Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry Review - with Tom Vasel

[@hypnoticsorin8016]

I wish they didn't have three modules all together. I just wanted more tiles,starting planets,and new dice. I feel like it's a waste to pay for this since I don't care for the other two. Sigh...

[@RicoCordova]

I'm a very big fan of RFTG (it's in my top 20), and I don't think I need this expansion (yet). I do really like Ambition, but I'm not sure I like enough of what the deal adds that I'd want to lengthen the game for it. Like Tom mentioned, I like RFTG because of how quick and smooth it plays (once everyone knows what they are doing).

[@Pestilents]

I thought it said "the dice toner" in the background for a bit

[@HeadCannonPrime]

I agree 100% and I LOVE Roll for the Galaxy. This expansion adds TOO much to the game. Its like taking yatzee and adding Gin Rummy at the same time. This could have been a whole separate game and it probably would have been great, like Dice Forge. All I really wanted out of another expansion would be adding a player and that money track extension seems like a cool idea. A way to invade other player's planets with military dice and poaching production dice off their planet would have been an AMAZING expansion. (BTW I would totally buy a space exploration themed dice forge.)

[@tomgustafson3464]

Roll for the Galaxy plus Ambition is a really good, fast game. I wish Rivalry was separate expansions, especially the new starting tiles. I passed on New Frontiers as well. I was hoping for a spacial element in a Race/Roll for the Galaxy game. A mashup between Spacecorp Starfarers map the Race/Roll for the Galaxy mechanisms.

[@ianoble]

Think you mixed up "Deal" and "Research". Research allows you to change the yellow die. Deal interacts with the Deal Board.

[@qu3tzl]

Roll for the galaxy is in my top 5 of all time and I don't think I will get this expansion for the same reasons you specified. I hope to play it one day but for now, i'll stick with my copy combined with ambition.

[@blacksheep9950]

While I understand the reasoning behind combining the three expansions, I'm in the same boat; I just want to be able to buy the extra tiles and dice.

[@F3udF1st]

Even the achievements of Ambition were kinda superfluous. This expansion is just ridiculous, but I haven't played it so I can't say for sure. But, essentially we just want more tiles. Don't fix what ain't broken.

[@ianoble]

Great commentary on the different modules after you did rules. We're aligned on the value of this expansion.

[@Warpchy]

Considering I haven't played with Ambition and the quest/mission cards yet, I guess I shouldn't rush for this expansion.

[@brettpetersen1671]

I agree with this review, extra stuff great, alien orb awesome, deals (I want to try them again) not my favorite.

[@stormquiver]

all of them seem really cool. I'll play them all at some point :D

[@SamBalducci]

The game is already complex enough. Not sure I will be getting the expansion. I find it really hard to teach the game to new players.

[@Dalmatinac3]

I wish they included something to make it more player interactive... Like attack other players technologies etc... So we can have a choice to play a more aggressive game

[@Penceos]

The Deal Game is actually quite interactive, directly so - though it is not negative interaction (eg. takeovers in RvI/BoW)

[@zippystar]

yeah, the price is a deal breaker for me... same as with New Frontier game... really live to buy it... but the price is just unrealistic. So I will wait for a sale.... huge one

[@Dalmatinac3]

They MORE stuff should just be a separate expansion cause i really dont care bout the other two modules... Just too much jeez. I just want new tiles thats it.

[@BuckishDweeb]

This expansion costs more than New Frontiers! Ridiculous.

[@clownworlddotfart]

Well done, Tom! You're a straight shooter. This is just too much stuff to mess with as an expansion. Plus it costs an arm and a leg. I bet this expansion will be on deep discount in just a few months. I personally think the customizable dice is a disaster in any game. I don't like Dice Forge for that reason. It's just fiddly and time consuming. Please designers, no more customizable dice games.

[@Fighterfan69]

although the changing dice seems like a cool idea, the cost of the expansion is just too high to get it. The game is good as it is. I was hoping for more content but this may have just put it over the edge. Too bad.

[@PatrickBrophy]

Both expansions seem so inelegant in comparison to the base game. I'll keep my Roll vanilla. This one as well as the first expansion just seem like unneeded bloat.

[@budsticky]

Agreed. As I was watching this I was thinking.."holy crap, they just made this nice, smooth, quick playing game incredibly fiddly." The only thing I really want in Roll expansions is more tiles. Maybe I'm in the minority.

[@matthieulamontagne889]

budsticky No, you’re not. I bought Ambition, but only for the new tiles. I rarely play with the objectives.

[@mobileuploads3623]

Wow. Tom spent so much time talking about the one third of the expansion he didn’t like. Why not spend that time on what he did like.

[@svensify]

This is worth 40 dollar maximal. Not almost 100! Never.

[@ghostlightx9005]

Don't like the look of this. Bogs down the game.

[@timox_8173]

Thanks for the heads up, but from a technical standpoint this was a terrible review: constantly out of focus, very brief and incomplete description of what's in the box. Feels rushed.