First off, let me just make it clear that this is purely a fun post, and I don't intend to put down the game or anything like that...in fact, I love this game!

I've played about three full games now, and one of those games I got dealt the You Are a Cylon card right off the bat. It was a three person game, and I was the President (luckily). I tricked one player into using an Executive Order card on me, so that I could, quote on quote, "help with the attacking cylon fleet." Turns out, I had a Quoram card that allowed me to send a character to the brig...so, I used it as my first action. Second, I revealed myself as a cylon, and sent the last player to the brig, as the action on the You Are a Cylon card told me I could do.

Anyways, my point is that for some reason after - and sometimes during - the game, I felt horrible for tricking the other players (who were close family members), and ultimately sending them both to the brig! Yeah, yeah, I know the whole point of being a cylon is to kill off the human race, but maybe it was just my personality that wouldn't let me accept myself as a cylon

My question is this then: Do you enjoy being a scientific experiment gone wrong, sowing discreet yet crippling destruction across Galactica? Or maybe you enjoy helping the human race reach Earth safely, while fighting endlessly against the "toasters"? Which do you prefer?

I certainly enjoy the Cylon aspects over the human ones.

If you're a human, it feels like an auto-play scenario in terms of action choices. Generally speaking, one of your actions will be superior to the others, and if you don't do it, you're not helping your fellow humans out at all. Typically, Executive Order is your first choice, while other choices may be hopping into a viper (if you're a pilot), or using Weapons Control to deal with troublesome Cylon ships. The rest of the time, you're usually drawing up, or repairing damage to the Galactica, or using Presidential abilities. The game is certainly enjoyable as a human, ferreting out the Cylons is the biggest draw for me, while being a human. After the Cylon players are revealed, the game is pretty cut and dried: you take your best action whenever you can, and move to the locations most likely to be useful multiple times (weapons control, communications or command, or the Colonial One) before you executive order another player. There is only one dimension to truth and playing a human: do your best to aid the fleet (and watch for suspicious activity).

If you're an unrevealed Cylon, the game has far more to it. If truth has one dimension, untruth has all the others There's the consideration of keeping yourself hidden while doing significant damage, appearing to be helpful while not really being so (and being just helpful enough to avoid suspicion), framing/accusing other characters, and finally watching for the big break to reveal yourself, the point at which you can do the most damage to the Galactica and the humans.

Hmm, not sure I can choose. Both sides seem really fun.

I will say there is nothing quite as awesome as being a human when the humans pull off a win though.

While I love being a Cylon I find it to be a lot of pressure , because the game is yours to lose.

Things have worked out happily for me here. Of course, I wanted to be a Cylon right away and see how that worked. I got my wish in the early games. That's still interesting, but after seeing the humans constantly smacked down, I was keen to give them a go and pull off a win. That's what my last few games have been like. Now I'm in a happy place where I don't care which team I'm on.