
Players
2 - 5
(recommended: 3; 4)
Recommended Age
13
Playing Time
45 min
Roll for the Galaxy
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Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2–5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages his workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins! This dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy, but with the feel of the original game.
Theme: Civilization Dice Economic Science Fiction Space Exploration
Mechanics: Action Retrieval Contracts Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Dice Rolling Die Icon Resolution Follow Hand Management Race Simultaneous Action Selection Tags Tile Placement Variable Phase Order Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up Worker Placement with Dice Workers
Game Details
- Title:
- Roll for the Galaxy
- Designer:
- Wei-Hwa Huang, Thomas Lehmann
- Artist:
- Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan, Mirko Suzuki
- Publisher:
- Rio Grande Games
Awards
- 2015 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee
- 2014 Meeples Choice Award Winner
- 2014 Meeples Choice Award Nominee
- 2014 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
- 2014 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
- 2014 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
- 2014 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Nominee
- 2014 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Winner
- 2014 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Nominee