Note: this edition is not compatible with the first edition base game.

One of the best mixes of fun and game play at Spiel 07 was Galaxy Trucker from Vlaada Chvatil and Czech Games Edition. Spiel 08 will see a new truckload of interstellar destruction with Galaxy Trucker: The Big Expansion. As is often the case with expansions, The Big Expansion includes a number of mix-and-match components:

• Pieces and rules for five-player games.
• An updated version of Rough Road Ahead -- this set of cards, previously released in a downloadable format on the Czech Games website, will be overhauled with artwork to match the original game and expanded by eight cards suggested by players themselves.
• Additional adventure cards, including two previously available only at Spiel 07.
• A special deck of adventure cards that players individually insert into the deck themselves to surprise their fellow drivers.
• A new alien species, each of which comes with a unique special power chosen by the alien tender (i.e. you) after selecting the critter.
• New ship building components, including life support for the new ET, stasis chambers for hibernating astronauts, cannon engines, battery holds, and more.
• New ship classes.

Description written by W. Eric Martin and used with permission of BoardgameNews.com