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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.
I've dropped one deck galaxy from a 7 to a 6 after several plays. I appreciate the mechanics, but there are several elements of gameplay that leave me frustrated rather than excited. These are ultimately my personal feelings, and this isn't a review. Pros: - thematically, more enjoyable than one deck dungeon. - the dice manipulation in a solo game is fun and engaging. There is mitigation and there clearly is strategic and tactical depth to the playable races when paired to the bad guys. - Felt challenged in the gameplay, and the variability in dice & cards means gameplay is dynamic. Cons: - rulebook was very difficult to parse. - Mechanically tucking & rotating cards was fiddly - Despite the multitude of dice, often there ends up being little to do with them other than pile them on the starbase. This is made much worse when rolling many low value dice. - No scaling of encounters. Overwhelmingly often, encounters would either (a) never appear, or (b) appear early in the game at a point where they were impractical to impossible to beat. Played against The Hungry Nebula and play devolved into Studying cards to gain enough science with just dumping loads of dice on the starbase, which felt underwhelming. Or playing against the preservation society, constantly spending 5+ dice on shipbuilding. Ultimately, for me, playing one deck galaxy seems to end up being more a frustrating, rather than fun, exercise.
A spiritual succesor to One Deck Dungeon, but more polished, deep and intrincated. Although it lacks the simplicity of ODD, it offers way more player agency. You don't necessarily need to roll high if you want to win. You roll a set of dice, and the challenge is to find the best use for these dice, among a wide set of options. Strategy is crucial if you want to win. Each adversary will punish you in different ways, and each has to be confronted differently. Besides, your colonies and technologies must grow, in the correct direction, if you want to finish off the adversary. The different starting worlds and societies, imposing different goals, are nice for replay value. These goals can be very, very different, and force you to adapt your gameplay and strategy. Very solid overall. The only minor issue with the game is the way that you have to tuck the different cards beneath each other. It's cleverly designed, but can be a bit messy when there are many cards involved. I like it anyway. EDIT: Upping the score a bit. The game gets better as you play it. That's a good sign.
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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 !