Saturday, 16 October 2021

Alrightgames: Star Realms – Gambit Set

Star Realms: Gambit Set

2014 / Deckbuilding card game supplement / 1-4 players / USA

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The expansion packs you can find for the price of a ready meal tend to be the least exciting ones initially, as it makes sense that they'd have more to get rid of. But building your collection based on arbitrary pricing can prove more rewarding than fixating on getting all the slightly different ships and bases when new mechanics change the game substantially.

These are similar yet different enough to the Scenarios to be piled on and theoretically make games more fun (if you're the kind of frivolous freak who plays this serious sport at that level). The bonus material of a versatile ship (x3 copies) and two solo/co-op bosses also adds more value than they'd bother to in subsequent packs and should help delay the gratification of splashing out on the big Frontiers set for longer. You know, unless it's on sale.