2014 · Civilization
Roll for the Galaxy
Players use dice as a workforce to develop technologies, settle planets, and produce and ship goods in a bid to expand a space empire. Each round players secretly assign their dice to actions, resolve them with a simultaneous action-selection mechanic, and acquire tiles that grant new abilities and victory points. The game emphasizes worker management, engine building through tableau development, and tactical use of dice values to optimize production and expansion.
- Players
- 2–5 best 3
- Playing time
- 45 min
- Age
- 13+
- Complexity
- 2.8 / 5
About the game
- Publisher
Expansions
See them in Ludoya
Where to buy it
Shop prices and second-hand copies, checked every day.
On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 1,246
- Plays logged
- 612
- Players
- 33m 23s
- Average play
- 117
- In collections
- 37
- On wishlists
- 1
- Pre-ordered
6.9/10
from 79 Ludoya reviews
Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Do I have to assign every die I roll, or can I leave some unassigned?
You assign your rolled workers to phase columns during the Assign step (place them below the phase strip); you can then use Reassign/Dictate powers to move them if available (p.3). Any workers that end the round unused are returned to the cup, not the Citizenry (p.12).
If I Dictate to reassign a die, what happens to the die I put in the Dictate area?
The die you place in the Dictate area is used to allow a Reassign but the Dictate die itself is returned to your cup at Reveal — it does not stay to perform a task (p.3, p.4).
Can I use a development’s power in the same phase I build that development?
Yes — many developments grant powers that can be used immediately, and you may trigger a development’s power in the same phase you complete it (p.6; clarification p.11).
Does the color of the producer die have to match the world to produce a good?
No — any producer die of any color can become a good on any non-gray world; color matching only matters later if you Consume the good, not when you Produce it (p.7).
When I Ship, do Trade earnings depend on the die color or the world color, and how do Consume bonuses work?
Trade earnings are determined by the color of the world the good is on (not the die color) and pay 3–6 ₠ according to world color (p.7). Consuming gives 1 VP plus +1 if the good’s color matches the world and +1 if the shipper’s color matches the good’s world, while Consumption (purple) dice count as matching all colors for these bonuses (p.7).
Where do workers go after they do tasks vs. if they’re unused, and how do I recruit them?
Workers that complete tasks are returned to the Citizenry, while unused workers are returned to the cup (p.4; p.12). During Manage Empire you may recruit dice from the Citizenry into your cup by paying 1 Galactic Credit per die (recalling dice from stacks or worlds returns them to your cup at no cost) (p.8).
Free, on web, Android and iOS
Play Roll for the Galaxy with Ludoya
- Keep it in your collectionTrack your copy and its expansions, lend it to friends, or put it on your wishlist and get told when the price drops.Add it to your collection
- Log every playScores, winners, timers and photos, then your stats: win rate, favourite player count, best score.Log a play
- Settle rules questionsAsk anything about the rules and get an answer from the rulebook, with the page to check it on.Ask the rules assistant
- Find people to play it withClubs, game nights and events near you that bring this game to the table.See events
Game facts (players, playing time, age, credits) from BoardGameGeek.