Jump Drive

Uber fast RftG.

The more I play this, the more I appreciate and enjoy it. It's become my favourite filler. Moved my initial rating of a 7 to an 8 after 6 plays. After 25 plays I want to push this to a 9. It's a bit of a high rating and it's solely based on my joy of the solo game! It is such a satisfying, quick solo fix at the table and I’m still finding new combos, with what really isn't that many cards.

Outrageously fast and streamlined version of Race for the Galaxy but lacking a lot of the decision space. Just throw stuff down and see who wins. A fun diversion when you absolutely need to fill every minute of game night...!

The fastest engine builder out there with synergistic cards, not my preferred style of game but this plays so quickly it is impressive. It definitely distills a euro game into its essence -- compounding income transitioning to victory points, early game get cards that generate more card draws then late game score big cards. It only goes 7 rounds, so you can play this in 3 minutes on BGA or about 15 minutes in real life. Luck of the draw effects things for sure but it's so fast to play that if you have bad luck one game just reshuffle and run it back.

Not simply a streamlined version of RftG, but not NOT that either. Really boils its source material down to an extremely tight race to build an engine. At the same time it seems to set itself apart from its source-- different enough to keep both.

Jump Drive is a 6- or 7-turn engine builder where you just very quickly slap together a plan with a few cards, and then fire that engine just enough to get you over the 50-vp finish line. Delicious and simple engine building. It's intuitive, tactical, and combo-tastic which are all qualities I seek out in games I enjoy. I continue to find myself reaching for it when we only have a little downtime.

March 2021: rated 6 October 2022: rated 7 November 2022: rated 8 April 2023: rated 9

One of our favourite fillers ever. Solo (BGG forum; later included in the expansion) is even more satisfying than multi player.

Decent filler game, but I am a little tired of the RftG assets being copy and pasted across all their games. It just makes me want to play Race instead. Galactic Trendsetters might be too dominant.

Juegazo espacial, un pequeño motor de puntos y robos. El Race for the Galaxy destilado.

He regalado el Race y me he quedado este, me gusta mucho más (pero mucho, mucho).

Este juego me gusta mucho. Cada turno puedes hacer sólo un par de cosas, se trata de una carrera hacia delante donde la decisión que tomes al principio te va a marcar toda la partida, si te equivocas, pues da igual porque dura 6 rondas, en la siguiente partida intentarás afinar más la estrategia.

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