Race for the Galaxy, English Edition

Description

In Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing cards that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Each round consists of one or more of five possible phases. In each round, each player secretly and simultaneously chooses one of seven different action cards and then reveals it. Only the selected phases occur. For these phases, each player performs the action of the phase, while the selected player(s) also receives a bonus for that phase. For example, if at least one player chooses the Development action, then the Development phase will occur; otherwise, it will be skipped. In this phase, each player can simultaneously select an enterprise from their hand of cards to build. After revealing the cards, each player adds their development to their card board on the table and then discards cards from their hand equal to its cost. Each player who chose Develop discards one less card as a bonus. Explore allows a player to draw cards and select which ones to add to their hand. Settle allows a player to place a world on their board. Some worlds produce goods, represented by face-down cards, when Produce is selected. These goods can be discarded for victory points or sold to add cards to the player's hand by selecting Consume. With the cards, players can settle new worlds and build more developments, earning victory points and card powers that provide advantages in certain phases. The player who best manages their cards, phase selections, and bonuses and card powers to build the largest space empire wins. The winner is the player with the most victory points.