jump Preparation advances to Level 4 - Jump is possible, but at high risk.
Turn 35: Admiral-President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn)
Receive Skills Step: Varcayn draws 2 Leadership, 1 Tactics, and 2 Piloting. (The Piloting deck is shuffled after the first draw.)
Current Situation:
Jump Marker: Level 4 - Jump available; Risk -3 Population on roll of 6 or less.
Distance Covered: 4
Galactica: Armory damaged, 4 Centurion Parties on 3rd step of Boarding Track (2 steps remaining).
Pegasus: Airlock and Engine Room damaged.
Nuke Tokens: 1 remains.
Quorum Cards: 7 in hand.
Ship Reserves: 0 Vipers and 3 Raptors available, 6 damaged Vipers.
Civilian Ships: 7 destroyed, 1 on board, 4 off board.
Destroyed ships: 1x <Nothing>, 4x <-1 Pop>, 2x <-2 Pop>
Remaining ships: 1x <Nothing>, 2x <-1 Pop>, 1x <-1 Pop, -1 Fuel>, 1x <-1 Pop, -1 Mor>
Characters:
Helena Cain (Doctorstrongbad) - Cylon Fleet, 3 cards in hand.
Cavil (DevoutlyApathetic) - Cylon Fleet, 3 cards in hand.
Tom Zarek (Arivia) - Armory, 5 cards in hand.
Louanne "Kat" Katraine (pablo_price) - Caprica, 3 cards in hand.
Gaius Baltar (Darian) - Armory, 7 cards in hand.
Anastasia "Dee" Dualla (Thanatos) - Engine Room, 5 cards in hand.
Admiral-President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) - Armory, 9 cards in hand.
Space:
Fore (9 o'clock) - 1 Basestar, 9 Raiders.
Starboard-bow (11 o'clock) - 3 Raiders, 1 Civilian Ship.
Starboard-quarter (1 o'clock) - 2 Raiders.
Aft (3 o'clock) - 1 Basestar.
Port-quarter (5 o'clock) - 1 Heavy Raider.
Port-bow (7 o'clock) - 1 Heavy Raider, 2 Raiders.
Special Rule - Raptor Crew Captured
Keep this card in play until the fleet jumps. When a Basestar is destroyed, lose 1 Morale and destroy 1 Raptor.
Special Rule - Training New Pilots
Keep this card in play until the fleet jumps. Each unmanned viper suffers a -2 penalty to its attack rolls.
Special Rule - The Farm: Fail Condition
Keep this card in play. Human players may not use their once-per-game abilities.
Aim well.
Movement Step: Remain in Armory.
Action Step: Play Leadership 1 - Executive Order on Gaius Baltar (Darian).
Executive Order: Attack Centurions; Attack Centurions.
Attack Roll 1: 5, Miss.
Attack Roll 2: 5, Miss.
Lee Adama and Gaius Baltar attempt to stop the Centurion advance without any success. Galactica's fate is looking more grim by the moment, and the boarders are pushing up against the last of the battlestar's defenses.
Crisis Step: Witch Hunt
Skill Check [10] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No effect.
6+: -1 Morale.
Fail: -1 Morale. Current player Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) chooses a character and moves him to "Sickbay".
After Crisis: Activate Heavy Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
Skill Card Contributions:
Destiny Deck: 2 cards
Doctorstrongbad: 1 card
DevoutlyApathetic: ??
Arivia: ??
pablo_price: ??
Darian: ??
Thanatos: 0 cards
Varcayn: ??
Doctorstrongbad, if you would like to pre-load any orders for your upcoming turn, please let me know via PM.
Contribute 0 cards.
Zero Cards.
If he needs three resources in the red, he's got it. If he needs morale in the red, he's got it.
Crisis Step: Witch Hunt
Skill Check [10] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No effect.
6+: -1 Morale.
Fail: -1 Morale. Current player Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) chooses a character and moves him to "Sickbay".
Skill Card Contributions:
Destiny Deck: 2 cards
Doctorstrongbad: 1 card
DevoutlyApathetic: 0 cards
Arivia: 0 cards
pablo_price: 0 cards
Darian: 0 cards
Thanatos: 0 cards
Varcayn: 0 cards
Skill Cards and Result:
Politics 1 - Consolidate Power
Treachery 1 - Broadcast Location
Treachery 1 - By Your Command
1 - 2 = -1, Fail: -1 Morale. Varcayn chooses to send himself to Sickbay.
Centurions begin to break through the human defenses, and Varcayn is injured in the process. People are losing hope as the end looks to be near.
After Crisis: Activate Heavy Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
Centurions advance to the 4th step of the Boarding Track - one more activation for Cylon Victory.
Heavy Raiders remain in place due to component limitations.
Jump Preparation advances to Level 5 - Jump is possible at some risk.
Turn 36: Helena Cain (Doctorstrongbad)
Current Situation:
Jump Marker: Level 5 - Jump available; Risk -1 Population on roll of 6 or less.
Distance Covered: 4
Galactica: Armory damaged, 4 Centurion Parties on 4th step of Boarding Track (1 step remaining).
Pegasus: Airlock and Engine Room damaged.
Nuke Tokens: 1 remains.
Quorum Cards: 7 in hand.
Ship Reserves: 0 Vipers and 3 Raptors available, 6 damaged Vipers.
Civilian Ships: 7 destroyed, 1 on board, 4 off board.
Destroyed ships: 1x <Nothing>, 4x <-1 Pop>, 2x <-2 Pop>
Remaining ships: 1x <Nothing>, 2x <-1 Pop>, 1x <-1 Pop, -1 Fuel>, 1x <-1 Pop, -1 Mor>
Characters:
Helena Cain (Doctorstrongbad) - Cylon Fleet, 2 cards in hand.
Cavil (DevoutlyApathetic) - Cylon Fleet, 3 cards in hand.
Tom Zarek (Arivia) - Armory, 5 cards in hand.
Louanne "Kat" Katraine (pablo_price) - Caprica, 3 cards in hand.
Gaius Baltar (Darian) - Armory, 7 cards in hand.
Anastasia "Dee" Dualla (Thanatos) - Engine Room, 5 cards in hand.
Admiral-President Lee "Apollo" Adama (Varcayn) - Armory, 8 cards in hand.
Space:
Fore (9 o'clock) - 1 Basestar, 9 Raiders.
Starboard-bow (11 o'clock) - 3 Raiders, 1 Civilian Ship.
Starboard-quarter (1 o'clock) - 2 Raiders.
Aft (3 o'clock) - 1 Basestar.
Port-quarter (5 o'clock) - 1 Heavy Raider.
Port-bow (7 o'clock) - 1 Heavy Raider, 2 Raiders.
Special Rule - Raptor Crew Captured
Keep this card in play until the fleet jumps. When a Basestar is destroyed, lose 1 Morale and destroy 1 Raptor.
Special Rule - Training New Pilots
Keep this card in play until the fleet jumps. Each unmanned viper suffers a -2 penalty to its attack rolls.
Special Rule - The Farm: Fail Condition
Keep this card in play. Human players may not use their once-per-game abilities.
Receive Skills Step: Doctorstrongbad draws 1 Leadership and 1 Tactics. (The Tactics deck is reshuffled after Doctorstrongbad's draw.)
Movement Step: Remain in Cylon Fleet.
Action Step: Activate Heavy Raiders.
Cylons advance to the last step of the Boarding Track.
With the defense lines broken, Cain leads the final charge into Galactica, taking it over completely. The remainder of the fleet is powerless to resist and succumbs to the Cylons' might.
Cylon Victory has been achieved on Turn 36 via Centurion Boarding Party!
DevoutlyApathetic reveals his secret agenda: Show Their True Nature - The Cylons have won AND Either you are in the “Brig” or “Detention”, or you have been executed at least once.
Cylon Leader Victory with the Show Their True Nature agenda!
those last 5 or 6 crises really sucked.
thanks for running the game, MrB
Much thanks all the same, MrB. Well played everyone.
Game Replay
Yeah I was really looking forward to you guys doing New Caprica so I could watch and see how it went before my game got there
Then again if my players keep losing morale like they have been they may not make it there either :P
The second card in the Destination Deck was the following: A Civilian Convoy - Distance +3
Lose 3 Fuel and gain 1 Population. The Admiral may choose to lose 1 Morale to gain 1 Fuel.
Varcayn would have had to spent Morale for Fuel, but they would have made it to New Caprica if they jumped early. Of course, they also would have had four Centurions waiting for them on the Boarding Track for when Galactica returned to orbit.
On a side note, I was really, really hoping that DevoutlyApathetic and the other Cylons would try blowing up Galactica. Mmm, explosions.
From my experience the humans just hemorrhage morale on New Caprica anyway, so it doesn't bode well for them regardless. :P
I've been putting forth quite of bit of effort to not be going on and on about my win condition, especially when posts like this:
are being made. It's like some kind of meta-victory condition fulfillment!
Also my thanks to Doctorstrongbad for what might have been the most important choice made in the game...shooting me in the head.