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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

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billytea - Aug 24, 2011 12:20:57 pm PDT #12865 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

It will be the lesser-known "rocks fall, everyone dies" scenario.

I'll put up some options, and preferential voting will then commence. In the interests of keeping things manageable, there'll be two votes.

1. We will have one of (rank in order of preference):

Cylon Leader
New Caprica
Cylon Fleet

2. Should we include Conflicted Loyalties? Y/N


billytea - Aug 24, 2011 12:22:09 pm PDT #12866 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Remind me: of the 9 games y'all have played so far, how many have the humans won AT ALL?

The humans have won three games so far to the Cylons' six.


Polter-Cow - Aug 24, 2011 12:24:23 pm PDT #12867 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

1. New Caprica
2. Cylon Leader
3. Cylon Fleet

4. Y


Laga - Aug 24, 2011 1:26:50 pm PDT #12868 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

1. Cylon Fleet

2. New Caprica

3. Cylon Leader

4. N


chrismg - Aug 24, 2011 7:33:24 pm PDT #12869 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

1. Cylon Leader

2. Cylon Fleet

3. New Caprica

4. Y


Liese S. - Aug 24, 2011 7:57:54 pm PDT #12870 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

1. New Caprica
2. Cylon Fleet
3. Cylon Leader
4. N


Polter-Cow - Aug 24, 2011 8:57:59 pm PDT #12871 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I tried to inaugurate my BSG game with some newbies, but it took forever for the group to gather, so by the time I got done explaining the rules, it was too late to play the whole game. We only made it through the first jump cycle...

...during which we got THREE CYLON ATTACK CARDS. Two in a row, then a skill check, then another one. I had already run out of basestars, and we had all the Vipers out soon, and I had placed nearly all the Raiders, Heavies, and civvies on the board by the end. Starbuck managed to avoid being hit many times, and Boomer held her own, although, luckily, she never had to withstand a Raider activation when there were seven Raiders in her sector.

Starbuck kept refusing to use her Secret Destiny over and over since it was so early, and we kept getting hammered by the basestar attacks until Baltar thankfully disabled the weapons on one. Baltar and Chief were both able to help with repairs, too, so we managed to scrape by fairly well and jumped early without losing any population thanks to Boomer's SP.

We quit because it was late only to discover that Starbuck had been a Cylon.


chrismg - Aug 25, 2011 3:37:13 pm PDT #12872 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Don't you hate it when people come on-line and brag about the great bargains they found.

.....

At Half-Price Books, I just picked up a First-Edition Deities & Demigods. A real first edition - with the Cthulhu, Nehwon and Melnibone Mythos included.

I paid six bucks.


Laga - Aug 25, 2011 4:19:52 pm PDT #12873 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Wow that brings back some memories.


billytea - Aug 26, 2011 2:13:03 am PDT #12874 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

At Half-Price Books, I just picked up a First-Edition Deities & Demigods. A real first edition - with the Cthulhu, Nehwon and Melnibone Mythos included. I paid six bucks.

That is an awesome deal. Still sorry I got rid of my copy. (I gave it to my younger brother, he gave it away at some point.) I loved the mosquito god.