Designer	Thomas Lehmann
Artist	Martin Hoffmann Claus Stephan
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE Gamesinitaly Ghenos Games Giochix.it Hobby Japan Rio Grande Games Wargames Club Publishing Ystari Games Show More »
Year Published	2008
# of Players	1 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 players (103 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (19 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (34 voters) [poll]
Honors	2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee
Subdomain	Strategy Games (52 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Civilization Economic Expansion for Base-game Science Fiction Space Exploration Show More »
Mechanic	Hand Management Simultaneous Action Selection
Expansion	Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War
Expands	Race for the Galaxy
Family	Race for the Galaxy Solitaire Games
Primary Name	Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm
Alternate Names	(銀河競逐集結風暴) Race for the Galaxy: Aufziehender Sturm Race for the Galaxy: La Tempesta si Avvicina Race for the Galaxy: Tempête en formation レース・フォー・ザ・ギャラクシー：嵐の予兆银河竞逐集结风暴
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From The Rio Grande web site:

This first expansion for Race for the Galaxy adds cards, an additional player, and other ways to expand your universe. Each expansion adds more cards plus some goodies besides cards including objectives for players to compete over. The first expansion includes solitaire rules. It also includes some blank cards and a contest card for players to submit a card idea to RGG. Two slots have been left open in the second expansion for the winners.

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Components:

1 Replacement Gambling World Card
4 Start World Cards (5-8)
18 Game Cards
7 Player Action Cards (for 5th Player)
2 2-Player Action Cards
17 Blank Game Cards
1 Contest Entry Card
9 Victory Point Chips (7 x "1", 1 x "5", 1 x "10")
4 "Most" Goals (Large Tiles)
6 "First" Goals (Small Tiles)
8 3VP Goal Chips
1 Play Mat (Solitaire Game)
14 Counters (Solitaire Game)
2 Custom Dice (Solitaire Game)
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Race for the Galaxy: La Tempesta si Avvicina

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Italian First Edition

Publisher: Gamesinitaly, Ghenos Games, Giochix.it

Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan

Year: 2010

Product Code: GI0003

Size: 7.50 x 5.38 x 2.62 inches

0.88 pounds

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Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm

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First Edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan

Year: 2008

Product Code: RIO363

Size: 7.50 x 5.38 x 2.62 inches

0.88 pounds

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Race for the Galaxy: Aufziehender Sturm

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German edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE

Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan

Year: 2008

Product Code: 13081

Size: 7.56 x 5.47 x 2.72 inches

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Race for the Galaxy: Tempête en formation

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French First edition

Publisher: Ystari Games

Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan

Year: 2008

Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

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37	Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm [DriveThruReview] #3: "RftG Killer"	English	eekamouse	6
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0	Rules Can I just add a 5th or 6th player?	2012-04-27	PimpMario	5
0	Rules Draw decks	2012-04-17	Kyoku	8
7	Rules Advanced robot playmat iconography: What the hell does this mean?!	2012-04-09	HiveGod	7
0	General How many cards?	2012-04-04	softhook	6
0	Rules Innovation Leader: Does negative military qualify?	2012-03-24	Whangdoodle	3
0	Rules Doomed World + Contact Specialist -> military replacement world?	2012-03-23	Whangdoodle	5
0	Rules couple of questions help please.	2012-01-29	Jokerman	2
1	General 6 players with this expansion?	2012-01-15	p0pcult	6
0	General One and a half expansion.	2011-12-29	rafal100	1

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0	Race for the Galaxy Rules Reacting to players placing a card face down	2012-05-26	hyphz	3
0	Race for the Galaxy General Teaching Game Idea	2012-05-25	Carmilla	2
0	Race for the Galaxy General Should I buy this game if I'll play it only solitaire?	2012-05-23	rsitaly	11
12	Race for the Galaxy News Lose your Race in a BoW box on Queen Anne, Seattle?	2012-05-21	grandslam	4
5	Race for the Galaxy General Why is this game frustrating me so?	2012-05-21	weezknight	19
0	Race for the Galaxy Rules Couple of questions	2012-05-20	teroks	5
1	Race for the Galaxy Rules Playing solo - Produce Phase with software	2012-05-18	felipe1982	5
7	Race for the Galaxy Reviews Games With Two Review - Race for the Galaxy	2012-05-12	jmoslander	7
1	Race for the Galaxy General how does this compare to e.domain and core worlds?	2012-05-11	gamer667788	14
49	Race for the Galaxy Sessions After thousands of plays, this game still surprises	2012-05-11	fireblargg	6

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TGS Solo Game Record v1

Score sheets to record the results of your solo RftG TGS games using game iconography. I included three different styles. The oversize version will only fit in the game box if you fold it in half. The other two versions will fit in the game box if you cut along the black border. If you print the sheets double-sided, they should line up almost perfectly. I don't have expansion #2 or #3, so I don't know if there are any scoring changes that would make these invalid for solo games using those expansions. Any comments or feedback are welcome, especially if have ideas to improve these files.

Ryanmobile

2012-02-29

Reglas en español

Traducción al español de las reglas originales en inglés - Spanish translation of the original rules in English

Bicho

2011-10-15

Russian rules for «The Gathering Storm» expansion, version 1.0

Русский перевод правил первого дополнения (с альманахом способностей карт, но без описания одиночного режима игры).

Michael Balandin

2011-01-18

RftG goal randomizer for your iOS device

How to set up your iOS device (Ipod Touch, Iphone, or Ipad) to run a goal randomizer utility for use when playing Race For The Galaxy. NOTE: While setup instructions are in English, the application itself doesn't have to be. You may provide foreign names for them based on your langauge preference, or simply provide no name and go only off the images of the goal tiles. Use this self created utility as an alternative to shuffling the goal tiles and randomly picking out 4 and 2 first and most goals respectively. Saves wear and tear on your goal tiles. You will need to download and install a freeware app called "Starting Player", and do some minor setup. Please read the "README for RftG goal randomizer" file included in the zipfile for details and instructions. Images for goal...

ackmondual

2011-01-15

Tuckbox for goals cards

TGS goals tuckbox v1.1

ramkitty

2009-08-21

Race for the Galaxy deck text file

A text file of the RftG deck with Gathering Storm. Card names and BGG code for red turtle's card images--one card per line. Can be useful for running RftG geeklist games. This data was extracted from Joeyeti's Excel file and tweaked slightly.

the majestic moose

2009-07-18

Race for the Galaxy - Gathering Storm - magyar szabály

A Race for the Galaxy első kiegészítőjének The Gathering Storm-nak magyar nyelvű szabályfordítása.

rollox

2009-07-08

Race for the Galaxy: GS - Polish Rules/Polska Instrukcja

Polskie tlumaczenie regul gry

muka

2009-07-07

Game Pieces/Rules for Daniel's Mod 1 Solo RftG Variant [updated]

This fixes an error on the player board.

dlhammond

2009-04-30

Gathering Storm Bonus Goal Cards

These cards provide a more portable alternative to the 'Gathering Storm' goal chips. The cards are on a two-page PDF for easy printing. They also include a description of what each goal is, which is very helpful for new players. Thanks to Chris Jones (Goldenturkey) and Slev Sleddeddan (Slev) who provided the original images here: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/434537

pcal

2009-04-28

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Average Rating	7.87
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Wishlist	2919
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German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/lv.pl?action=show...	2012-01-05
Short description on croatian language	http://igranje.org/Igre/race-for-the-galaxy-the-ga...	2011-11-23
German Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de	http://www.superfred.de/raceforthegalaxyaufziehend...	2011-09-21
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Race-For-...	2011-09-07
Website from Rio Grande Games	http://riograndegames.com/games.html?id=253	2011-08-25
Polish article at http://planszowki.polter.pl	http://planszowki.polter.pl/Race-For-The-Galaxy-Th...	2011-05-19
The Gathering Storm english review on www.play-board-games.com	http://www.play-board-games.com/race-for-the-galax...	2011-01-15
Our Expanding Universe: Race for the Galaxy	http://growingupgamers.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-ex...	2011-01-12
Cory Duplantis's Video Review	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDmIgRMCs3o	2010-05-04
German Review on www.spieleteufel.de	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=518	2009-11-23