A light counter based conquer game, Galactic Expansion is a game where each player has a sector map (the basic set comes with 3), and each player's turn is split into 5 phases: Economy (Receive resource for colony), Intel (Espionage, Incite Rebellion, Recon, or Sabotage), Combat (Die based with modifiers), Deployment, End (Expand or Fortify). The winner is the last man/woman standing.