...another grabs some victory points!
In New Frontiers, a standalone game in the Race for the Galaxy family, players build galactic empires by selecting, in turn, an action that everyone may do, with only the selecting player gaining that action's bonus.
It is not a small and quick game. And while being different in terms of gameplay, it could give a feel of something close to what Puerto Rico offers. Some may not share the same feelings, but i wanted to point this out.
The developments to be used are determined during setup, allowing players to make strategic plans based on them before play begins. One group of eight developments is always in play. The game includes a suggested set of sixteen additional developments for your first game; in later games, players randomly select which side of eight double-sided "small" developments and eight double-sided "large" 9-cost developments to use during setup.
Many worlds that players can acquire have special powers, with these worlds being drawn from a bag during the Explore phase. Unlike in Race, in New Frontiers worlds need colonists to be settled, in addition to either payments or conquest.
Some worlds are "windfall" worlds and receive a good upon being settled. Others are production worlds and receive goods when the Produce action is selected. Goods can be traded for credits or consumed for victory points.
Play continues until one or more of four game ending conditions is met. After all actions for that round have been done, the player with the most victory points from settled worlds, developments, 9-cost development bonuses, and VP chips earned from consuming goods wins.
The awesome thing on Board Game Arena is that you don't have to worry about setting-up the game: everything is ready to play.
You can have a look at it by clicking this link:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=newfrontiers
Developed by paramesis, one of our most prolific game programmers, the game is perfectly playable on our platform.
We would like to thank the team from Rio Grande Games for their support, as well as Thomas Lehmann, the game designer, for their autorization to have this wonderful game available on Board Game Arena.
Don't hesitate to use the BGA-MAXIMA mode to get the most of this beast of a game.
There are plenty of things coming in the next weeks.
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