Which one of us will be admitted to the mysterious galactic Council of Shadows? Players secretly plan their actions by playing cards onto their personal tableaus. More powerful actions cost significantly more energy – the game’s most important resource. Your energy marker needs to catch up with your consumption marker three times to win the game. So you’re constantly chasing after yourself. Far-off galaxies promise far more valuable resources, the further away they are, the more lucrative. So is it worth spending a huge amount of energy early on to make bigger strides later in the game?