Last weekend, the Imperial Ambassador brought out his brand new Battlestar Galactica board game for the Imperial Court to try. The game is based, of course, on the hit TV series itself. The object of the game is to make sure that Battlestar Galactica reaches Kobol before the Cylons destroy it, while managing the ship's resources, making repairs, and bullshitting the lowly citizens into believing that the huge hole in the engineering bay was caused by a tiny asteroid and not by a Cylon mothership.
The thing is, the Cylons are actually some of the players also, though nobody knew who they were.
So we played the game, and Galactica was doing fine at first even though everyone believed that I was a Cylon. Halfway through the game though, the Head Imperial Librarian (who was President of Galactica) was found out to be a Cylon and therefore proceeded to openly screw us up. The presidency was then passed to the Head Imperial Warlock.
Then, just when Galactica was only one jump away from Kobol, I realized that the Head Imperial Warlock and the Head Imperial Tailor (who was Admiral of Galactica) were also Cylons. In a desperate attempt to save Galactica, I staged a mutiny to throw the Head Imperial Tailor out of office so that the Imperial Consort can become the new Admiral. I was successful, even though the Imperial Consort fought so hard against me because he still believed that I was a Cylon.
But I was too late. Right after I threw the Head Imperial Tailor in jail, the Head Imperial Warlock revealed himself to be a Cylon and proceeded to blow the ship up.
So anyway, it was still a fun game and very realistic; the leaders of humanity all turned out to be Cylons and the only one who tried to stop them was the lowly engineer - and everyone still believed she was a Cylon.
I can't wait to play this game again ^_^
Signed,
Her Imperial Majesty
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