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| 11.6 inches | | Package Height:
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| 3.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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65 of 65 found the following review helpful:
 Exceptional board gameDec 11, 2008
By Imad Hussain
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is one of the rare games that successfully marries theme (a licensed theme, no less) and gameplay.
Players each choose a character from the cast of the television series. Each player, on his or her turn:
1. Draws skill cards (which double as action cards),
2. Optionally moves to location on Galactica (or Colonial One, or, as a pilot, through the space around Galactica),
3. Activates a location or plays an action on a card (or, as a pilot in a Viper, moves again or fires at Cyclon raiders and basestars in order to protect the human fleet),
4. Draws and resolves a Crisis Card.
Most crisis cards depict a distressing event (with art and text from the television series), be it a food shortage or a lost scouting party, and offer a choice and/or a skill check to be made to minimize the damage to Galactica or her resources. Skill checks are resolved by players secretly contributing positive (matching color/type) or negative (incorrect color/type) skill cards. In addition, many of these crisis cards also activate enemy ships or move the Galactica closer to making its next jump.
But all that would just make for a typical cooperative game. Each player also receives a secret loyalty card that indicates whether they are a treacherous Cylon (skinjob) or a human. The humans attempt to survive the journey to Kobol (by making jumps that total at least eight units, plus one additional jump to end the game) whereas the Cylons do their best to sabatoge the human effort, either covertly (which involves a great deal of bluffing and secretly tipping the scales via secretly played cards) or overtly (by revealing themselves as Cylons and just hammering at the Galactica with all the tools a revealed Cylon has). Furthermore, halfway through the game another set of loyalty cards is dealt, such that there are a total of two Cyclon players (in a five player game; the number of Cylons and sympathizers varies based on the number of players). In this way, the game captures the feeling of paranoia that characterizes the source material.
With accusations flying about and choices constantly being made, BSG is a strong interactive game that really shines. Admittedly, it does run a little long (three to four hours for the first game and around half that once everyone knows how to play), but once the first few rounds have passed, the pace of the game really picks up, as do player involvement and suspicion. BSG is, without a doubt, the reviewer's favorite cooperative board game (compared to Shadows Over Camelot, Arkham Horror, Last Night on Earth, Pandemic, and A Touch of Evil, as well as faux-cooperative games such as Cutthroat Caverns) and, moreover, one of his favorite board games, period. BSG should be well received amongst fans of American-style board games as well as fans of Battlestar Galactica television series.
P.S.: Prospective owners need not worry about the game spoiling the series for those who haven't seen the show. The game makes only oblique references to the events of the series (and even those are limited to the first two seasons). In fact, the greatest spoilers may very well be the line of succession for each of the positions of Admiral (that rank being a minor spoiler in and of itself) and President.
25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
BSG fans with lots of board game time rejoice!Jan 23, 2009
By Aaron Sullivan
This is a serious board game that is one of the best uses of theme I've ever seen. The gameplay is deep and fun socially (as you may be trying to hide your allegiance) and gives the players a great sense of urgency and purpose. You see, most of the time the players are cooperating to accomplish a very challenging survival goal. Very impressive, overall.
There are two downsides that you should know about.
1. It's one of those "major commitment" games. Everyone needs to commit to 3-4 hours of play. Especially when there is someone playing for the first time.
2. Being the secret Cylon is not always as fun as being on the other side, especially when you are working together SO HARD to survive and then you suddenly switch to the other side.
In short
If you are a fan of the show and have a group of people that like playing intense, epic, and long board games, this is a perfect game.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Great fun, and true to the showDec 09, 2008
By M. Burke
This is a rare boardgame that's lots of fun and is also true to the show. Most movie/tv tie-ins are cheap attempts to cash in, but this really feels like playing a character on Battlestar Galactica.
It's mostly a cooperative game, but depending on how many people are playing, one or more players are secretly Cylons or Cylon sympathizers that are working against the human crew. This makes it fun to play again and again, because you never know who is going to be the Cylon next time.
It's very well made and will last for many years. The instructions are very clear with lots of examples that made it easy to learn, plus you can go to [...] or the publisher's website ([....]for tips and updates.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
The marriage of game design with themeNov 27, 2009
By Christopher K. Halbower
"Christopher Halbower"
Fantasy Flight Games's Battlestar Galactica is the board game representation of the cult hit television series. And when I say, "representation", I mean it. This game is the perfect marriage of theme with board game. Those who are aspiring board game designer who need inspiration for who to make their games more thematic: look no further than BSG.
Battlestar Galactica was designed by some of the usual suspects at FFG: Corey Konieczka, Eric M. Lang, Jeff Tidball and Mark O'Connor. The game accomodates between three to five players and takes about 2 to 3.5 hours to play.
The goal of BSG is different depending upon which side you are on: human or cylon. The humans must make one faster-than-light (FTL) jump after they have travelled 8 parsecs; the cylons must prevent this from happening by either destroying the Galactica or eroding the Galactica's resources.
At game set-up, players secretly receive a loyalty card.
There are two types of loyalty cards: human and cylon. These cards remain secret throughout the game. Players may never willingly reveal secret information. After the Galactica has jumped a sum of 4 or more parsecs, a second (and last) set of loyalty cards are dealt out. If you have a cylon card, you are a cylon. Thus, players who start the game as humans could quite likely end the game as a cylon!
The humans need to negotiate crises after each turn. Failure to negotiate a crisis usually costs the Galactica some resources. Should a resource fall to 0, the game is over and all cylons are winners.
The resource dial is turned to show the new value when a crisis is failed.
In order to negotiate a crisis, all players will secretly skill play cards from their hands. All crisis cards and all skill cards are color coded. If the skill cards match the crisis' color, the skill card aids in the negotiation of that crisis; if the color, however, does not match, the skill card makes the crisis that much more difficult.
Two random cards are also added to the crisis resolution so that no one knows for sure if the crisis was sabotaged by the cylons!
Players assume the role of one of the main characters on board the Galactica.
Each character has a skill set appropriate to their character. This is the amount of skill cards they will draw during their turns. The characters also have some special abilities and a special weakness that really rounds out who the character is.
Players will move around the board during their turns in order to obtain more skill cards or to "put out fires". Parts of Galactica may have been damaged which requires a player to repair. Cylon raiders or basestars may be in the vicinity requiring the Galactica to make a military response.
Colonial One gives the President some quorum cards which are quite powerful.
The game continues until the Galactica has made jumped after reaching the 8 parsec marker, when the Galactica is destroyed or when any resource reachs zero.
Battlestar Galactica is a gamer's game. It's rich in theme. The game is one of bluffing, intuitition and some deduction. There are ample opportunities for resource management. This is a competitive AND cooperative game. The game is enjoyable to those who are not familiar with the television--although if you like the show, you will almost certainly love this game!
The quality of the components is high. The box is high quality cardboard with linen. The bits are thick cardboard or durable plastic. The cards are high gloss with full color pictures on them. The only complaint I have with the nuts and bolts of the game is the storage compartments: there are none! You will have to find some creative way of storing your BSG game if you want your bits to be organized.
I recommend this game to anyone who likes RPG's and is reluctant to try board games. I recommend it to anyone who likes the TV show and likes board games in general. Also, if you like mind games, BSG is a game you ought to try!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Depression and a bag of laughsNov 05, 2009
By Pony13
I origionaly played the game with a goup of friends who followed the show religiously. Not knowing anything about Battlestar Galactica, I jumpped right in and immersed myself in the game. I had a blast even though the Humans lost.
Every week the humans lost and every week we would be slighly depressed, but every week we went back and had a blast. Now that I'm deployed in Afghanisan, I ordered the game to share it with all my friends and we have so much fun playing.
The rules are easy to follow, every game is different, and you will learn to distrust everyone. Best friends start acusing each other of being Cylons and order delves into chaos pretty quickly.
Like I said, this is a fun game wether or not you have ever watched Battlestar Galactica. I recommend it though it does take a few hours to play, I garentee you'll be having so much fun you'll forget about the time.
Anyways, thats just my two cents.
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