Learning Game Design™

Invisible Elegancy

Race for the Galaxy is another card game of recent times that has really struck a chord. Already sporting two expansions, it has been playtested and experimented on to death and even the expansions were ready before RftG was even published. It is a game of subtle elegance, which looks like a solitaire game with multiple people for the new players, but once it opens up the subtle and often important interactive elements pop up.

I didn’t like it at first, but it has grown on me, just like any other good boardgame.

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