Race for the Galaxy
Race for the Galaxy is a strategy boardgame where players advance their empire by playing cards to build technological developments or to settle planets. Its core mechanic is a phase choosing game. Players secretly and simultaneously determine which one of seven phases they will lock in, all reveal at once, then execute the phases in order. Will you build an engine to ramp up VP generation on cheapo production planets? Will you invest in exploration and settle rare and valuable VP rich planets? Or will you rush a military conquest to cut off your opponents before they have a chance to develop their strategy?
Game Features
▪ 2 – 4 player with network multiplayer
▪ Single player mode with advanced neural network AI
▪ Five starting worlds and ninety settlement and development cards
▪ Free promo pack included: New Worlds with six additional starting planets
▪ Gathering Storm and Rebel Vs. Imperium expansions available immediately
Pat and Glai do a full playthrough of the card game Race for the Galaxy. We will explore the galaxy, develop technologies, settle planets and produce, trade and consume goods in order to build the most powerful empire.
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Start of game: 04:35
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RACE FOR THE GALAXY | Board Game | 2-Player Playthrough | Building Space Empires (Ep. 47)
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16 users comment on this video
@nicklee9929
Another great video! I really love watching your playthroughs. I have a question. At 5:11, why did you take 8 cards and keep 2 instead of taking 10 cards and keeping 3 cards?
@michaelturton
This game is incredibly confusing. First move, and already I don't understand why with the exploration cards, Glai draws three and keeps two, but Pat with same card down, only get to keep 2. Why doesn't Pat get to keep 3? (1/5) + (2/3). I guess I am asking why Glai got the bonus. What determines that?
@rodneydunn9611
I just got this game and I’m looking forward to my first play through. I do have a question. Early on, both explore cards were played by each of you. You drew 8 cards and kept 2. Why wasn’t it 10 cards and keep 2? Including bonuses I count 7 for the first explore card, and 3 for the other explore card, keeping 2.
@WakeUpSmellTheCoffee
I don't know if anyone's ever mentioned it, but your videos are always better to me because you zoom in on all your cards. I REALLY appreciate that, especially when I'm watching it on my small little phone. Or when it's cast onto the TV and I'm sitting a bazillion feet away.
@philipmorris8295
Nice Playthrough. Very explanatory. I especially liked that you showed the played cards. Hieronymus in the comment section notified you already about the rule mistakes he caught.
I think I found another one. The consume-power of Tourist world has to be used as follows: Trade 2 goods -> Get 3 victory points
@tdarben
Great playthru again. Im finding consume 'trade' unclear as to when to activate the $ row actions. At 11.50 when Glai activates her trade $ sell should glai have added +2 extra cards to her 4 from selling the green produce considering Glai had the star nomad raiders card considering this card has a $ action? And at 19.10 ish did Glai forget to consume her 1 product card after Pat consumed his cards?
@simpsonplays6193
The guy looks like Joe Pesci
@RAY19740
Thankful for you its. Rare to see new video gameplay for the game questions when we have to discard 10 card and why' ? i don't understand this stage ? what end round mean ? Because i don't see you discard anything except for payment
@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous
It should be noted that each player has 2 Develop and 2 Settle action cards.
If a player plays both of them in a round, that phase will happen twice.
(With more than 2 players, players only have one of each, and still have
both Explore action cards, but can only ever use one of them at a time.)
@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous
The settle discount on Mining Robots is only for brown (non-military) worlds.
Note that its circle showing the discount is brown, unlike Replicant Robots' white circle.
(This is not the only such single-color discount power.)
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(9:56 To be precise, Glai could not sell a good even if she had one,
because only the player who chose the Trade bonus gets to sell.)
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15:14 The card from Investment Bank is meant to be drawn before
placing your development (it's potentially more useful that way, too).
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20:19 Only the player who played the Trade card gets to sell a good,
but the other player must also use as many of their Consume powers
as possible. In this case, Glai was supposed to have used the power
on Epsilon Eridani to get one VP and one card for her one good
(that was her only usable Consume power).
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22:20 Glai was supposed to get a card for producing on that world.
(By the way, it might not be good to say that a windfall world
"produces a good" when it is placed, as this could possibly lead to
confusion about abilities that trigger when a world produces a good.)
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(26:05 Four.)
@danielschaublin
I saw this game digitally a while back, but at the time I tried it, I couldn't make sense of the icons on the cards. But, thanks to this video, it cleared up what some of the cards do (and some of the rules mentioned in the rulebook).
Thanks for the video. Also to ask, there's 2 games that I heard of that I though I would share:
1. Dune: Imperium
2. Clank: A deck-building game
3. Hero Realms (Star Realms sister game, made by the same people)
4. Cubitos
Have you heard of either of these games, and if so, could they be possible ideas for future gameplay videos?
@LordVader07
Hi
Great job and nice video! Just one thing:
From 6:21 Pat, you placed "Mining robots". It allows discount, but ONLY FOR BROWN planets. And I think, you've applied it to every next planet - I guess that's a mistake
@bernardgodfrey3499
Great game, very close. I've only ever played the digital version vs the AI, very atmospheric.
@andrewwalsh531
I watched this video last night & didn't get a chance to comment until now. First off, great job (as usual), w/ a minimum of fanfare & hoopla, you guys just get to the point & play....I like that! Personally, I find it very difficult to wrap my head around the produce, consume, & trade powers in this game. It seems very difficult for me to understand & use the powers optimally. Usually I just grab a bunch of cards w/ large victory points & try to be the first to play twelve cards. I'm sure I don't play the game very well but I do enjoy it & find if fun despite being clueless about how to use synergy & do things wisely. I suppose that comes w/ time? Also it probably helps to read a rulebook every once in awhile but that is a discussion for another day lol. FYI the digital edition is pretty good, I find games like this (for me) are worthwhile considering in the digital edition where the constant dealing & handling of cards can be cumbersome. Also the app helps in tracking what you & others have, scoring, etc. So a thumbs up for the app for those that might be interested.
@nicolasguay7570
I bought the new edition from Matagot yesterday and this playthrough was exactly what I was looking for ! I can't wait to play my first game, thanks guys.
@EfrainRiveraJunior
This game's luck seems to be too high for me to enjoy.