Galactic Era | Shelfside Review
195The next competitor for Twilight Imperium & Eclipse?! This epic space board game has crazy cool gameplay mechanics! Infinite ship movement can be achieved through tech upgrades, the combat has no dice rolling randomness, and there's clever strategies and diplomacy through hidden information! The resources you get on a turn-by-turn basis are pretty familiar: grow your population on planets to have bases where you can build your fleet, then use it to get victory points through hidden and public objective cards/tiles! Of course, a tabletop experience this crazy may come with some fiddliness, but it may be worth it to explore this excellent, thoughtful combat.
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Table of Contents:
Intro & Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (2:09)
Pros - (4:43)
Cons - (27:55)
Recommender Score - (36:39)
5 Key Comparisons with TI4 & Eclipse - (39:25)
Recommender Score Finale - (42:11)
Daniel's Personal Score - (43:42)
Ashton's Personal Score - (48:16)
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Stuff Used:
Music from JohnnyDog
Song title: The Unknown Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrUt8-K8kJs
Star Fox Assault OST - Fortuna, Boss 2
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