Race for the Galaxy

《银河竞逐》是设计师汤姆·莱曼开发的一款太空题材引擎构筑卡牌桌游，常年位居权威桌游榜单前列。游戏中的诸多设计都体现了对经典传奇桌游《波多黎各》的反思与创新，其中最核心的当属其独特的“同步行动选择”回合机制。这一设计旨在减轻玩家行动顺序对策略的过度干预（例如《波多黎各》中因可变相位顺序机制导致的上家压制下家的局面），减少因玩家经验差距带来的被动局面，从而提升玩家的掌控感和游戏体验（顺便还附带一个好处，多人游戏时长不会随人数增加而线性增长，仅略微延长）。 《银河竞逐》的每轮游戏包含五个行动阶段：探索阶段（抽牌）、发展阶段（打出提供全局增益的设施牌）、殖民阶段（打出可生产货物的星球牌）、消费阶段（消费货物）以及生产阶段（生产货物）。但并非每轮都会执行全部阶段——所有玩家需暗中选择一个阶段，随后共同揭示并执行所有被选中的阶段。玩家在自身选择的阶段会获得额外收益，且所有玩家在每个阶段的行动是同步进行的。这种设计最直观的优势在于：玩家（尤其是新手）可以优先甚至专注于实施自身策略，在弱交互环境下构建引擎；而善于观察并综合决策的玩家，则能通过分析他人行动来预测后续回合的阶段走势，从而最大化自身决策的有效性。 游戏还采用了“卡牌即费用”的核心机制：打出卡牌的代价是弃置等同于其费用数量的其他卡牌。这一机制高度强调机会成本的重要性。通常一局游戏中玩家能获得30-50张牌，但实际能打出的卡牌最多12张。未被优先打出的牌将成为其他卡牌的“燃料”，长期保留特定卡牌意味着限制可用的费用资源，而较高的过牌效率则赋予玩家更灵活的选择权。总的来说，这是一场要求玩家“敢于选择，更敢于放弃”的机会成本博弈。 游戏还包含许多针对《波多黎各》的优化设计：例如滞后生产为所有玩家在下一回合提供了更多选择机会；强制消费有效避免了优势积累滚雪球效应，并抑制了过度依赖“前期构筑、后期刷分”的单调策略；每回合0-2次建造机会的可变游戏节奏；此外还包括对高费用卡牌定位与强度的精准把控，以及对优势积累和憋组合技等策略的平衡考量等，即使从未接触过《波多黎各》的玩家，也能从中感受到这些设计的精妙巧思。 我对原版桌游的卡面设计不太满意，很多信息过于抽象化、符号化，加之游戏的卡牌设计理念是“每张卡牌功能多样而非单一”，这进一步抬高了卡牌的理解门槛和学习曲线。值得庆幸的是，电子版对此进行了“史诗级优化”——不仅增加了更直观的可视化标识，还对抽象化的卡面进行了更详尽的文本描述，连原作者汤姆·莱曼都曾坦言：“电子版的UI确实在某种程度上解决了我们原版设计中存在的一些问题。”因此，电子版或许是体验这款经典卡牌佳作的最佳途径之一。

This game is a classic, I used to play the board game version with friends, this digital version is excellent, haven't ever encountered a bug while using it, very good build, and smart AI, I recommend this game.

Absolutely stellar.

Couldn't connect a multiplayer game with a friend who uses his phone or browser. A shame, as I would play it and gladly support it if that works. Great boardgame with its expansions I can recommend, but for now i'll play it through boardgamearena but would rather just buy it directly.

Quick 10-minute games.

Good card game with very confusing design. It starts to make fun as soon as you encoded the cryptic UI and symbology.

There's a lot of praise for this game in physical form so I thought I would give its digital incarnation a try. I found it confusing in terms of how to accomplish things and develop strategies. I played it for 20 minutes before uninstalling it.

The is a good implementation of the physical game. It is an entertaining short game.

[h1][b]PROS[/b][/h1] 1. Kind of RFTG Feels like it [h1][b]CONS[/b][/h1] 1. Poorly coded Interface Compared to the other RFTG apps, this is just bad.

A little over a year ago, I discovered Dominion, and fell in love. I wanted a Sci-Fi themed deck/engine builder, and I looked at Race over and over and over. Oh how I wish I pulled the trigger sooner! Only a little bit in, but it's easy to step into, and I am having a blast. While the learning curve isn't too steep, I can already see quite a bit of depth waiting to be explored. Highly recommend! It's inexpensive, and if you like the idea of a sci-fi themed deck/engine builder, you are almost certainly going to like it!