Game Setup
Steps performed by VASSAL startup wizard are
in grey.
- Place the fleet token on the "START" square
of the jump track, set resource dials, and place ships in the reserves on
Galactica.
Food |
8 |
Fuel |
8 |
Morale |
10 |
Population |
12 |
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- Group and shuffle the damage tokens and
civilian ships facedown off the board. Place Cylon ships and Centurion
markers here as well.
- Seperate the decks (5 Skill Decks defined by
color, a Destination Deck, Quorum Deck, Crisis Deck, and Super Crisis
Deck), shuffle, and place by board. Group Skill Decks under their sections
at bottom of board. Place Objective card faceup by the Destination
Deck.
- Randomly decide the first player; they receive the Player Token. Play
proceeds clockwise, with the Token passed at each turn end.
- The players choose characters based on turn order. At any time, Support
characters may be chosen; otherwise, the most plentiful type must be chosen
from (Pilots, Military Leaders, and Political Leaders). Consider
well-rounded groups that can receive a variety of Skill Cards (Politics,
Leadership, Tactics, Piloting, and Engineering). If there are more than 3 players, one Cylon Leader
may be chosen.
- Determine who begins with the Admiral, President and CAG titles, based on the Line of Succession.
Give the Admiral 2 Nuke tokens and the President 1 Quorum card.
- Build Loyalty Deck based on characters and number of players; shuffle the
"You are a Cylon" cards seperately, choose facedown however many are
required, mix in the appropriate number of "You are not a Cylon" cards, and
shuffle thoroughly.
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No
Cylon Leader |
Cylon Leader |
Players |
Humans |
Cylons |
Humans |
Cylons |
Agenda |
Three |
5 |
1 |
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Four |
6 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
Sympathetic |
Five |
8 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
Hostile |
Six |
9 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
Sympathetic |
Seven |
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|
10 |
2 |
Hostile |
Character |
Humans |
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Baltar |
+1 |
Boomer |
+1 |
- Distribute a Loyalty Card to each player (2 for Gaius Baltar to start).
To protect player identities, it is advisable to agree upon a short
duration of time when players must spend reading their card (such as a
countdown from 10) before continuing.
- If 4 or 6 players and there is no Cylon
leader, shuffle the Sympathizer card into the remaining loyalty
deck.
- Clockwise from the Player Token, players receive three Skill Cards of
their choice, restricted by type and number as shown on their character
sheet. The beginning player does not receive cards at this time, but will
obtain their full range of Skill Cards on their first turn.
- Create Destiny Deck by taking two cards from each Skill Deck. Shuffle and
place in Destiny Deck location. Repeat whenever this deck is depleted.
- Place 1 Basestar and 3 Raiders in front of Galactica, 2 facedown civilian
ships behind, and 1 unmanned Viper in each bottom space.