I’m starting another solo game contest on BGA for the months of June and July (2025), giving away another free copy of Galactic Era. The player with the highest solo score, this time on “Hard” difficulty, by the end of July will be the winner. Participants are limited to the USA, Canada, EU and UK (previous contest winners are also excluded). Go here to find Galactic Era on BGA.
Galactic Era is now on BGA: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=galacticera Currently in open Beta, but still playable for everyone! The only difference with the BGA implementation is that you don’t need the black chips (the program handles the number of ships in each fleet automatically). All player counts are implemented, so you can also play solo! Go here for a good rules explanation video: https://youtu.be/tarxrYSx-AY Galactic Era Giveaway To celebrate the launch of Galactic Era on BGA, I’m Read more…
Era of Atlantis Era of Atlantis is my latest game which will be the thematic successor (“ERA II”) to Galactic Era, as they both play in the same universe. There will even be a campaign game mode in which you can play both games together. Era of Atlantis is an area control and worker placement game with a unique twist: You play two nations at the same time and share each one with another player. Read more…
Latest Reviews https://www.boardseyeview.net/post/galactic-era https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3168494/manageable-still-epic-4x-space-game https://bordspelwereld.nl/nl/reviews/galactic-era (Dutch) New Rulebook for PDF Download There is a new PDF version (1.1) of the rulebook available for download. It has the official errata and clarifications integrated into it. For two players, it refers to the new “2-player variant with passive automa” (instead of the old 2-player variant). There are no changes to the rules otherwise. You can download it from here (or from BGG): https://galacticera.net/advanced-game/galactic_era_rules/ Price Reduction Read more…
Stand 3R102 at Essen Game Fair If you are going to the Essen game fair, you can come visit out stand there (3R102, Seajay Games). You can play Galactic Era there or a prototype of our upcoming Kickstarter game: “Era of Atlantis” (see more details below). Galactic Era Giveaway To celebrate the 2-year anniversary of the game, I am giving away a free copy of Galactic Era at the end of this month to Read more…
To celebrate the upcoming 2-year anniversary of “Galactic Era”, I will give away one free copy of the game at the end of September 2023 to one of the new subscribers this month to our newsletter on our new website seajaygames.com: Subscribe to the newsletter here. Note: To participate in this raffle you must be a new subscriber and you must subscribe during September 2023 with your full name. In case you are the winner, Read more…
In this newsletter I have a lot of new videos and reviews of the game for you. The new tutorial and rules videos should make playing the game for your first time a lot easier. See below. New Tutorial Video (#4): This video is a playthrough of an example first turn. https://youtu.be/rNex5u9Ey-c New Rules Explanation Videos: RTFM has posted two new rules explanation videos for the game. https://youtu.be/tarxrYSx-AY (base game, 3-6 players) https://youtu.be/RVCLxk1sYRc (solo and Read more…