The cautions on BSG: Here are my cautions after the 1.5 plays I have had:
1) The brig can be dang nasty - although I appreciate its role in the game being knocked out of the bulk of play can occur if people are really working against you to keep you in the brig. Since you can only donate ONE card to the check if the other players are working against you your only hope is a real good draw from the Destiny deck. I would compare being in the brig pretty much to being on the Quest for the Holy Grail in SoC - plan on being there a while and not doing a whole lot. This CAN be frustrating. 2) Although this game has by far the best traitor element I have found in a game to date it is still difficult to play it right. You can't be playing TOO far out of line or you will become obvious. This is exaggerated depending on your character. There really isn't a whole heck of a lot you can do as a Cylon pilot - after all if you aren't shooting down the raiders to protect the ship you kind of stand out like a sore thumb. Being the Cylon President or Admiral is by far the better place to be. In our game on New Years day after I was accused I did my best to put the blame back on Bob but he was doing SIGNIFICANT things to help the cause so either I would have to do the same or become even more obvious. So far I have not encountered a traitor game that REALLY allows for the traitor to manipulate without becoming obvious. This one just does the best so far. 3) There can be some down time. Your participation in the off rounds will still be there (donating cards for checks) but - in the end - that is still a repetitive participation. The bulk of it will be in the arguments back and forth over who is the traitor. 4) Once you are revealed your turn isn't quite as fun - but to be honest it still beats SoC. There you go - my only cautions about the game so far. On Jan 5, 11:07 am, Marc Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > I have sort of dismissed battlestar galactica as a game that used a > tie in in order to shove out a mediocre game, but after your mini > session report I think I'll have to take a closer look, and I'd > definetly like to play sometime. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
