BGWS 060 - Battlestar Galactica, the Reality Show

[bechamimi]

Great introduction to the game, really shows what it's like to actually play it. Definitely going to buy it having seen this. Thanks Scott.

[lucas23oli]

can a cylon put someone in the brig ?

[UNCrunfree]

the guy playing baltar is just like him! hilarious!

[ncspacemonkey]

Great video. I'm thinking of getting the game so it was nice to see a very detailed experience. I loved the way you presented it. I'm sold.

[Darklordbrink]

Thats a very calm game. I have never played a game of this where we were not screaming at each other near the end lol

[Bedinsis]

I played this game the other night. The humans won, probably cause the cylon Loyalty cards were only handed out at the halfway point, so we didn't have to deal with them for quite a while. And one of them acted suspicious right after the halfway point (hmm, four negative red cards to decide the outcome, and two players gets a lot of red cards, out of which one only played two cards and the other four, I wonder who did this?)

[kombajndosalatek]

the fat admiral lady is SO BAD at lying :D

[copcopps]

Galactica actually doesn't have lasers its ammunition-based guns

[GinDragon]

@copcopps Called mass-drivers actually.

[fiz52]

People that keep saying the cylons always win or they have all the odds on their side are playing the humans BAD. Both sides have an equal chance to win the game.

[Clawf1ng3r]

Thank you very much Scott (and kudos to the group!); great idea to show the game in this way.

But for real, the video lacks a nice gaming room... where have you shot this?!

[cyb3rtrigg3r]

The cylons have better odds, thats true but I played the game 3 times, and the humans always won. In one game even with a cylon admiral AND president! It all depends...

[FullmetalTimo]

I buyed it today, and played two games (around 5 hours), and it really makes much much fun ^^

Not only for BSG Fans a really good bg.

[spamster1]

interesting looking game. I think seeing how some turns of the actual game helps a little bit more then just hearing about what could happen in a turn (no offense intended)

[modain]

Cylons do not always win. Odds are against the humans, but it is possible for them to win. Your group needs to play the game some more and develop a more effective strategy. For our group one thing I found important that we weren't doing is to almost always jump at the -1 pop space and to use those scout cards to get some good destinations. If your group is still having trouble, increase the starting resources a little until you find a good balance.

[DrTrurl]

Awesome review.

As to the game, it is nice and entertaining, but it has a serious flaw. The cylons ALWAYS win. And once you come to realize that, it loses a lot of its appeal.

[KnucklesEki]

Funny, my most recent game as a human, I survived to the end.  Humans can win.

[KnucklesEki]

"Who's a Cylon, we know he's a cylon he's the worst acting cylon in the game"

Classic, must use that line in my games.

[Bobbo110]

Heh, I just realized my group chose the exact same characters as your group did when we played our first game XD. I played Apollo.

[Kubilius]

Good review! You could actually do more reviews with ACTUAL gameplays, that shows the game in much more real lite than just explaining the rules and stuff. I wanna know if I'm gonna ENJOY the game and the only way to know it is to EXPERIENCE it...so good format, keep up the good job! :)

[Bobbo110]

Damn you Scott... now I have to buy another game XD This is the third game your review "forces" me to buy ^-^

[Powell101]

Really bloody well done video! Nice work indeed.

[Neverwinter27]

When will you upload the second video to this one? It said to be continued

[snicholson]

That will be a neverending cliffhanger. I did that as a parody of the show and their many cliffhangers. The game ended quickly after that point.

[PrawnToucher]

This looks like such a fun game, my order is already done! just have to convince my friends to play it with me now!

[HighWarlordJC]

That was masterful nicholson. Taking all that time to make another video, and you really made it up to your fans by doing something really cool you've never done before. Very nice.

[snicholson]

It actually took this long for me to figure out how to upload videos longer than 10 minutes to YouTube (I joined the "partner program"). I've been making them over at boardgameswithscott the whole time - there's about 45 over there that aren't here. I plan to upload the rest here now that I can.

[SwissSi21]

Great Vid, and doing the review whilst actually playing the game was a genius idea. I also liked hearing the players opinions when they sit in the chair! Keep em coming Scott :D