I played
Leaders of the New Dawn again yesterday and it's quite impressive how the expansion improves the game. In our play group, it seems to make competing for the planets more common and interesting. Without the expansion, it just seemed to be a race up the tech tree and that soon got tired.
In yesterday's game, I played the
Disciples of the Cosmic Tabernacle with a
Ruthless Colonizer as leader (and an
Astrochemist). The
Ruthless Colonizer badly wanted 61 Cygni but every time we moved ships there, the others piled in with even more. But we did eventually get it and ruthlessly exploited it. This also provided a good opportunity for banter about the
infamous Runts!