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The rule book is written a little poorly, so check out the how to play videos on YouTube. The game itself is decent, but is very dependent upon the look of your card draws. Much better dice mitigation than is one deck dungeon, but just a little bit less interesting. Not a bad game, definitely worth checking out if you find it at the right price. Just not a great game.
With the caveat that the rules are better learned in the digital edition before physical play, and that it's highly recommended to make sure you're learning off the 1.1v manual when you do eventually crack open the physical game... One Deck Galaxy is probably one of the best smallbox 1/2p coop challenge puzzle game if you enjoy dice manipulation and dice placement. The game features a set races, societies and adversaries, of different difficulty levels, that you can mesh together to create a variable difficulty as well as enhancing replayability. The core of the game extremely solid, dice all feel really good to be used all over the board, you never really feel bad for rolling even lows, because often enough, they do have a good use. It never feels like you're running down the clock hoping for another round to finally roll that set of 6's that you want and that's crucial, as the entire game pivots on the 'timer' of the Galaxy deck. Speaking of, the Galaxy deck is the lynchpin of the entire game. It acts as a timer, as counters for a lot of elements of the game, as well as just location/encounter cards for us to interact with. The deck is meant to be reshuffled, but each time you do this, the Adversary you're fighting does something really bad. It's really interesting how the game flows with these elements. If you are stockpiling too many fleets, or science, or have multiple influence on locations, that's all tracked with Galaxy cards which do NOT get shuffled in a reshuffle, you end up with a smaller deck to go through this run around, making the Adversary strike sooner. It's also really cool that while some Adversaries require you to stomp them out quickly, acting fast and leaving room for a breezy ride into the sunset for the final strike, others get harder as you progress, requiring smarter play and stockpiling, making sure the final stages are hashed out quicker. The 1P/2P modes are balanced well, and what it comes down to really is that in 2P, or more to the point using 2 races/societies instead of one, just ends up as more mental bandwidth required, with varying possibilities and a lot more to accomplish. Inherently harder to 'two hand' play 2P as solo, but also there's a reason for another player at a table, mostly just adding another mind. You can play with a single race/society with two players just fine and it might be easier with more limited options, but more powerful singular die draws. All in all, i highly recommend One Deck Galaxy for anyone looking for a heavy but compact solo/coop-vs-board experience.
Ugh. What a let down. I was hoping for One Deck Dungeon in Space... what I got feels more like work than play. The card tucking, the complicated rule set... all effort and no joy. Tried to get it to the table three times and only experienced frustration. Ended up giving it away.
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kstefan (verified owner) –
Πραγματικά ένα καταπληκτικό παιχνίδι,σ’ένα τόσο μικρό κουτάκι που χωράει ένα παιχνίδι στρατηγικής όπου με καθηλώνει για ώρες .
Επίσης έχει μεγάλη επαναλιπτηκότητα καθώς έχει πολλούς διαφορετικούς συνδυασμούς και πολύ …μα πάρα πολύ ενδιαφέροντα σενάρια με πολύ πρωτότυπη προσέγγιση !
Καθώς συμβουλεύτηκα το “BBG” (βίντεος και reviews),η βαθμολογία που του δίνουν είναι 7.2 και άποψη μου…είναι πολύ χαμηλή.
Εγώ του βάζω ένα 10 δαγκωτό !