BGG rank #159 · 2014

Roll for the Galaxy

Roll for the Galaxy (2014) is #159 in the BoardGameGeek Top 1000: 2–5 players, 45 min, ages 13+. Designed by Wei-Hwa Huang, Thomas Lehmann.

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Year: 2014
Players: 2–5
Play time: 45 min
Age: 13+

About the game

Game description from the publisher:Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2–5 players.

Summary courtesy of BoardGameGeek, where you can read the full description, reviews and forums.

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Mechanics

Action Retrieval Contracts Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Dice Rolling Follow Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Phase Order Variable Player Powers Worker Placement with Dice Workers

Categories

Civilization Dice Economic Science Fiction Space Exploration

Designers

Wei-Hwa HuangThomas Lehmann

Artists

Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan, Mirko Suzuki

Publishers

Rio Grande Games, CrowD Games, Devir, Games Factory Publishing, Gigamic, Hobby Japan, Korea Boardgames, Pegasus Spiele, Portal Games

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