BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

INTRODUCTION
Board Game for 2 players.
One player is the Cylons, the other is the Battlestar Galactica.

DISCLAIMER
Battlestar Galactica is a licensed trademarked property.
This is merely a fan site.

VICTORY
The Cylons win if the destroy all the fighters on the Battlestar Galactica.
The Battlestar Galactica wins if they make it to Earth with some Fighters left.

THE BOARD
The board is a line of 100 squares (or spaces) in a row.
The starting space for the Galactica is all the way to the right end. 
This is Caprica, Homeworld of the Battlestar Galactica, its crew, and the 
ragtag fleet following it.
At the opposite end of the path is the lost colony of Earth.
Every third square is considered to be a ‘Planet’ Space.
Other Squares are considered to be ‘Deep Space’.

DICE
Six sided (D6) dice are needed.

THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Use a pawn to represent the Battlestar Galactica. 
Use 15 tokens to represent the number of Viper Fighter squads on the Battlestar Galactica.
Each squad token represents 10 fighters.

CYLON FLEETS
The Cylon player starts with 4 fleets.
Cylon Fleets are represented by numbered counters.

SETUP
The Galactica and 4 Cylon Fleets start on Caprica.
Galactica starts with 15 Fighter squad tokens.


TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 5 phases:
1. Draw Phase
2. Galactica Move Phase
3. Cylon Move Phase
4. Battle Phase
5. Repair Phase

DRAW PHASE 
Both players.
You may discard any unwanted cards. 
Next, fill your hand to 8 cards.
If your deck runs out shuffle the discard and draw from it.

GALACTICA MOVE PHASE
Galactica player.
Move pawn 1D6 spaces forward. 
This is the Move Roll.
You may discard a Scout card to add or subtract one from your roll. 

CYLON MOVE PHASE
Cylon player.
Move two fleets 1D6 (Roll for each) spaces in any direction.
On a roll of 1 you may move any one of your fleets onto any 
unoccupied planet space on the board.
Discard a Move card to move additional Fleets.

BATTLE PHASE
If the Galactica is on a Space containing one or more Cylon Fleets there will be a battle.
The Galactica player rolls 2D6. This roll is the Galactica Battle Total.
The Galactica player may play (reveal) one or more Battle Cards to increase this number.
The Cylon player rolls 1D6 per Fleet present. This roll is the Cylon Battle Total.
The Cylon player may play (reveal) one or more Battle Cards to increase this number.
Players reveal their Battle Cards simultaneously.
Only one copy of a Unique card may be played.
The player with the higher battle total wins the Battle
If the Galactica won roll:
1D6	Result:
1-3	Galactica loses 0 Fighters
4-6	Galactica loses 1 Fighter Squad
One opposing Cylon Fleet is destroyed (removed from board).
If the Cylons won roll:
1D6	Result:
1-2	Galactica loses 2 Fighter Squads 
3-4	Galactica loses 3 Fighter Squads  
5-6	Galactica loses 4 Fighter Squads 
No opposing Cylon Fleets are destroyed.
Discard played cards.

REINFORCEMENT PHASE
The Galactica player may discard a Reinforcement card to get back one Fighter Squad.
If the Galactica is on a planet and did not fight this turn it may 
get back one Fighter Squad for free.
The Cylon Player may play a Fleet Reinforcement card to gain an additional Fleet.
Place the Fleet on any unoccupied planet space.


CARD LIST NOMENCLATURE
B = Battle Card
M = Movement Card
R = Reinforcement Card
U = Unique


THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CARD LIST
Card Name		#	Type	Notes	
Commander Adama  	3	BU	Battle Total +10
Captain Apollo 		3	BU	Battle Total +9
Lt. Starbuck 		3	BU	Battle Total +8
Daring Raid		4	BU	Battle Total +7
Alien Allies		4	BU	Battle Total +6
Viper Fighter Pilots	10	B	Battle Total +5
Fleet Ships		4	R	Get back one Fighter Token
Asp Scout		6	M	Add or Subtract one from Move Roll
Clue:location of Earth	3	M	Add 1D6 to Move Roll
Pegasus  		1	BU	Battle Total +20


THE CYLON CARD LIST
Card Name:		#	Type	Notes:	
Baltar			3	BU	Battle Total +10
Gold Centurion		3	BU	Battle Total +7
Cylon Raider Swarm	10	B	Battle Total +3
Cylon Base Ship		6	B	Battle Total +8
Pulsar Cannons		2	B	Battle Total +4
Alien Allies		4	BU	Battle Total +6
Cylon Trap		6	BU	Battle Total +9
The Galactica is Ablaze	2	BU	Battle Total +5
Fleet Orders		10	M	Move one Fleet 1D6 spaces
Fleet Reinforcements	2	R	Gain one new Fleet on any empty Planet space





LINKS
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica.com