Roll For The Galaxy is a hard digo-board game to learn – but it's worth it!Jul 9, 2020 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun There was a period about two years ago where I’d play a few games of the digital version of Race For The Galaxy every single day after work. It’s a very fiddly board game about conquering space by building planets and industrial developments, as represented by your tableau of up to 13 cards. The game ends when that thirteenth card goes down, at which point everyone works out who is the master of space by counting up how many victory points they have. Some board games are dry like that. It’s an obstacle. Recently, I’ve been playing the upcoming digo-version of Roll For The Galaxy. Race is a classic, and Roll is its funky sequel that spins up some of the same ideas in a way that is very nearly as good. I can see myself playing a lot of it, while also struggling to recommend it to anyone I know. (more…) Have You Played Race For The Galaxy?Jun 30, 2020 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Race For The Galaxy was the first game I played that forced me to use my plans as currency. What a concept! (more…) Race 2nd Edition (Patch 10/15/18)Oct 15, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsThis update brings Race in line with the recently released 2nd Edition of the physical version. The base set has balance tweaks to a few cards. - Biohazard Mining Guild - cost/vp reduced: 3/2 -> 2/0 - Black Market Trading World - cost/vp reduced: 3/2 -> 2/1 - Imperium Armaments World - cost reduced 4 -> 3 - Merchant Guild - added VP bonus of 1vp/good in empire - Outlaw World - added +1 Military power Added small 'moon icons' to worlds card to help with color-blindness. Fixed bug with the interaction of Galactic Scavengers and Pay Good to Reduce Cost powers. Games started before the patch will continue to use the 1st edition cards. All new games post-patch will use the 2nd edition.Patch 1/10/18 (1436)Jan 10, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsMinor patch to correct issues found with the expansion. - Recompute stats option - Improved 6 cost dev calculations with oort world - Many fixes to the OK button being incorrectly available (which could lead to corrupt games) - Log 'page 0' shows the game creation parameters - Arrow keys scroll through zoomed cards (thanks Tridenz!) - Other minor fixes and improvementsPatch 1/10/18 (1436)Jan 10, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsMinor patch to correct issues found with the expansion. - Recompute stats option - Improved 6 cost dev calculations with oort world - Many fixes to the OK button being incorrectly available (which could lead to corrupt games) - Log 'page 0' shows the game creation parameters - Arrow keys scroll through zoomed cards (thanks Tridenz!) - Other minor fixes and improvementsBrink of War ExpansionDec 14, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsThe third Race expansion, Brink of War is now available! As conflicts spread, galactic prestige becomes all-important, both to extract concessions and to fend off attackers. Meanwhile, the Alien departure point is located and the Uplift Overseers arise. Can you build the most prosperous and powerful space empire in a galaxy on the brink of total war? This third expansion includes four new starting worlds, thirty six new developments to build and worlds to settle, five new goals, and prestige. Prestige adds a new way to earn victory and gain the advantage against opponents. A powerful new action, Search, lets players find particular types of cards to compliment their galactic strategies.Brink of War ExpansionDec 14, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsThe third Race expansion, Brink of War is now available! As conflicts spread, galactic prestige becomes all-important, both to extract concessions and to fend off attackers. Meanwhile, the Alien departure point is located and the Uplift Overseers arise. Can you build the most prosperous and powerful space empire in a galaxy on the brink of total war? This third expansion includes four new starting worlds, thirty six new developments to build and worlds to settle, five new goals, and prestige. Prestige adds a new way to earn victory and gain the advantage against opponents. A powerful new action, Search, lets players find particular types of cards to compliment their galactic strategies.
