| Min number of participants | 3 |
| Age | 14+ yrs. |
| Safety support by adult | Not required |
| Min duration | 2 h |
| Cost | Medium |
| Environment | Indoor / Outdoor |
Crew the Galactica and lead humanity to Kobol — but hidden Cylon agents among you are secretly sabotaging the mission, making this one of the most tense social deduction and cooperation games ever made.
Assign character sheets randomly and keep your loyalty card secret until you choose to reveal it, since the hidden traitor mechanic only works if players cannot immediately tell who is human and who is a secret Cylon agent. Read your character's special skills and starting skill checks before the game begins, since each character has a unique ability that shapes how you should play and forgetting it wastes a significant advantage. Pay close attention to what cards other players play during skill checks, since a suspicious card played at the wrong moment is often the clearest evidence of a hidden Cylon and missing these tells makes it much harder to identify the traitor. Track the ship's resources, food, fuel, morale, and population, closely as a group, since letting any one resource hit zero ends the game immediately regardless of how well individual players are doing. Do not reveal you are a Cylon the moment you draw that loyalty card, even though it can be tempting, since playing along as a hidden threat for as long as possible is what makes the hidden roles genuinely tense and fun for everyone. Use the jump track and distance-to-target track as your shared countdown, since reaching the final jump is one of humanity's main win conditions and losing sight of that pressure leads the group to focus only on immediate crises.
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