Beschrijving
One Deck Galaxy
One Deck Galaxy is a co-op space civilization-building game using only cards, dice, and tokens. Each card in the deck represents both a location in space your civilization has scouted, but also the benefits it could reap by colonizing or studying it. These benefits increase your ability to roll dice and manipulate them, and help your civilization grow stronger. When the deck runs out, the era advances and your foes become more dangerous. If you’re not ready, they may overwhelm you and send your empire into decline before it can become truly great!
Your civilization has reached the stars, and your population is hungry for discovery. Explore, colonize, research — but be sure to build up your strength to be ready for the dangers that await!
Gameplay
One Deck Galaxy is all about choice. That starts with setup, where you’ll build a unique combination of a Homeworld and Society Type to pair together, and an Adversary to face. Once you’ve got a few games under your belt, you can even decide to flip over the Adversary to its Hard Mode side!
Every turn, you’ll be rolling a set of dice to create your pool. These dice can be used for many different purposes, and choosing how and where to apply your efforts is the central mechanic of the game. The corner of your Homeworld card displays icons showing what dice you’ll be rolling. If you’ve played One Deck Dungeon, the layout might look a little bit familiar!
The Starbase allows you to use dice that won’t quite fit elsewhere. With multiple dice of the same value, you can build fleets. You can also toss dice with any value into the Starbase’s Research Lab. If there’s a Location in play that you can’t make progress on, you can Study it instead to make space for a new card. You’re exploring the galaxy, building ships, doing science, settling new colonies, and discovering new technologies. Meanwhile, your Adversary is looming, growing in strength. Each has its own unique rules for how they’ll oppose your efforts, and a set of Adversary Events – one of which will pop up each time you reshuffle the Galaxy Deck.
Summarised
Each game of One Deck Galaxy plays out differently, depending on your choices of Adversary, Homeworld, and Society. The Adversaries have an even more challenging version for once you think you’re ready! Good luck, and may your Federation be strong and prosperous.
