Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

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What is Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is a game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival. Based on the Sci Fi Channel series, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game puts players in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the show. Each playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to have any hope of survival. However, one or more players in every game secretly side with the Cylons. Players must attempt to expose the traitor while fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest threatens to tear the fleet apart.

After the Cylon attack on the Colonies, the battered remnants of the human race are on the run, constantly searching for the next signpost on the road to Earth. They face the threat of Cylon attack from without, and treachery and crisis from within. Humanity must work together if they are to have any hope of survival…but how can they, when any of them may, in fact, be a Cylon agent?

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is a semi-cooperative game. Players choose from pilots, political leaders, military leaders, or engineers to crew Galactica. They are also dealt a loyalty card at the start of the game to determine if they are a human or Cylon along with an assortment of skill cards based on their characters abilities.

Players then can move and take actions either on Galactica, on Colonial 1, or in a Viper. They need to collect skill cards, fend off Cylon ships, and keep Galactica and the fleet jumping. Each turn also brings a Crisis Card, various tasks that players must overcome. Players need to play matching skill cards to fend off the problems; skill cards that don't match hinder the players success. Fate could be working against the crew, or there could be a traitorous Cylon! As players get closer and closer towards reaching their Earth, another round of loyalty cards are passed out and more Cylons may turn up.

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Game details

Players: 3–6
Age: +14
Duration: 180 min
Difficulty: Heavy
Type: Board game
Year: 2008
Mechanics: Area Movement · Dice Rolling · Hand Management
Categories: Bluffing · Deduction · Movies / TV / Radio theme
Designer: Corey Konieczka
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games · Edge Entertainment · Editrice Giochi · Galakta

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Meeplay_123438.1/10

New rating since last game was a lot more fun! Maybe watching the tv show helped (for sure it helped!)

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David_Trovador8/10

Muy buen juego bien ambientado en la serie, sensaciones auténticamente temáticas, como muy pocos juegos consiguen, a mi parecer. Un semi-cooperativo que me ha gustado (porque no es cooperativo puro, al haber cylons ocultos...), y de ocultación de rol inicial. Mucho azar pero también mucha emoción. Las expansiones aportan detalles a tener en cuenta, aunque el juego es ya muy largo de por sí (4h o más), es su mayor "defecto". A 5 jugadores va de maravilla y a 6 yo creo que incluso mejor (3 humanos y 2 cylons + Simpatizante que puede ser de un bando u otro), a otros no lo he probado. Le veo como