Press Release: Brink of War

  Race for the Galaxy Expansion Launches One of this year’s top selling boardgame apps launches Brink of War expansion   SAN MATEO, CA – DECEMBER 14 2017 – Temple Gates Games in collaboration with Rio Grande Games brings a new expansion to one of this year’s top selling digital boardgames, just in time for the holidays. The Brink of War adds 36 new[…]

Race for the Galaxy AI

From TD-Gammon to Race for the Galaxy Temporal Difference Learning for Boardgame AI What makes a game replayable over time?  It offers new challenges over and over again.  One way to do that is to include an AI opponent that is so skilled, even advanced players will continue to be challenged after hundreds of hours[…]

Designer Diary: Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War

The first two expansions for Race for the Galaxy – The Gathering Storm and Rebel vs Imperium – expanded the game by adding start worlds, new cards, and two new but optional mechanics: goals and takeovers. The Brink of War (which requires both previous expansions) adds Galactic Prestige, which is woven throughout the entire expansion. Galactic Prestige represents the relative standing[…]