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Roll for the Galaxy

#132531BGG ↗

2014 · 2-5 players · 45min · weight 2.78 · 33,571 ratings

v2 v3 fit 0.554

BGG raw

ID
132531
Name
Roll for the Galaxy
Year
2014
Rank
67
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
2.7841
Num weights
1005
Bayes avg
7.4036
Average
7.56414
Users rated
33571
Num owned
40953
Wanting
1076
Wishing
8135
Num comments
5171
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (15)
Action RetrievalContractsDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingDie Icon ResolutionFollowHand ManagementRaceSimultaneous Action SelectionTagsTile PlacementVariable Phase OrderVariable Player PowersVariable Set-upWorker Placement with Dice Workers
Categories (5)
CivilizationDiceEconomicScience FictionSpace Exploration
Description (451 chars)

Game description from the publisher: Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2–5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages his workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins! This dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy, but with the feel of the original game.

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
roll dice and assign to phases
Decision shape
mixed:probabilistic+combinatorial
Reward schedule
engine_compounding
Aesthetics
["Challenge", "Discovery"]
Core loop pitch
Roll your worker dice, secretly select one phase, then execute all chosen phases to settle worlds and ship goods.
Translation difficulty
Easy
Difficulty reason
Hidden simultaneous selection plus dice rerolls is a perfect digital match; Temple Gates port is widely praised.
Direct digital port
Roll for the Galaxy (Steam/iOS/Android, Temple Gates)
Port kind
first_party
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["dice_as_workers", "simultaneous_phase_selection", "tableau_tile_combo", "settle_vs_develop_tradeoff", "shipping_economy_loop"]
Confidence
0.9
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (912 chars)
{
  "game_id": 132531,
  "name": "Roll for the Galaxy",
  "core_verb": "roll dice and assign to phases",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:probabilistic+combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Discovery"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Roll your worker dice, secretly select one phase, then execute all chosen phases to settle worlds and ship goods.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Hidden simultaneous selection plus dice rerolls is a perfect digital match; Temple Gates port is widely praised.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Roll for the Galaxy (Steam/iOS/Android, Temple Gates)",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "dice_as_workers",
    "simultaneous_phase_selection",
    "tableau_tile_combo",
    "settle_vs_develop_tradeoff",
    "shipping_economy_loop"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.9
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).