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Rulebook the Cylons Were Created by Man RULEBOOK THE CYLONS WERE CREATED BY MAN. THEY EVOLVED. THEY REBELLED. After 4,571 days, the Cylon War ended with a sudden armistice. Peace lasted 40 years. But now the Cylons are back, as erce and combative as ever. They want to exterminate what remains of Mankind. And they have a plan. The Twelve Colonies are wasted and in ruins. But the Colonial Fleet is there, to face Cylon spaceships and protect what it is left of Mankind. 2 In this game, players take control of Rules explain how to handle a simple Colonial and Cylon spaceships and face dog ght, where the goal is eliminating each other in furious dog ghts and your opponents. daring missions. Once you’ve learned the basics of ying This Starter Set includes four and ghting with a spaceship, you can miniatures: two Colonial Vipers and then read the Complete Rules on page two Cylon Raiders, and all you need to 13 and experiment the other scenarios play with them. provided at the end of this booklet. They allow two to four players to You can add further details to the engage in a series of battles — from game by including some or all the heated dog ghts to dangerous Optional Rules on page 20 and using missions, with each player controlling Optional Features on page 24. These one or two spaceships. add special elements to the game, You can begin playing with the Quick from pilots’ abilities to the use of Start Rules on page 6. The Quick Start asteroid elds and planetoids. INDEX CONTENTS ......................................... 4 CHANGING DIRECTION ...................................17 SPECIAL CASES .............................................18 OVERLAPPING SPACESHIPS ...........................18 QUICK START RULES .................... 6 FIRING ..........................................................18 SETUP ............................................................6 MODIFIERS TO COMBAT .................................18 THE GAME TURN.........................................7 SPECIAL DAMAGE .........................................19 PLANNING ....................................................8 MOVEMENT ..................................................8 OPTIONAL RULES ......................... 20 FORWARD MOVEMENT ....................................9 AIMING .........................................................20 BACKWARD MOVEMENT ..................................9 ATTACK DECLARATION ...................................20 OVERBOOST ....................................................9 BLANK MANEUVER CARDS ............................20 SPECIAL CASES .............................................10 ROLLING DOUBLES ........................................20 FIRING ..........................................................10 FUEL .............................................................21 LINE OF SIGHT ...............................................10 TAILING .........................................................22 CHOOSING A TARGET .....................................11 THREE–DIMENSIONAL SPACE .........................22 DETERMINING RANGE....................................11 ELIMINATION OF A SPACESHIP .......................12 WINNING THE GAME ...............................12 OPTIONAL FEATURES ................. 24 ASTEROID FIELDS .....................................24 COMPLETE RULES .........................13 SPARSE ASTEROID FIELDS .............................24 DENSE ASTEROID FIELDS ...............................25 SETUP ..........................................................13 PLANETOIDS ..............................................26 GAME TURN ...............................................13 PILOTS .........................................................26 PLANNING ..................................................13 PILOT CARDS ................................................26 KINETIC ENERGY ...........................................14 PILOT TOKENS ...............................................27 ROTATION .....................................................14 LIMITATIONS OF NUGGETS AND ROOKIES ........27 MOVEMENT ................................................16 PILOT TALENTS AND FLAWS ..........................28 OVERBOOST ..................................................16 ROTATING THE SPACESHIP WHILE FASTER–THAN–LIGHT MOVEMENT .......30 MANEUVERING .............................................17 A LONG JOURNEY .....................................31 3 CONTENTS COLONIAL MK. II VIPER APOLLO’S MK. II VIPER CYLON RAIDER CYLON RAIDER COLONIAL MK. II VIPER COLONIAL MK. II VIPER CYLON RAIDER CYLON RAIDER SPACESHIP CARDS SPACESHIP CARDS SPACESHIP CARDS SPACESHIP CARDS VIPER MK. II VIPER MK. II RAIDER RAIDER MANEUVER DECK MANEUVER DECK MANEUVER DECK MANEUVER DECK ID ID TAGS MODEL BASES (4) STICKERS SIX–SIDED CONTROL PANELS (4) (16) AND LEVEL STANDS (16) (16) DICE (2) SPACESHIP, STAND, CONSOLE, AND SPACESHIP CARDS SPACESHIP AND CONSOLE, STAND, SPACESHIP, DAMAGE COUNTERS (40) COLLISION DAMAGE COUNTERS (16) COUNTERS COMBAT RULERS (2) RULERS 4 COLONIAL PILOT CARD CYLON PILOT CARDS (2) PILOT TOKENS (10) TALENT CARDS (31) FLAW CARDS (3) PILOT CARDS AND TOKENS SPACESHIP BASE LEVEL COUNTERS (4 SETS, TEMPLATES (4) FTL MARKERS (4) NUMBERED 1 TO 4) DRIFT RULERS (4) “DIFFICULT BLANK SHOOTING MANEUVER” USE MARKERS MARKERS MARKERS COUNTERS (4) (4) (4) (22) OTHER CARDBOARD COMPONENTS CARDBOARD OTHER ASTEROID FIELD TEMPLATES (4) THIS RULEBOOK SCENARIO BOOKLET PLANETOID TEMPLATES (4) BOOKLETS 5 QUICK START RULES SETUP Have each player take the maneuver deck Choose a at surface, with a minimum of cards with the name of their spaceship size of about 30”x30” (75x75 cm), to play on it. Discard the blank card (with a large on. A table, rug, or oor section will all star on the front) and the change direction work if the boundaries of the playing eld card (the one with the symbol): they are are clear. Use a larger area when playing used only when playing with Optional Rules with more than four spaceships, or if and Complete Rules, respectively. indicated by the scenario instructions. A Have each player take the base template tablecloth or gaming mat may be useful of his spaceship, its spaceship card, to give better stability to your gaming and a combat ruler, and keep them pieces. close at hand, near their control Read the Quick Start Rules. Then, panel. choose sides — one player is Last, take the damage Colonial, the other is Cylon. Before counters (blue color), playing your rst game, apply one and put them in an ID sticker to each spaceship base. opaque container, Have each player take a spaceship such as a large and set it upon its base (see gure cup or mug 1), inserting one or more level stands (or just place below it. them near the playing area, face SO Then, have each player take a control down in a pile). panel and insert the ID tag matching the ID sticker on its corresponding Finally, choose a base into the panel. g u r e 1 scenario to begin play. For the rst game, we recommend you play The Hand SAY of God scenario (page 5 of the Scenario “The players change, the Booklet). story remains the same.” — Leoben Conoy WE 6 ALL PLAYING WITH MORE THAN ONE SPACESHIP PER PLAYER MANEUVER CARDS If you play with two spaceships per player, the setup is the same for each spaceship you use. Each player must plan movement and keep track of damage separately for each of their spaceships. During the game, make sure to keep the components (for example, maneuver cards or damage counters) of different spaceships separated. PLAYING WITH MORE THAN TWO PLAYERS The game can also be played by more than two people. Before starting the game, divide the players into two teams — Colonial and Cylon, with the same number of spaceships in each team. Players in a team can freely communicate with each other. They can share plans and information with their teammates, either openly or secretly. Unless a scenario states otherwise, victory conditions and goals are for the entire team — not for individual players. THE GAME TURN In each game turn, players go through three steps. All players must complete Forward movement arrows each step (for example, planning), before starting the next one. 1. Plan their movement; Backward movement arrow 2. Execute their spaceship movement; 3. Fire their weapons. G–value After all ring is resolved, a new turn is started with a new planning phase. Kinetic energy SO (Complete Rules only) SPECIAL MANEUVER SYMBOLS Turn SAY Overboost Straight “So say we all!” Dif cult WE— William Adama ALL7 PLANNING “So the fate of the entire In this step, all players simultaneously human race depends upon my and secretly plan the movement of wild guess.” their spaceships. To plan each of your spaceships’ moves: — Gaius Baltar 1. Choose one card from your spaceship’s maneuver deck (or two cards, if one of them is an overboost, see below), Standing still: If you set to slider to , and place it face down next to that the spaceship will stand still. A maneuver spaceship’s control panel; card is planned anyway, to deceive the 2. Set the slider on the right side of the enemy, but the spaceship will not move. spaceship’s control panel to choose Backward movement: Some cards have its speed (see Speed Settings on the a backward movement arrow , allowing Control Panel box). the spaceship to move backward. The The control panel and chosen card (or speed slider must be set to if you want cards) are kept hidden until the start of the to use this arrow. movement step. Overboost: Overboost cards show a Forward movement: Each card has one symbol. When one of these cards or more forward
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