Oh man I love Blood Bowl! Getting a league together would be awesome. On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:45 PM, DrT <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Guys, I wish I could be there tonight -- I enjoyed last time, but I am > struggling with a sinus infection and do not have enough energy. > > Enjoy! I want to bring Bloodbowl sometime -- I realize it is a > 2player game, but boy is it fun, and it could be done with 4 or even 6 > if everyone is willing to work in teams. > > Anton > > > On Mar 20, 12:58 pm, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > > My wife will be along as well - should be a fun little party. > > > > On Mar 20, 10:31 am, Mark Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am happy to report that rumors of me missing tonight's game night to > > > attend a ward talent show were greatly exaggerated. Denee is not > > > interested in going to the ward thing so she may even join me tonight > for > > > gaming at GPP. I will likely stay in the lighter to medium length > games > > > zone tonight. I know previously Bob showed some interest in > Showmanager so > > > I will bring that along. I would also like to give Medieval Merchant a > try > > > sometime. > > > > > Some of you Battlestar Galactica the Boardgame fans may be interested > in my > > > brief session report from last night's game with my family. We had a > six > > > player game with me, wife Denee, daughter Alison, son-in-law Mike, son > Ben, > > > and daughter Megan. We hoped to finish the game in 2 hours or so but > it > > > lasted almost 3.5 hours. Despite the game length, everyone seemed to > have a > > > pretty good time except Denee (human). She made the mistake of > reminding > > > Ben to shuffle the skill cards right after she placed her two cards on > the > > > stack. Everyone interpreted that to be something a cylon would say. > So > > > then Ben (human) threw Denee in the brig where she sat until late in > the > > > game when Alison (human) gave her a presidential pardon. Denee might > have > > > put BSG in the "never play again" category were it not for an amazing > > > comeback victory by the humans. The humans made their final jump with > Fuel > > > = 1, Food = 1, Morale = 1, Population = 4. > > > > > Mike and I were cylons from the start but neither of us revealed > ourselves > > > until after the sleeper phase. The sympathizer was human because the > food > > > was in the red zone. I have myself to blame for that because in trying > to > > > act human, I encouraged us to get at least one resource in the red zone > > > before the sleeper phase. Denee suspected I was a cylon right after > our > > > first jump. I was the Admiral and drew two destiny cards and played > the one > > > with a "1" distance. Somehow I was able to convince the others that > both > > > the cards I drew were "1"s but Denee was not fooled. Unfortunately for > > > Denee, her credibilty was in question as she sat in the Brig. Later > on our > > > second jump, I drew two "3"s so that was my chance to "prove" I was > human by > > > playing a "3". Of course that "3" also cost us three fuel, but no need > for > > > me to tell the others about the other "3" which had a less severe > penalty. > > > > > I managed to avoid suspicion until I exercised William Adama's special > > > ability to retrieve all played cards from a skill check into my hand. > I got > > > thrown in the brig for that. Unlike Denee, I was able to escape the > brig on > > > my next turn by revealing I was a cylon. Mike also revealed himself > and we > > > thought we had the game in hand. We played our super crisis cards and > then > > > camped out in Caprica drawing two crisis cards per turn and playing the > > > worst one for the humans. The only way the humans managed their > amazing > > > victory was by consistently giving the president (Alison) executive > orders > > > which allowed her to play out of turn and to draw and play more Quorum > cards > > > than normal. She was able to implement food rations and give > inspirational > > > speeches which raised the morale and food levels just enough to avoid > > > certain doom. > > > > > I have to say that the amount of accusations and disimination of > > > misinformation was very fun. I would rate BSG similar to Shadows over > > > Camelot. SoC has the edge in being shorter and more newbie friendly, > but > > > BSG has in edge in providing more meaningful activities for the players > to > > > do. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
