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Seajay Games
Galactic Era is an epic space strategy board game with a focus on exploration, expansion and combat. The most innovative feature of the game is that you can choose to play as the "dark" or the "light" side with the appropriate consequences. You can switch your alignment during the game though, too.
The amount of luck involved in this game is very low. Combat is deterministic with hidden information (no dice are used).
Further features:
• Many paths to victory, from peaceful to warlike.
• Alignment determines how you can interact with other players: "Light" (STO) factions can ally with advanced civilizations encountered but may not interfere with primitive civilizations, are peaceful towards other STO players, are peaceful with STS players unless attacked first. "Darkness" (STS) factions can be as peaceful to aggressive as they wish, and are able to subjugate primitive planets.
• Develop your civilization in across five different technology fields: Military, Spirituality, Propulsion, Robotics and Genetics. Those who are committed a single area of specialty are rewarded with epic powers, at the highest level.
• Cooperate with other players by trading technologies.
• Choose from 17 unique factions, each with a unique power, sometimes even two (one for each alignment).
• Fog of war creates uncertainty by hiding fleets with their tactical options and advantages. Fleets have advantages over others in a Rock-Paper-Scissors fashion.
• Secret objectives give each player a surprise power, while encouraging different avenues of play.
• Highly variable game setup that influences objectives.
• A detailed and rich background story, based on testimony from secret space program whistle-blowers, UFO/ET witness accounts and channeled material.
Contents:
The amount of luck involved in this game is very low. Combat is deterministic with hidden information (no dice are used).
Further features:
• Many paths to victory, from peaceful to warlike.
• Alignment determines how you can interact with other players: "Light" (STO) factions can ally with advanced civilizations encountered but may not interfere with primitive civilizations, are peaceful towards other STO players, are peaceful with STS players unless attacked first. "Darkness" (STS) factions can be as peaceful to aggressive as they wish, and are able to subjugate primitive planets.
• Develop your civilization in across five different technology fields: Military, Spirituality, Propulsion, Robotics and Genetics. Those who are committed a single area of specialty are rewarded with epic powers, at the highest level.
• Cooperate with other players by trading technologies.
• Choose from 17 unique factions, each with a unique power, sometimes even two (one for each alignment).
• Fog of war creates uncertainty by hiding fleets with their tactical options and advantages. Fleets have advantages over others in a Rock-Paper-Scissors fashion.
• Secret objectives give each player a surprise power, while encouraging different avenues of play.
• Highly variable game setup that influences objectives.
• A detailed and rich background story, based on testimony from secret space program whistle-blowers, UFO/ET witness accounts and channeled material.
Contents:
265 Counters
234 City Miniatures
114 Hidden Ship Cards
96 Ship Miniatures
41 Wooden Pieces
17 Star People Tiles
15 Fleet Holders
13 Information Cards
6 Population Tracks
6 Home Planet Miniatures
6 Transparent Chips
6 Technology Track & Fleet Pads
2 Dice
1 Slaver's Offboard Power Track
1 Round & Points Track
1 Rulebook
1 Background Book
1 Solo Variant Book
234 City Miniatures
114 Hidden Ship Cards
96 Ship Miniatures
41 Wooden Pieces
17 Star People Tiles
15 Fleet Holders
13 Information Cards
6 Population Tracks
6 Home Planet Miniatures
6 Transparent Chips
6 Technology Track & Fleet Pads
2 Dice
1 Slaver's Offboard Power Track
1 Round & Points Track
1 Rulebook
1 Background Book
1 Solo Variant Book
Ages: 14+
Players: 1-6
Game Length: 60-120 minutes
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2 reviews
cosmic information
galactic era a 4× game, puts you in the seat of cosmic conflict with many races to choose from.i believe this game will help souls come to the realization of the real history of space not revealed in our school system.it can help spark memories of the different races in our own cosmic history.it plays solo in about 2 to 3 hours.
January 25, 2024 1:32 AM
Good Vs Evil
I doubt this will replace Twilight Imperium for fans, but it may be a good option for fans of 4x space games who are intimidated by TI's notorious complexity and game length. Galactic Era's main gimmick is the alignment system. STO (good) civilizations gain greater potential population growth but have restrictions on the planets they can colonize and their ability to declare war. STS (evil) civilizations have few restrictions on their ability to colonize and wage war but tend to gain less population overall per planet. The game progresses through three eras of galactic development over eight rounds, an era of darkness (which lasts four rounds) bookended by two eras of light (two rounds each). Each era grants bonus points for alignment and certain activities. The eras of light grant bonus points to STO civilizations and for certain research and growth actions. The era of darkness favors STS civilizations and warfare amongst the star people. I feel that the price point is a bit much, but this game gives you 17 civilizations to play with, it supports up to six players, and the layout of the double-sided sector boards helps change up every game. In addition, the game allows for quite a bit of strategic experimentation.
December 26, 2023 1:13 PM
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