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'{{short description|Board games}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox Game | name = ''Battlestar Galactica:'' <br /> ''The Board Game'' | image = [[File:Battlestar Galactica The Board Game, Cover Art.jpg|center|250px]] | caption = Cover of ''Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game'' | designer = Corey Konieczka | publisher = [[Fantasy Flight Games]] | date = 2008 | genre = [[Board game]] | language = English, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Chinese | players = Base game: 3–6 players (additional possible with certain expansions) | setup_time = Base game: 10 minutes (+ 5 minutes with expansions) | playing_time = Base game: 120–240 minutes (first time could be double) | random_chance = Some | skills = [[Bluffing]], [[Cooperative|Co-operative Play]], [[Deductive reasoning|Deduction]], [[Dice|Dice Rolling]], [[Negotiation]], Hand Management | website = {{Official website|https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/battlestar-galactica/}} | footnotes = }} '''''Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game''''' is a board game created by Corey Konieczka and first published by [[Fantasy Flight Games]]<ref>[https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/battlestar-galactica/ Fantasy Flight Games – ''Battlestar Galactica The Board Game'']</ref> in 2008 based on the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]].<ref>[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111/battlestar-galactica-board-game 2008 version at Board Game Geek- ''Battlestar Galactica The Board Game'']</ref> The game is now out-of-print. Players take the roles of characters from the series, trying to guide the [[Battlestar Galactica|''Galactica'']] and its fleet to its destination, while combating the [[Cylon (reimagining)|Cylons]] and other crises threatening it. One or more players are secretly enemy Cylons, who win if the humans fail to achieve their objective. There was an earlier board game of the same name released in 1978 based on the original series [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|''Battlestar Galactica'' (1978 TV series)]]<ref>[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2688/battlestar-galactica 1978 version at Board Game Geek – ''Battlestar Galactica Board Game'']</ref> by Parker Brothers with a completely different game play design. ==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 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''<nowiki/>'s brig and a revealed Cylon can still be disruptive after returning to their home fleet via the [[List of spacecraft in Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)#Resurrection Ship|Resurrection Ship]]. Players move around the ''Galactica'' and ''[[Colonial One]]'' as well as piloting [[Colonial Viper|Vipers]] in space around the main ship. The aim of the game for human players is to [[Jump drive|jump]] the fleet several times so as to reach the planet of [[Kobol#Reimagined series|Kobol]], without the ''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 [[Battlestar Galactica (season 1)|first season]]. Players can gain and lose the titles of Admiral and President which give them additional powers and control over certain decisions. ==Expansions== Three expansions have been 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) each, and several new mechanics, such as the [[Battlestar Pegasus|Battlestar ''Pegasus'']], the Final Five Cylons, and the explorer ship ''Demetrius''. Thematically, ''Pegasus'', ''Exodus'', and ''Daybreak'' respectively add content relating to the show's [[Battlestar Galactica (season 2)|second]], [[Battlestar Galactica (season 3)|third]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (season 4)|fourth]] seasons. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/battlestar-galactica/ ''Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game'' official site] * {{bgg|37111|''Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game''}} {{Battlestar Galactica}} [[Category:Fantasy Flight Games games]] [[Category:Science fiction board games]] [[Category:Cooperative board games]] [[Category:Battlestar Galactica| ]] [[Category:Board games introduced in 2008]]'