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Roll For The Galaxy
This dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy, but with the the feel of the original game.
- Designers: Thomas Lehmann[+1]
- Publisher: Rio Grande Games
- Artists: Martin Hoffmann[+2]
- Mechanics: Engine Building[+4]
- Categories: Economic[+4]
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I do really like this list a lot better. I do find it interesting how much movement there was for some games, but, some games had virtually no change in rank, #Roll For The Galaxy is number 8 in both lists. #The Castles of Burgundy only moved 1 spot.
In no particular order:
I've known about most of these, but the more I hear about them the better they seem. All of these sound awesome now.
Having only played #Roll For The Galaxy I would actually say go for #Spirit Island. While Roll for the galaxy wasn't bad it felt like a very solo-y experience to me. There wasn't much interaction with the other players, and although the puzzle was interesting and I didn't have a bad time by any means it didn't blow my socks off either.
I still want to try #Spirit Island and #Roll for the Galaxy.
- #Chess vs #Hive / (insert any chess-like abstract you want here)
- #7 Wonders vs #Sushi Go Party! - pure card drafting games
- #Terraforming Mars vs #Underwater Cities - medium weight, card based engine builders
- #Star Wars: Rebellion vs #War of the Ring (Second Edition) - highly asymmetrical, epic, thematic 1v1 games
- #Pandemic vs #Horrified (or other Pandemic-like co-ops)
- #Gloomhaven vs #Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition - dungeon crawlers
- #Twilight Imperium 4th Edition vs #Eclipse - epic 4X games
- #Roll For The Galaxy vs #Race for the Galaxy - variations on the same core system, both highly regarded
- #Kemet vs #Inis vs #Cyclades - highly regarded area control games from Matagot
For me, I have had #Roll For The Galaxy, #Troyes, and #Le Havre on the longest. I just really dont like spending too much on board games (I am super cheap). so much shame...
I'm just going to answer the second question about my favorite space games.
#Alien Frontiers is probably my favorite. It is also one of my wife's top games. I like dice and dice manipulation. One thing that is good about this over similar games like Kingsburg is that you aren't punished as much for low rolls. Low rolls are better in some spots so you can still be competitive.
#Race for the Galaxy #Roll For The Galaxy..
I think Race is one of the best two player games made. Being able to choose two actions is really fun. Roll is different enough to have a place in a collection too. The sell/trade is a little more straight forward and it is easier to dig for tiles you want.
#Ascending Empires I don't play a lot of 4x games, but I like this one. It is a flicky game where you flick your ships around to board to orbit and colonize planets. When getting multiple planets of the same type, your science goes up in that color and you get special powers. It also plays in under an hour. But don't take it too seriously, because the flick mechanic can be maddening at times.
#Ad Astra Advanced Settlers of Catan in space. I'd like to see a nice deluxe reprint of this game.
Man there’s too many...
I like almost any game with player boards and chunky/custom dice...
#Quantum has these and it’s a great looking game.
#Roll For The Galaxy is amazing in terms of components for these reasons too. Plus the cups and shields are really fun to have.
#Space Base is cool with the evolving player board, however it is very inconvenient to tuck card after card.
frecklefacebcb 4 days ago |
Mixed feelings. After a solo play and a two player play, I wanted to sell it, but I played it with 4 a few times and my wife won't let me sell it now. The art is fantastic, the table presence is great and the card interactions are fun.
My main issue with the game was that with 2 players, you hardly see any cards. With 4 players, you blow through the deck and I found that MUCH more enjoyable, but it does take longer. I've seen some pretty neat combinations of cards used, so there is a lot of potential there. It is definitely a game where you plan out what to do as you see the cards come to your hand and the Meadow. The meadow mechanic where there is a shared group of cards is something I quite enjoy. The complaint about "preparing for the season" does feel odd, until someone explained it to me as how different animals prepare differently and at different times for the different seasons, then I was fine with it.
I'd probably rather play #Roll For The Galaxy if it's me picking a tableau/engine builder, but I think the art really does set #Everdell apart enough. If the theme isn't interesting to you, I'd probably pass though because there are games with similar feel that have different themes.