raceforthegalaxy RftG
Worlds await! Colonize, develop and conquer, taking advantage of others' choices.
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.
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 2 - 6
Game duration: 6 mn
Complexity: 4 / 5
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Rules summary
In Race for the Galaxy players are competing civilizations exploring space, discovering planets to conquer or settle, building an economy by consuming a planet's goods and building developments.
The object of the game is to earn the most victory points from planets and developments played in their tableau, by consuming goods, and from bonuses from special developments.
There are five phases to choose from: explore, develop, settle, consume and produce. Players pick one phase per turn (two phases in a two-player game). Then everyone plays only the chosen phases in phase order. Players that chose each phase get an extra benefit. At the end of each round players with more than 10 cards discard down to 10 and a new round begins.
The game continues until any player has played 12 cards on their tableau or when the VP pool is exhausted. At the end of that round points are added up. The player with the most points is the winner!
In case of a tie, the player with the most goods on the board plus cards in hand wins.
You may drag a good (single-coloured small card) to a consumption power to consume it.
Summary of Phases
Explore = draw 2 cards; keep 1, discard the other Develop = place and pay for a development Settle = place and pay for a world, receiving any windfall good as indicated Consume = use consume powers if possible, typically to discard goods for victory point chips Produce = place a good on each world without a good that produces one
Phase Bonuses
These are the bonuses you gain for choosing each phase: Explore = draw 5 additional cards OR draw 1 additional card and keep 1 additional card Develop = discard 1 less card when paying for the development Settle = draw 1 card after settling a world Consume = Gain double victory points for consumed goods OR trade by discarding a good from play to draw cards equal to its trade value (bonuses from $ row apply) Produce = Produce a good on one windfall world that does not already have a good
Summary of Goods
Yellow = Alien Tech (trade value = 5) Green = Genes (4) Brown = Rare Elements (3) Blue = Novelty Goods (2)
