Is it possible for a 6-player game of BSG + Exodus to only ever have one Cylon?

Question

So, we've got the Exodus expansion for BSG a few days ago (up until now we only played with the core), and after reading the rules I have a small thing I need clarification about: the revised rules for preparing the Loyalty deck say that in a 6-player game, we should build a deck with 2 "You are a Cylon" cards and 10 "You are not a Cylon" cards - one more "Human" card than the original game. Then, after dealing the first round of loyalty cards, the "Sympathizer" card is added to the deck.

So, in a six-player game, after the first round of dealing the cards, we will have 7 cards, and one of them is the Sympathizer card. So in theory, it is possible that one of the Cylon cards (or the Sympathizer card) will never be drawn. Since one card is added to the Loyalty deck before drawing a new Loyalty after execution, it is possible that even after an execution there will only be one Cylon on the board.

Did I get the rules for this right? Is this indeed a possible situation?

Answer 1

You are correct it is possible to have only one Cylon.

This situation can occur if one player is dealt two You Are A Cylon or Sympathizer cards, and the remaining Loyalty card with that name is the last undrawn Loyalty card.

Using the standard Execution rules for Exodus, if you were human, you would add a You Are Not a Cylon card to the Loyalty deck when selecting a new character. This won't change the possibility of having only a single Cylon though, because the Loyalty deck will still have one extra card. If you were a Cylon, you just get moved to the Resurrection Ship, keeping both your Loyalty cards, which also doesn't change the situation.

The only exception to this, is if you were playing with both Exodus, and Pegasus expansions. Step 2 is revised to hand off the unrevealed You Are a Cylon card to another player. So you would have two Cylons in the game. This is covered on page 22 regarding Handing Off Excess Loyalty Cards

Execution - The rules for execution are slightly revised for the Exodus expansion. Use the rules as they are described on page 7 of this rulebook, even when playing with the Pegasus expansion, with the following exception. During step 2, “Prove Loyalty,” a player with one or more “You Are a Cylon” Loyalty Cards reveals one and gives all his remaining facedown Loyalty Cards to a human player of his choice, as described on page 12 of the Pegasus rulebook.