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In Explore, are all cards drawn before any are discarded, and does draw order matter?
The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek, and the rulebook is consistent with it.
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2009-09-11
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2009-03-20
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2015-09-08
- Race for the Galaxy rulebook · Rulebook · I: EXPLORE
Yes. Explore draws are simultaneous and all happen before anyone discards. Draw order matters only when the deck is nearly empty, in which case draw clockwise from the lowest-numbered start world.