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Rio Grande Games  |  SKU: RIO301

Race for the Galaxy (Second Edition)

$34.95 CAD

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Description

Designer Thomas Lehmann
Publisher Rio Grande Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 30-60 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up
Honors
Expansions
Accessories The Broken Token - Race for the Galaxy Organizer The Broken Token - Race for the Galaxy Organizer with Bits Box

The Broken Token - Race for the Galaxy Bits Box
Meeple Realty - Galaxy Racer Planet

Additional Info BoardGameGeek (Images, Videos, Reviews)


In the card game Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing game cards in front of them that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Some worlds allow players to produce goods, which can be consumed later to gain either card draws or victory points when the appropriate technologies are available to them. These are mainly provided by the developments and worlds that are not able to produce, but the fancier production worlds also give these bonuses.

At the beginning of each round, players each select, secretly and simultaneously, one of the seven roles which correspond to the phases in which the round progresses. By selecting a role, players activate that phase for this round, giving each player the opportunity to perform that phase's action. For example, if one player chooses the settle role, each player has the opportunity to settle one of the planets from their hand. The player who has chosen the role, however, gets a bonus that applies only to him. But bonuses may also be acquired through developments, so one must be aware when another player also takes advantage of his choice of role.

Customer Reviews

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Matthew
Falls a bit short

Firstly, I know that a lot of people like this game. I have to give kudos to the creator for delving into such a theme and for creating this idea, it's not easy to do. I think some concepts are good. I especially like the idea that the game ends after the twelfth card is built, this makes the game a little less long in the app.

Secondly, I have only played this game in the app, so to be fair I haven't played it as a table top.

However, after a quite a few play throughs in the app, I find that I am not very fond of this game. I dislike that you have to filter through cards so much in this game, and that that is a central component to an action you take as well as a power that the cards give you. I find that this is quite limiting to what you can achieve on your turns, and it also forces you to burn through cards that would rather kept other than what you have already been dealt. I don't know if it is supposed to be played this way but that is how it's resented in the app. I find that I have a hard time getting invested in each turn as result of this mechanic.

Spoiler alert, I may have some bias here, but I am not sure how much love the space age theme in a game (I think I prefer it in film or a book). I have to play a few more games to figure this out not that is important here. Either way I find that the theme and mechanics of this game are a bit daunting. The fact that it relies on symbols, I think would make it worse as a table top( her woman thinking of games like Ortus Regni which do the same). That's not impossible to do, but it would be very irritating to have to go through the rules again and again when trying to teach the game to someone who is playing it for the first time. This would make if far less accessible to new players and someone who is not entirely interested in the theme. Soni don't think it would work for my gaming.

Personally I think the theme in Arctic Scavengers is far better than this.

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A.

Way too messy. Really need to read the rule book several times before play.

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Paul Karpontinis
Enjoyable but much more complex than it seems.

I enjoy this game, but it is difficult to score and has a steep learning curve.

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Duy Anh Le
8.5/10

Extreme steep learning curve, but has potential to develop many tactics when we got familiar with the game. Really love to play more.

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JP Bergeron
Excellent

By far most played game ever