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Roll for the Galaxy

Modern Hobby Strategy Games

Roll for the Galaxy is a science fiction strategy game for two to five players designed by Thomas Lehmann and Wei-Hwa Huang and dated to 2014 by the Board Game Matcher listing. It is a dice version of Race for the Galaxy: where that game has players play cards at once, here each player secretly assigns dice to roles such as exploring, developing and settling, then reveals the choices together. The page files it under civilization, dice, economic, science fiction and space exploration categories, with dice rolling and worker placement using dice as workers. The description says it turns the card-drafting speed of its predecessor into a dice-allocation puzzle, and that games finish in under an hour, which the listing puts at about forty-five minutes.

Facts
Origin Year
2014 1
Playing Time
45 2
Designer
Thomas Lehmann 2
Designer
Wei-Hwa Huang 2
Publisher
CrowD Games 2
Publisher
Devir 2
Publisher
Games Factory Publishing 2
Publisher
Gigamic 2
Publisher
Hobby Japan 2
Publisher
Korea Boardgames 2
Publisher
Pegasus Spiele 2
Publisher
Portal Games 2
Publisher
Rio Grande Games 2
Game Category
Civilization 2
Game Category
Dice 2
Game Category
Economic 2
Game Category
Science Fiction 2
Game Category
Space Exploration 2
Game Mechanic
Action Retrieval 2
Game Mechanic
Contracts 2
Game Mechanic
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building 2
Game Mechanic
Dice Rolling 2
Game Mechanic
Die Icon Resolution 2
Game Mechanic
Follow 2
Game Mechanic
Hand Management 2
Game Mechanic
Race 2
Game Mechanic
Simultaneous Action Selection 2
Game Mechanic
Tags 2
Game Mechanic
Tile Placement 2
Game Mechanic
Variable Phase Order 2
Game Mechanic
Variable Player Powers 2
Game Mechanic
Variable Set-up 2
Game Mechanic
Worker Placement with Dice Workers 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
5 2
Classification
Player Count
Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Board Game 1
Connections

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Source Roll for the Galaxy (Board Game Matcher)
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1. Roll for the Galaxy (Board Game Matcher)
  • Game page details
    Year 2014
  • Game page details [player-count]
    Players: 2-5
  • Derived From: Race for the Galaxy, Game page description
    Roll for the Galaxy transforms the card-drafting speed of Race into a dice-allocation puzzle
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2. Roll for the Galaxy (BoardGameGeek)
  • Playing Time: 45
  • Designer: Thomas Lehmann
  • Designer: Wei-Hwa Huang
  • Publisher: CrowD Games
  • Publisher: Devir
  • Publisher: Games Factory Publishing
  • Publisher: Gigamic
  • Publisher: Hobby Japan
  • Publisher: Korea Boardgames
  • Publisher: Pegasus Spiele
  • Publisher: Portal Games
  • Publisher: Rio Grande Games
  • Game Category: Civilization
  • Game Category: Dice
  • Game Category: Economic
  • Game Category: Science Fiction
  • Game Category: Space Exploration
  • Game Mechanic: Action Retrieval
  • Game Mechanic: Contracts
  • Game Mechanic: Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
  • Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
  • Game Mechanic: Die Icon Resolution
  • Game Mechanic: Follow
  • Game Mechanic: Hand Management
  • Game Mechanic: Race
  • Game Mechanic: Simultaneous Action Selection
  • Game Mechanic: Tags
  • Game Mechanic: Tile Placement
  • Game Mechanic: Variable Phase Order
  • Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
  • Game Mechanic: Variable Set-up
  • Game Mechanic: Worker Placement with Dice Workers
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 5
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