It’s the same game, but with a slick new look, new rulebook (the designer and his rulebooks are legendary for their cynical snark and sense of humor in teaching each game), and better components, all in a package for under $30 MSRP. But it is a swift experience you could play this in 15-20 minutes, especially if you only do one or two rounds of the build a ship/hit the road cycle for each round.ĬGE acknowledged the legendary status of the original game by re-releasing Galaxy Trucker to modern audiences this fall. I loved it, but I probably loved it because the AI was forgiving and no one else got to watch my garbage spaceships break apart and get sabotaged by pirates throughout each journey. Galaxy Trucker was first released in 2007 the game is so tough to get to physical tables that my first experience with it was playing the app on an old Android tablet years ago. In the case of Mage Knight and Through the Ages, we just have to agree that a lot of the fun-or “fun” as the case may be-comes from a brutal teach and some brutal gameplay. Everyone knows how hard a game Galaxy Trucker is to put on the table, and it’s been that way for years.ĭesigner Vlaada Chvátil has made, to many, some of the best games of all time: Mage Knight Board Game, Dungeon Petz, Through the Ages, and the Codenames series (such as XXL, Duet, etc.). And I’ll be honest: one of the quotes above is from someone who works for the game’s publisher, CGE ( Adrenaline, Letter Jam, Pulsar 2849). Look, Meeple Mountain has previously acknowledged that Galaxy Trucker IS brutal. “Yeah, it’s a tough one to get to the table.”
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