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Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game box art
2025 Ranked #7,169

Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game

Crew a debt-ridden starship through strange jobs, branching choices, and three fully voiced campaigns at the edge of known space.

Adventure Science Fiction Cooperative Game Narrative Choice / Paragraph

Players

1-6

Play time

60-180 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.43/5

Rating

7.40

Harder to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.3/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.8/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 15 min
Teach time About 25 min
Table footprint Large
Recommended edition Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game – Plaid Hat Games English Edition (2025)
App required High language dependence
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How it plays

How does it play?

Create a ragtag crew, take dangerous jobs across charted space, and make lasting narrative choices while trying to pay off your ship.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Wandering Galaxy is a cooperative narrative campaign in the Crossroads family. Players create a species, character, background, and ship station, then build personal decks while accepting more than seventy jobs around the edge of charted space. Worker-placement actions run the ship, cards express each crew member’s abilities, and Crossroads-style choices reshape three voiced campaigns. The web app teaches and narrates the game, with a printed-entry alternative available, while random events ensure the same destination can produce a different crisis on another voyage.

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game – Plaid Hat Games English Edition (2025) 2025 English Plaid Hat Games / US

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Play time
60–180 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.4/5
Language dependence
High
App
Required app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 15 min
Teach time
About 25 min
Teardown time
About 12 min
Table footprint
Large

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Fixed Group
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game – Plaid Hat Games English Edition (2025)
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard
Current edition
Yes
Consumable components
Ship Log And Campaign Recording Sheets May Be Written On; Printable Replacements And A Location Book Alternative Support Reuse.
Compatibility
Verified Current Plaid Hat Games Physical English Edition Ph4000. The Free Wandering Galaxy Web/App Experience Provides The Intended Narration And Teaching Flow.
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jerry Hawthorne

Artists

1
Elias Stern

Publishers

1
Plaid Hat Games

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