The Game


Babylon 5 was an incredible science fiction TV series that first aired in the late 90s. It had 5 successful seasons, several TV movies and a spin off series, Crusade. The series centered around the ambassadors of 4 major galactic powers, the "space UN" headquarters (space station: Babylon 5), and the men and women who ran this diverse city in space.

The CCG allows 3-7 players to recreate and retell their own possible Babylon 5 saga by allowing each person to either take on the role of one of the major political powers (either via their ambassador to B5 or their home faction) and attempt to dominate the other factions using diplomacy, intrigue, military, or access to fearful and deadly ancient powers. With several expansions, the CCG really is one of the best (if not the best) war/intrigue games ever made.

Friday, April 7, 2017

Commerce Impasse FTW




  Well we had another great game come to a conclusion (not really, we play out second) a few months ago.  Basically NaFar went atomic.  I build him up to crazy levels and then turned loose something like 60 diplomacy and 70 intrigue from just my Ambassador on everyone.  

  We're getting some really good games in now.  I've sat out the two most recent games.  Right now we've got a game down to a Shadow Centauri vs Earth Vorlon slugging it out.  Our good ole Minbari Warrior Caste player in on the sidelines and the Narn player (not me :) ) got removed from play by the Centauri.

  Unrest manipulation all over the place and the Vorlons and Shadows are out in force.  29 Influence for the Human player and 28 for the Centauri, so it should be close.  Very fun to see the other guys get to play without interferance from yours truly.  I handed off my best Narn war deck to another player so we'll see if others can duplicate my success or if I've created something so weird and cryptic that it won't work in someone else's hand.... I'm pretty optimistic 
  

3 comments:

  1. Nice, I've got a group around Chicago that meets for B5 CCG a couple times a year. Good to see someone else enjoying this awesome game. Can you post your Na Far deck? I can't see how you get him up to such high stats.

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  2. I'll get this out... destiny marks and enhancements is the answer btw

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  3. Where in Chicago do you play? I am in the area as well

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