What is your opinion on these games?

Race for the Galaxy seems to be the original game, that deserves it‘s praise. But do you still think it‘s good by today‘s standards?

How does it compare to Roll for the Galaxy? Is the latter a more approachable version but lacks depth, like more beginner friendly dice versions of other games?

But that seems to be the case for Jump Drive, right? So far, this one looks like a family friendly approach, while still being awesome enough for more experienced players.

But then there‘s New Frontiers from Lehmann, another space themed game! This one looks a bit like an easy 3.5X game, right? Looking back, do you think all of them are worth buying? If you had to choose only one, which one would it be?

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
2 points

It’s nowhere near a 4X, barely a 1X IMHO. It’s a engine building game.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I wrote 3.5X-lite because it looks like you explore new planets and technologies, expand on them, exploit them and fight against other players…? Ofc we‘re not talking about Twilight Imperium here, that’s why I wrote „lite“ but I‘d love to see New Frontiers giving me a feel of that. I could be totally wrong, I never played it, only saw the pics on bgg.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

There’s no fighting other players in New Frontiers, exploring is abstracted to drawing from a bag, exploiting is two actions and expanding is paying the relevant cost for the tech/world

permalink
report
parent
reply

boardgames

!boardgames@feddit.de

Create post

Everything boardgames

Please stick to English for posts and comments

Community stats

  • 1

    Monthly active users

  • 358

    Posts

  • 3.5K

    Comments