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Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry
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Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry

Requires:Roll for the Galaxy

Designed by Wei-Hwa Huang, Thomas Lehmann

Published by Rio Grande Games, Pegasus Spiele

Expansion
Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach
Components: Dice With Swappable Faces

Community Snapshot

Medium complexity
30–60 min
7.6 on BGG (597)

Categories

Civilization
Guide a civilization through ages of development — technology, culture, and expansion.
Dice
Dice rolling is a core mechanism — outcomes depend partly on luck.
Economic
Buy, sell, trade, and invest — manage money and markets to build wealth.
Expansion for Base-game
This is an expansion — requires the base game to play.
Science Fiction
Futuristic settings — space travel, alien worlds, advanced technology.
Space Exploration
Explore the cosmos — colonize planets, navigate space, and discover the unknown.

Designed for 2–5 players and playable in 30–60 min, Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry delivers a medium experience that earned a 5.9 on BGG.

How It Plays

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

You start with a basic set of cards or tokens and gradually add better ones — watch your engine grow stronger over time.

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Simultaneous Action Selection

Everyone chooses their action at the same time and reveals together — no waiting around, and plenty of surprises.

Variable Phase Order

The order of game phases can change each round depending on player choices — keeps everyone on their toes.

Variable Player Powers

Each player has unique abilities that make their experience different — finding the best way to use yours is half the fun.

Worker Placement

You place your workers on action spaces to claim them before anyone else — it's a scramble for the best spots!

About This Game

Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry, the second expansion for Roll for the Galaxy, consists of three expansions in one box. First, it adds expansion content to the base game: 62 more game dice, a new die type, start factions, home worlds, and more than double the number of game tiles for the bag as in Ambition, the first expansion for Roll. This material is compatible with Ambition, but that expansion is not required to play Rivalry.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Game: Race for the Galaxy

Players

2-5

Play Time

30-60 min

Complexity

3.5 / 5

Rating

7.6

Year

2019