Race for the Galaxy

In Race for the Galaxy players build galactic civilizations with game cards that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Each round consists of one or more of five possible phases. In each round each player secretly and simultaneously chooses one of seven different action cards and then reveals it. Only the selected phases occur. For these phases every player performs the phase s action while the selected player(s) also get a bonus for that phase. For example if at least one player chooses the Develop action then the Develop phase will occur; otherwise it is skipped. In it each player may simultaneously select a development from his hand of cards to build. After revealing the cards each player adds his development to his tableau of cards on the table and then discards cards from his hand equal to its cost. Each player who chose Develop discards one card fewer as his bonus. Explore allows a player to draw cards and select which of them to add to his hand. Settle allows a player to pla