[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

Finally played my first game of BSG and OMGs, it was such a blast!!!

For those who don’t know much about the game system, it hinges on a couple things:

1. Anyone can be a Cylon. At any time. And they will try and stop you. At any cost.
2. There is an anonymous bidding system to pass skill checks. Cards are played face down and may help or hurt the skill check. There are always 2 random cards in play for a skill check.
3. The best chance the humans have to get home is to figure out who are the frakin’ toasters and throw them in the brig.
4. Cylons may reveal themselves at any time. Once they reveal themselves, they can use Cylon bonuses to stop Galactica.
5. There are many ways to stop the humans but only one way for the humans to win, and that is getting to Kobol.

Those are the basics. There is a lot more, and it may seem daunting at first, but after a few rounds, the group will be moving pretty quick.

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BSG the battle report.

Burt as Apollo, our ace pilot (and the only one of us who had played BSG before)
BigJim as Helo, our other pilot extraordinaire
Boom as Chief Tyrol, our engineer
Oogie Da Bruce as Admiral Adama, Military Command
SlikkRikk as Gaius Baltar, President

The following takes place on Saturday March 28th, 2009 between the hours of 3:00PM and 7:00PM:

Burt explained the basics and we were on our way. Jim spent the whole first round relaxing at the bar (Helo doesn't come into play until the round two). We asked a bunch of questions and fumbled our way through the first round.

Slowly, as we began to get a better handle on the rules, we began to question everything, and everyone.

“We need this fixed… Right Chief?”
“That the best jump card you could play, Admiral?”
“I’m watching you, you Gods Damned Toaster.”

I’ve been playing games with Boom and BigJim for nearly 5 years now and I’d like to think I could read them. I was pretty sure Boom wasn’t a Cylon and it was too early to tell if Jim was since he didn’t play the first round. I’ve only been playing with Rikk for the past year and was watching him a bit closer. Burt was the wildcard as this was the first time I’ve played with him.

So Boom and I had a feeling about Rikk, that he might be a Cylon, I’m not really sure what he did to deserve the accusation, maybe it was the shifty eyes, maybe it was because he wasn’t drinking beer, who knows, but Boom and I decided to grab our torches and pitchforks and go after the President. We stripped him of his title and threw him in the brig. Boom was the new President. And I was Admiral. I could live with that.

But as the game when on , Rikk repeatedly claimed his innocence (like any good toaster would) and started pointing out some of Burt’s inconsistencies. I got a chance to look at Bert’s loyalty card and he was, in fact, a Cylon. I knew this to be true, but would the rest of the crew believe the Admiral?

They did. And we got the points needed to spring Rikk from the brig and lock up that dirty Cylon, Bert.

“But who’s gonna stop all the raiders that are bearing down?” Burt had put on an early display of piloting and wiped out a squad of raiders on his own.

We lost precious time. We were hurting. We put the wrong guy in the brig. And it was still early in the game.

But once we put Bert in the brig things started going a little better for humans. We began making jumps, beating skill checks and were generally a happy bunch. Till the second round of loyalty cards came out. Any of the remaining humans could be a Cylon, except me. I, at least, knew that. But Who was it?

Burt knew we were on to him and that we weren’t going to let him out of the brig so he outted himself as a Cylon and began using the Cylon recourses to make our lives harder.

As time went on a little more, I began to trust boom again, but couldn’t put a face on Rikk or Jim. I asked them both time an again about where their loyalty lied. Rikk pleaded his case and I heard it. But Jim… Jim didn’t. He just sat back in his chair, drank his beer, and said, “Hey, I’m doing my job.” And that was it. Each turn, each action, each subtle move he made, I was watching. I accused Jim of being a Cylon and he didn’t deny it. “You’ll see.” was all he said.

So Rikk played a card that would let him throw anyone in the brig. He said he thought I was Cylon, Me or Jim. I could have played some cards to stop the arrest, but I said, “Go ahead; prove to me you’re not a Cylon. Make the right choice.”

And he chose me!!! ME!!!!

WHAAAAAAAAT!!!!!! Im no Cylon. That’s it, he was the Cylon and I knew it!!! I had to figure out a way to get out of the brig and take care of that fracker.

Rikk laughed and said that he really wanted to throw Jim in the brig. My heart began to beat again at a normal pace and I laughed. Haa haaa, good one… you got me. At least my suspicions were confirmed… IT WAS JIM!!!

Or was it? While Jim was in the brig, I still had my suspicions that Rikk may have been the Cylon. So I kept up conversations with Jim.

“Give me something, Jim. Anything. Make me believe you’re not a Cylon.”

“You will all pay for what you did.”

That sure as hell didn’t sound like a good response. Maybe we did make the right decision. Well at least we don’t have to worry about who the Cylons are anymore. Let’s just get to Kobol.

We then escaped a Cylon swarm and were only one jump away from victory when Rikk starts to laugh.

“I’m revealing myself as a Cylon! And I was one from the beginning!!!”

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????? From the beginning!!! But you gave up the other Cylon player? Why… How… Crap!!!! Sorry Jim.

AHHHHHGGGHHHHHH!!!!

Boom just shakes his head… I didn’t think it was Jim.

Why didn’t you say something sooner? And Jim, why didn’t you say… say something???

The two Cylons were laughing and plotting. The humans were close to death on almost every scale, but Boom, Jim and I weren’t giving up.

We had a little luck with the cards and move a bit closer home, till the Cylons played a level 23 skill check (very difficult) that would end the game for us. So we threw everything we had at it. Everything. We had no cards left. Was it enough… well…. It was!!!

There were a few other obstacles thrown at us, but somehow we made it. We jumped to safety with next no recourses, moral, and minimal populations, but we did it!!!

What a great game!!! So great in fact, we ended up talking about the game all night and even on the drive home. Can’t wait to play again.