Master of the Galaxy - a 4X board game of galactic expansion

A project in Fulton, MO by Ares Games
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Jump to the stars and build your galactic civilization in this fast-paced, innovative 4X board game with bag-building & card drafting.
Backers: 1207
Average Pledge Per Backer: $42

Funded: $50,502 of $20,000
Dates: Jul 18th -> Aug 11th (25 days)
Project By: Ares Games
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Latest News

All Goals Unlocked!

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! The title says it all, I think. We have only a few hours left before the end of the campaign, and all goals we planned, and a few more - funding goals, social goals, and backer goals - have been unlocked. In addition... (Read More)

The Color of Victory

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! "The Color of Victory" is the title that Master of the Galaxy's co-designer Konstantin gave to his last (for the moment) strategy article, but it is also especially befitting this glorious moment! Today was the best... (Read More)

Technological Breakthrough!

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! What an amazing night! At 10 PM in Old Europe, the 48-hours announcement went out, and your support made us jump through not one, but two stretch goals, faster than the speed of light! So, let's take a look at what... (Read More)

Become a true Master of the Galaxy!

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy!  Our excellent Konstantin Seleznev - co-designer of Master of the Galaxy - has started to write some articles to give you a better understanding of the depth of strategies in our game. So, after the overview... (Read More)

Galactic Crossover

August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Lords and Heroes of the Galaxy, One more goal unlocked today! The Kickstarter-exclusive “Deep Space” card is now a part of your edition of the game, completing the set of exclusive Political cards. This is very exciting, and we are moving toward... (Read More)

Master of the Galaxy - gameplay and a few strategy tips

August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! We realized that there is a lot of information available through the video-previes on our project page - but if you feel more inclined to a good reading (or you feel like sharing one more post with your friends), I... (Read More)

The Power of Deep State

August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Lords and Heroes of the Galaxy! The mid-week of a Kickstarter campaign is often slower than the rest, but thanks to your continuing support (and to the efforts of our campaign team), yesterday we unlocked a new stretch goal! With more than $32,500 in... (Read More)

3,000 years in the future - 30,000 in funding!

July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy, We are excited that a new stretch goal has been achieved today! Thanks to your enthusiasm and support, we are now at 150% of our initial goal and - thanks to $ 30,000 in funding - we can enhance one more feature of... (Read More)

Master of the Galaxy Speaks Spanish!

July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! . We are very proud to announce a partnership with Last Level Distribuciones - already one of Ares' coprinting partners for the Dungeon Time game - to release of the Spanish edition of Master of the Galaxy in Spain... (Read More)

Here come the Wanderers!

July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! Day 10 of our journey through the stars, and a new goal is unlocked: a new exclusive Species card will be featured in the Kickstarter edition of the game - the Wanderers. These galactic nomads are a mystery to the... (Read More)

Achieving Supremacy (and free games and live demo)

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy another stretch goal unlocked! With funding now exceeding 125% - more than $ 25,000 dollars and 600 backers - we can now add more content to Master of the Galaxy - a sturdy, laminated supremacy track with die-cut... (Read More)

Next Destination: Supremacy!

July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! Our first goal is now unlocked  - Baron Duque's Leader card will be a special feature of your KS edition, not included in the retail version - and we are already traveling toward the next destination... This... (Read More)

Now on Kickstarter from Ares Games, Master of the Galaxy

July 21st - via: dicetowernews.com
This is a 4X game where you are trying to build up your space empire, while battling others for control of key areas to get resources. (Read More)

Funded! Hyper-jump to the stretch goals...

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy, we are now FUNDED! That's great news for all of us - Master of the Galaxy (after being playable on Tabletopia for a few months already) will have a "physical" version you can setup on your non-virtual gaming table... (Read More)

Are you ready to go gold?

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Leaders and Heroes of the Galaxy! We just passed the 24-hour mark since the launch of our project. We had a quite ambitious goal, and it's already 90% achieved. Since the launch, we've been costantly tracked as "hot" and popular by Kicktraq and... (Read More)

Master of the Galaxy brings 4X board game action to Kickstarter

July 19th - via: gamingtrend.com
Nine Elder Races are expanding through space, ready to assimilate or exterminate anybody who stands in their way. (Read More)

Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: 'Master of the Galaxy'

July 18th - via: geekdad.com
The game combines bag-building and card-drafting as you explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate your way to victory. (Read More)

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