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Can a revealed Cylon still use his character card abilities?

The designer ruled on this in 2008, and the rulebook's revealed-turn section says the same thing.

  • Mendosa · Designer · 2008-08-26
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game rulebook · Rulebook · Revealed Cylon Players' Turns
  • bleached_lizard · Community · 2008-12-12
  • Dugy · Community · 2009-01-03
  • Tanone · Community · 2010-03-17
  • David Goldfarb · Community · 2011-09-30
  • James McMurray · Community · 2010-07-24

No — once a Cylon is revealed, the abilities on his character sheet are ignored for the rest of the game, positive and negative alike. That covers once-per-game abilities and things like Laura Roslin's extra card look, and a revealed Sympathetic Cylon in Pegasus loses his too. He draws and plays Skill Cards without those bonuses.

“No, a player may not use any character abilities once revealed.”

— Mendosa, designer

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