RACE FOR THE GALAXY Strategy Discussion with UNSANE / Top Player Insight

In this video, Legendary Tactics is pleased to welcome Unsane, an insanely good player at Race For The Galaxy, who has over 5,000 games under his belt. We discuss his history with the game, and some ideas for beginner and higher level play. Check out his YouTube Channel at @unsane604
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In the card game Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing game cards in front of them that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Some worlds allow players to produce goods, which can be consumed later to gain either card draws or victory points when the appropriate technologies are available to them. These are mainly provided by the developments and worlds that are not able to produce, but the fancier production worlds also give these bonuses.

At the beginning of each round, players each select, secretly and simultaneously, one of the seven roles which correspond to the phases in which the round progresses. By selecting a role, players activate that phase for this round, giving each player the opportunity to perform that phase's action. For example, if one player chooses the settle role, each player has the opportunity to settle one of the planets from their hand. The player who has chosen the role, however, gets a bonus that applies only to them. But bonuses may also be acquired through developments, so you must be aware when another player also takes advantage of your choice of role.

[alesicamara]

Always wanted a high level podcast about race. Love learning about the game

[neiladams]

Great discussion - thank you @unsane604 and LT - I haven't played race for a while but after this interview I'm excited to get a few games in soon!

[firstlast]

Great, one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to about Race for the Galaxy,
Keep doing boyzzz, 🙏🏻🎉

[green_dragon_knight]

Thanks for the great video! It’s so valuable getting an in-depth strategy discussion of Race with someone who really knows their stuff 😊

[tayomzaro]

Honestly, I'm kind of pleasantly surprised about Unsane's take on Brink of War. The most common way I've seen and played the game using the first 'arc' was to play it with just Gathering Storm, Rebel vs Imperium, and play with 'goals' but not 'takeovers'. Anyways, great vid and discussion!

[MrNbdy]

The passion Unsane has for this game mirrors how I feel about dune classic (gf9 2019 not to be confused with dune imperium).

[regalgiant]

Bit late to the party but yeah its great, I got the game having played it once or twice over a decade ago and used the App to relearn how to play it, now I constantly play games while waiting for the bus or so on. Not played any of the expansions yet, getting my local group hooked onto the base game first.

[gregoryc.pyperjr.]

Seems like Unsane might like Slay the Spire because he gets to build his deck as he goes and adapt to it. Curious if he has tried it?

[johndoe-yweb]

If someone loves RftG, would they also like Roll for the Galaxy and/or Jump Drive, or is it a case of those two not measuring up?

[ascg]

Sorry for the novice question. But what software are you using for this game in digital format in the video?