Battlestar Galactica Best Quality

Where to begin? First, if you haven't seen the show, how dare you? BSG was repeatedly snubbed at the emmys for a being a Sci-Fi original, because apparently they had better shows to nominate like CSI: Disneyland or whatever inane spinoff they had. So first go watch the show, seriously, I'll wait.

Back? Ok, now that you've seen the best TV show in the past 10 years you will appreciate this game so much more, and even if you still have not seen it, you will still enjoy playing. Seriously, I have played mulitiple times with people who have never even seen one episode and they get a kick out of this game almost every time.

"Almost" every time you say? Unfortunately, this game is seriously unbalanced in a 4 or 6 player game. It is at its best with 3 or 5 players. Why? Because depending on the human resource dials on the gameboard and where they are pointing at the mid-game point, there will be either 2 cylons vs 2 humans or 1 cylon vs 3 humans (for a 4 player game); 3 cylons vs 3 humans or 2 cylons vs 4 humans in a 6 player game. With half the players as cylons, the humans are severely outmatched, and with more humans they can walk all over the cylon player(s). This mechanic is negated in a 3 or 5 player game, in which there is a set number of cylon players by the mid-game point.

The best part of this game is definitely the deceptive nature of how players manipulate other players. If you're a cylon in disguise your best bet is to sow distrust amongst the other human players and if possible get them to accuse each other of betrayal and send each other to prison while you subtlely ruin their chances of progressing and attacking their resources. If you are a human player, you are constantly suspicious of other players, which makes for some interesting choices as you will sometimes make reckless decisions to imprison a suspected cylon or speed up the game in order to keep the cylons from having more turns to mess you up.

Basically this game presents a ticking clock for players. When the clock reaches zero, the choices they have made will culminate into victory or loss. But what you do, if you're human or cylon, from start to finish is almost always satisfying because most playthroughs are won or lost by the skin of your teeth, creating a enjoyably tense atmosphere. You must at least TRY this game, and you must BUY it if you're a fan of the show.Get more detail about Battlestar Galactica.