Outer Rim

Pros

• Moonrakers isn't an exploration game and is very different than Outer Rim (which is also a great game!).
• I don’t know this one but it resembles Outer Rim. It’s basically the same thing but in the Star Wars universe. I really enjoyed this one
• Outer Rim! But it *needs* the expansion to feel fully fleshed out and “complete”.
• Parent context: Outer Rim! But it *needs* the expansion to feel fully fleshed out and “complete”. Reply: This game is fabulous. It gave me everything I wanted from the Firefly board game, but set in my favorite universe!
• Parent context: I've had a lot of Star Wars games go through my collection, and the only one that I think will never leave is Outer Rim. Reply: This is definitely without a doubt the best Star Wars game you can play, so long as you’re in...

Cons

• Outer Rim is a lot of fun, but there are still a few guardrails that cut down on that true sandbox feel. Outer Rim forces you to move in a straight line from planet to planet, only lets you buy one specific ship (with small exceptions),...
• whenever my plan or strategy falls through (or my dice fail, like when I played Outer Rim with my friends, had IG-88 as my character and failed every - single - combat - roll - no - matter - the - equipment), I just get salty.
• Going against the grain but I found this game to be very repetitive, random and frustrating. I’ve played a few times and each game someone got stuck 2-4 rounds rolling for a result and it just feels crappy. Other times someone complete...