Are you man or machine? Group Let's Play of Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game!

That would be nice except that Super-Crisis cards are immune to character abilities that affect Crisis Cards or Skill Checks.

EDIT: Ninja-ed b MrBlarney. That's what I get for not reloading the thread before posting.

Ah, crap. Forgot about that.

I'll take one and one, I guess. Though you may as well just discard me down to three, because I'm revealing.

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Across the Galactica, the loudspeakers screech, followed by a second of silence, followed by a hesitant voice. "Hello, everyone? This is Apollo, your CAG speaking. We've spent a lot of time trying to survive the war against the Cylons. I've done my part as well." A quick pause. "Well, I've changed my mind. I've seen God's plan, and frankly, you all aren't in it. You, as people, are entirely too flawed, and the time has come to actually do something about it. I'm sorry, but that's the way it goes. Oh, and one more thing. I left you a couple of presents. It's not much, and I'm not giving you a chance to disarm them." There's a bit of silence, followed by a sharp gunshot. Then, the Galactica is rocked by two large explosions coming from within.

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You are a Cylon

Can Damage Galactica.
Reveal this Card. If you are not in the Brig, draw up to 5 Galactica Damage Tokens. Choose 2 of them to Resolve and Discard the Others.


My draws for Galactica damage were:

ARMORY
ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS
1 FOOD
1 FUEL
HANGER DECK

And I'll go ahead and choose the Armory and the Hanger Deck.

Beep beep.

EDIT: Discards:

Tac - Launch Scout 2
Tac - Launch Scout 1
Tac - Launch Scout 2
Lea - Executive Order 1

Chief gets sent to Sick Bay, but is surprisingly unhurt from the Hanger Deck explosion.

The Armory is also out of commission.

Turn 35, Chief "The Machine" Tyrol


Character Locations and Current Hand Size
Destiny Deck: 6 cards
Boomer: Brig, 8 cards
Admiral Helo: FTL Control, 4 cards, 1 Nuke
President Baltar: President's Office, 8 cards, 4 Quorum Cards
Apollo: Resurrection Ship, 3 cards, 1 Super Crisis
Chief: Sick Bay, 7 cards

Board Status
Galactica: 3/6, Weapons Control, Armory, and Hanger Deck out
Colonial One: Rocking
Civilian Ships: 12/12, 0 in play
Raptors: 3/4
Vipers: 8/8 (0 in play, 7 in reserves, 1 damaged, 0 destroyed)
Resource Dials: Fuel, Food, Morale, Population: 6, 7, 7, 5
Jump Prep: [start] [X] [X] [-3] [-1] [auto]
Boarding Party: nonexistent
Distance: 6

Ship locations
Bow of Galactica: Clear
Port-Bow: Clear
Port-Aft: Clear
Aft: Clear
Starboard-Aft: Clear
Starboard-Bow: Clear


Chief, what would you like your Sick Bay draw to be? And tell us your movement/action.

I will take a Politics card.

Then I will move to FTL control and nod to the Admiral who is no doubt eyeing me warily.

Then Chief Galen Tyrol will get on the loudspeaker:

Humans of the fleet, you may have heard of my recent accident in the Hangar Deck. Know that I will be okay. In fact, even in death I will be okay because I know that I will be revived according to God's plan. You may have also heard that I was involved in the sabotage of the jump computer. This is also part of God's plan.

You humans are weak. You are pitiful creatures that cause nothing but sadness, death, and destruction. Your silly quest for Kobol will only lead to more pain and suffering. We Cylons are the true manifestation of God's worth. In us, God has found someone to carry out his work. And part of that work is cleansing the impure and unsavory.

We have been among you all along. We are stronger than you, smarter than you, and overall better than you. We will bring about the end of the human race. May God have mercy on your souls.

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The Chief's speech and reveal as a Cylon is so affecting that Morale drops by 1

After receiving my new card, I'll discard down to three.

TL;DR: Your species is bad and you should feel bad!

Turn 36, Boomer







Character Locations and Current Hand Size
Destiny Deck: 6 cards
Boomer: Brig, 13 cards
Admiral Helo: FTL Control, 4 cards, 1 Nuke
President Baltar: President's Office, 8 cards, 4 Quorum Cards
Apollo: Resurrection Ship, 3 cards, 1 Super Crisis
Chief: Resurrection Ship, 3 cards, 1 Super Crisis

Board Status
Galactica: 3/6, Weapons Control, Armory, and Hanger Deck out
Colonial One: Rocking
Civilian Ships: 12/12, 0 in play
Raptors: 3/4
Vipers: 8/8 (0 in play, 7 in reserves, 1 damaged, 0 destroyed)
Resource Dials: Fuel, Food, Morale, Population: 6, 7, 6, 5
Jump Prep: [start] [X] [X] [-3] [-1] [auto]
Boarding Party: nonexistent
Distance: 6

Ship locations
Bow of Galactica: Clear
Port-Bow: Clear
Port-Aft: Clear
Aft: Clear
Starboard-Aft: Clear
Starboard-Bow: Clear


Boomer, would you like to take an action this time?

I can't assist with the check, but it's worth trying to get out if Baltar has some cards to help. Or you could Scout or play some other Action Card, and I can XO you on my turn and you can try to get out then.

Discards:

Lea - Executive Order 1
Lea - Declare Emergency 3
Pol - Consolidate Power 2
Pol - Consolidate Power 1

Thinking about it more, `Hrist, I think this is the way to go. I can't do much useful for myself with my next turn. We can skip a crisis this way, and then I'll have a full hand of cards to help you get out with an XO (assuming I have one), and if it's a bad crisis that comes up at the end of my turn you can pass it automagically.

But if you have a better idea I leave it to you.

Yeah, I'll have more cards if we go this route.

Alright then. Boomer will opt to Tac - Launch Scout 1.

How does Boomer have this authority from the brig? I dunno.

Boomer sends a Raptor out on a scouting mission.

Roll: 2. Raptor never comes back.

Boomer, please discard down to 10, and you'll be receiving your Recon Crisis as soon as you do.

You are the Vice-President.

Discarding the following:

Pil - Evasive Maneuvers 1
Pil - Evasive Maneuvers 1
Eng - Repair 1

EDIT: Oops, supposed to wait for that crisis recon.

Turn 37, Admiral Helo

Character Locations and Current Hand Size
Destiny Deck: 6 cards
Boomer: Brig, 10 cards
Admiral Helo: FTL Control, 9 cards, 1 Nuke
President Baltar: President's Office, 8 cards, 4 Quorum Cards
Apollo: Resurrection Ship, 3 cards, 1 Super Crisis
Chief: Resurrection Ship, 3 cards, 1 Super Crisis

Board Status
Galactica: 3/6, Weapons Control, Armory, and Hanger Deck out
Colonial One: Rocking
Civilian Ships: 12/12, 0 in play
Raptors: 2/4
Vipers: 8/8 (0 in play, 7 in reserves, 1 damaged, 0 destroyed)
Resource Dials: Fuel, Food, Morale, Population: 6, 7, 6, 5
Jump Prep: [start] [X] [X] [-3] [-1] [auto]
Boarding Party: nonexistent
Distance: 6

Ship locations
Bow of Galactica: Clear
Port-Bow: Clear
Port-Aft: Clear
Aft: Clear
Starboard-Aft: Clear
Starboard-Bow: Clear

Boomer is keeping the Recon on the top.


Admiral Helo, what will you do for the humans today?

First I'll move to the Research Lab, so if someone wants to XO me later I can hopefully pick up a Repair card or two.

And I'll play Lea - Executive Order 1 on Boomer.

Boomer, I assume you want to get out of the Brig. If a Skill Check is triggered on an XO, we still start contributions with the Current Player's left.

Revealed Cylons can only play one card into checks, just like Brigged players.

Brig: Check of 7, Politics and Tactics.

Contribution Order:

Destiny: 2 cards
President Baltar: 4 cards
Apollo: 0 cards
Chief: 0 cards
Boomer: 1 card
Admiral Helo: 2 cards

If you want to do something else, let me know, otherwise people can start contributing.

Calling for a check to get my sorry butt released

Are skill checks still secret?

Yes. If they were open, the Cylons would be able to tell how hard we're hitting a skill check and adjust their play accordingly.

Checks are only out in the open if an Investigative Committee has been called, even though both Cylons have been outed.

I contributed 4 cards.

Much as I'd love to contribute, I don't really think it's worth it this time around. Apollo will throw nothing in.

Chief also thinks long and hard and then contributes nothing.

Contributing one!

Putting in two.

Cards are in!

Check of 7, Politics and Tactics

Positive
Pol - Consolidate Power 1
Pol - Consolidate Power 1
Pol - Consolidate Power 2
Pol - Investigative Committee 4
Tac - Launch Scout 1
Tac - Launch Scout 1
Tac - Launch Scout 2
Tac - Strategic Planning 3

Negative
Lea - Executive Order 1

15 - 1 = 14, a Pass! Boomer is out of the Brig, where would you like to move to? You also get one more Action, since you were XO'd.

Anything pressing that needs to get done, fellow humans?