The new Battlestar Galactica RPG was a long time coming, and for a while, it seemed as legendary (and as likely to be found) as Earth is in the television series. But Margaret Weis Productions was selling the game at GenCon, and the general public should be able to get their hands on it by September.

Today's Game Day will see me putting the copy I picked up at the convention to good use as I get behind the screen to run a playtest. I was able to play the game at GenCon, and greatly enjoyed it. Our ground-pounding adventure saw a bunch of Colonial Marines and their Viper pilot captain fighting Centurions, liberating a number of prisoners, and eventually breaking for orbit aboard a stolen transport. The game played fast and furious at GenCon, and its Plot Point mechanic -- which allows players to modify their dice rolls and even bid for minor changes to the story -- proved itself an excellent tool for encouraging role-playing and dramatic play.