Race for the Galaxy

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Race for the Galaxy

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Designers	Tom Lehman
Illustrators	Claus Stephan Martin Hoffmann Mirko Suzuki
Publishers	Rio Grande Games
Players	2 to 4
Setup time	2 minutes
Playing time	30–60 minutes
Chance	Medium
Skills	Economic management, strategic thought

Race for the Galaxy (RftG), or simply Race, is a card game designed by Thomas Lehmann. It was released in 2007 by Rio Grande Games. Its theme is to build galactic civilizations via game cards that represent worlds or technical and social developments. It accommodates two to four players by default although expansions allow for up to six players, as well as solo play. The game uses iconography in place of language in some places, with complex powers also having a text description. While appreciated by experienced players for being concise, some new players find the icons difficult to learn and to decipher.^[1]

The game won Boardgamegeek's Golden Geek Award for best card game,^[2] Fairplay Magazine's À la carte award for best card game of 2008,^[3] and was described by the magazine Tric Trac as "Le jeu de cartes de cette année 2008" (The card game of the year 2008).^[4]