Played StarDriven: Gateway last night. First of all, let’s get this out of the way. The horrific trend in the last two decades of putting a colon (or dash, or em-dash) in a book’s title and then giving it a subtitle is a terrible development and should not be extended into games. It is only allowed if the game is in fact a sequel. We have to be able to tell all the Race for the Galaxy expansions and arcs apart. Adding a “Legacy” to Pandemic (etc) is fine … they are related but different games. Apparently there is a StarDriven: Saga coming out (out?) from the same company, and they want to note they are related … but I’m watching you, Rock Manor Games. Cut it out. The rough mechanics (It’s been so long since I reviewed a game that was relatively new, I’m actually going to describe it a bit). SDG is a knock off Star Trek episode, or perhaps season, and is actually a pretty nice idea. Each player has a ship, and you roll dice (of various colors). You can use red dice for fighting, blue…
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