''Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game'' is a

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created by Corey Konieczka and first published by

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in 2008 based on the 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series. Players take the roles of characters from the series, trying to guide the ''Galactica'' and its fleet to its destination, while combating the

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and other crises threatening it. One or more players are secretly enemy Cylons, who win if the humans fail to achieve their objective.

Gameplay

''Battlestar Galactica'' is a semi-cooperative game for 3–6 players. Players play as one of ten possible characters, classed as 'Political Leaders', 'Military Leaders', 'Pilots', or 'Support', each character having benefits and drawbacks. Player are secretly dealt one loyalty card at the start of the game which determines whether the players are human or Cylon and therefore whether they win or lose if the humans achieve their goal. Simulating the activation of a sleeper agent in the television series who did not realise she was a Cylon, players draw a second card midway through, which may turn them to the Cylon side. A hidden Cylon player can covertly disrupt the humans' plans, meaning that, for the humans, deducing who is secretly an enemy agent is a critical part of the game. Players can send suspected Cylons to ''Galactica'''s brig and a revealed Cylon can still be disruptive after returning to their home fleet via the Resurrection Ship. Players move around ''Galactica'' and ''Colonial One'' as well as piloting Vipers in space around the main ship. The aim of the game for human players is to

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the fleet several times so as to reach the planet of

Kobol "Kobol's Last Gleaming" is the two-part first-season finale of the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series. In the first part, the human fleet discovers the abandoned planet Kobol, the mythical birthplace of humanity, who left here ...

, without ''Galactica'' being destroyed or running out of fuel, food, morale or population. Players are continually harassed by Cylon ships which will threaten the ''Galactica'' or civilian ships if not destroyed or evaded. Cards feature images from the series and reference events from the show's first season. Players can gain and lose the titles of Admiral and President, which give them additional powers and control over certain decisions.

Expansions and reimplementation

Three expansions were released: ''Pegasus'' (2009), ''Exodus'' (2010), and ''Daybreak'' (2013). Each expansion adds new cards to the various decks, as well as adding new characters, a new endgame (New Caprica, the Ionian Nebula, and Earth), and several new mechanics, such as the Battlestar ''Pegasus'', the Final Five Cylons, and the explorer ship ''Demetrius''. Thematically, ''Pegasus'', ''Exodus'', and ''Daybreak'' respectively add content relating to the show's

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and fourth seasons. In 2021, Fantasy Flight Games published the horror-themed ''Unfathomable'' which reimplemented many of the mechanics of ''Battlestar Galactica''.

References

External links

''Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game'' official site
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