Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game provides a unique gaming experience. Unlike most games where players win individually, Battlestar Galactica is a cooperative game, with the added complication that one or more of the players is a secret Cylon traitor – your entire side will win or lose, and you might not even be certain who is on your side until the game ends!
Each player is secretly assigned his or her loyalty at the start of the game. Players will either be loyal to the humans, or to the Cylons. Humans and Cylons have specific and conflicting winning objectives. The human players win by reaching Kobol, but the Galactica will be be threatened by a host of challenges along the way. Only through the cooperation of the humans will the ship (and fleet) survive. The Cylon player(s) wins by either destroying the Galactica with attacks from the Cylon fleet, or, through sabotage, by reducing one of the necessary resources (Food, Fuel, Population, or Morale) to zero.
Either all of the humans win together, or all of the Cylons win together…but both sides must figure out who they can trust in order to achieve victory.
Players' identities are secret and no one will know for certain at the beginning of the game who they can trust. Keep your eyes open and watch how the other players play. Can you trust them to watch out for Humanity’s interests? Or are they Cylons bent on destroying Humanity?
If your gaming group enjoys highly-thematic political intrigue, and can handle some good-natured infighting and backstabbing, you'll enjoy Battlestar Galactica.
If you like playing a game where there is a continuous challenge, and victory is always a very close call, Battlestar Galactica is for you.
If you're a fan of the hit Sci Fi Channel show, and want to simulate the twists and turns on your game table, then Battlestar Galactica is the game you have been waiting for!
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This seems to be the more complicated version of one of my other favorite games Shadows over cameolot. Love this game for making it appear that you are in the show while still giving you a new story line each times. Harder to learn rule wise then Shadows and it seems very muxh waited towards the cylons as the only time my friends and I have ever won is when we make the last jump blind and hope.
However, this is not a game that you can sit down and play in less then a hour. Give it 2 to 2 1/2s.
This game is very enjoyable especially if you are a fan of the show or lookng for a more in depth version of shadows over cameolot.
I just love this game. As a fan of the TV series, I really enjoy playing the game if other players are familiar with the show and bring in a bit of role playing to the game. I have never been a Cylon in the game which I find a bit weird. The learning curve is pretty steep for this game so if you are just trying it out, keep with it. I also use the expansions but in part only, adding bits and pieces from each to make the game a bit more involved and exciting. Definitely one of my all time favorite games to play.
It’s great to have a group of friends around being suspicious of each other while being cooperative at the same time. The fact that there is a possibility of not having a Cylon during the first round of loyalty card dish out and people are still paranoid is one of the few things that make this game great. Friends WILL turn on each other.