Top 10 Race for the Galaxy Cards - with Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel takes a look at his top 10 favorite cards to play down on his quest for interplanetary conquest and commerce in Race for the Galaxy.

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[BlueGiantMedia]

I also really like the 6 cost development that reduces the cost of technology by 2 and scores points for every other development or 6 cost development. I just love the development strategy in general.

[xobxob]

Cannot believe Galactic Federation is not on this list

[frwololo]

Tom I just watched your Race For the Galaxy review from almost 10 years ago, and it's insane how much your youtube presentation skills and production value have increased!

[yavivanov]

I like the one development, which lets you trade 3 different kinds of goods for 3VP, and draws a card for each different produced good in the V phase.

[louielar]

Love this series
Waiting for Top Ten Dominion Cards!

[danwa]

This game is lit, the Replicant Worlds and Alien Uplift camp are amazing in my book. thanks for another great video Tom :)

[mr.horseshoe]

Great video, Tom! I still play the app a few times a week. I am still horrible, but I don't get bored!

[prerecordedeulogy]

I was hoping Uplift Code would show up. I scramble to make that card work whenever it shows up. Love it.

[andrewroy]

Gem Smugglers is a pretty bizarre choice for this as it's not very strong, and it is wild that Galactic Federation and Alien Toy Shop both aren't mentioned, and they're certainly two of the best cards in the game.

[AndyPymont]

I can't believe Galactic Federation didn't even make the top 10! Of course you see it a bit less if you're playing with the whole of arc 1 than you do in just the base game, but it's a fantastic card with a really useful development discount and it scores well in basically every tableau. There are few cards which are as consistently useful regardless of strategy.

[StoneTempleGlyph]

I like "Alien Oort Cloud Refinery" especially with a sell ability on another card in the tableaux.

[DarthEd]

I was kind of shocked to see "Tourist World" on this list. This isn't a card I put into play often. It's too expensive and situational for me. I really need a way to convert resources into points in the mid- to late game for me to do so. Even so, I feel there are better options for that. "Replicant Robots" is one of my favorites. I'm also a fan of the cards that decrease the cost of developments. I forget the name.

[aprilw]

Which expansion is the Pan-Galactic Research card from? I only have expansion 1 and I feel I need that card. lol

[Penceos]

From arc 1 I'd include Interstellar Cassus Belli, Imperium Planet Buster, Pan-Galactic Mediator, Terraforming Engineers, and Doomed World. Also it's not one card, but "every single 2 military uplift windfall world."

Plus if Tom had kept Alien Artifacts we could have seen Wormhole Prospectors and the never-useful but always-intriguing Tranship Point! :)

[macmacox]

tourist world is in my top 10
new galactic order I play if I start with new sparta or have 3+ military already. I used to play pan galactic research more often but I may try to get it out more often even if it doesn't mesh with my overall strategy in the particular game.
my absolute favorite cards are diversified economy, gem world, consumer markets, galactic survey seti, expedition force, and spice world
the 4th expansion is garbage.. the 5th is actually pretty good.

[jjcc]

At first I expected them to be all from the base game.

[tedheinrich]

whaaaat?!?!
You forgot
GALACTIC TRENDSETTERS
#1
rip daft punk

[tedheinrich]

Galactic Trendsetters
is best
#1
rip daft punk