Twilight Imperium

Name: Twilight Imperium
SKU: 233078
Price: 115.00 EUR
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Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition) is a game of galactic conquest in which three to six players take on the role of one of seventeen factions vying for galactic domination through military might, political maneuvering, and economic bargaining. Every faction offers a completely different play experience, but only one may sit upon the throne of Mecatol Rex as the new masters of the galaxy.

240m - 480m

2 - 5 Players

Ages 14+

Dice rolling in a game can be used for many things, randomness being the most obvious. Dice can also be used as counters. The dice themselves can be unique and different sizes, shapes and colors to represent different things.

Dice Rolling

Miniatures

Play occurs upon a modular board that is composed of multiple pieces, often tiles or cards. In many games, board placement is randomized, leading to different possibilities for strategy and exploration.Some games in this category have multiple boards which are not used simultaneously, preserving table space. Unused boards remain out of play until they are required.

Modular Board

The primary goal of a set collection mechanic is to encourage a player to collect a set of items.

Set Collection

In games with a trading mechanic, the players can exchange game items between each other.

Trading

Variable Phase Order implies that turns may not be played the same way as before and/or after.

Variable Phase Order

Variable Player Powers is a mechanic that grants different abilities and/or paths to victory to the players.

Variable Player Powers

Voting allows players to influence the outcome of certain events within the game. The vote may be all or nothing, choosing a target for an effect, or to determine the results of certain situations. Players’ votes may not have equal weight, and blocking a player from voting can be a valid tactic.

Voting

Sci-fi

8.6

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21.7K Ratings - Board Game Rank: 5 Thematic Rank: 3 Strategy Game Rank: 5

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9 out of 10
alexs34
This would be a 10 if this could be played with two people as the minimum. Also, this takes a while to play but that doesn’t bother me too much.
7.5 out of 10
adamw
There are many qualities to admire in this legendary game. It has a feel and scale that none have equalled. TI is more theatrical, rife with politics and metagaming not found anywhere else in the genre. The layered action system of tactics and strategy roles results in numerous timing and thrilling coordination decisions. And the mechanism of trade, deal making, and promissory notes including numerous faction-specific attributes creates high drama. It is an achievement created by a refinement over many versions, and is truly unmatched in all this. However! Most will find the game length exhausting. This is exacerbated by the odd situation of being able to score objectives (having met the criteria) but not allowed to do so by the rules. Some mitigation is offered in a strategic role scoring an objective during play, but this is hobbled by turn order selection. The reason for this artificial limit appears to be a way to ensure closer scores, yet players can be effectively eliminated and king-making is a very real issue (piling on a wouldbe winner) as the game lumbers and patience wears thin in the final rounds of play. A table of experienced players can eliminate all of this of course, but experience requires multiple plays and a dedicated group. In those hands, this game is rightly the ultimate experience. For all others, it will remain a convention only grail-game where time at a table is irrelevant.
6 out of 10
adamscott
Trying to sort out how I feel about this game. Negatives include : -There is way too much luck for such a long game (combat, secret objectives, action cards, etc.). -Many of the objectives are uninteresting or thematically irrelevant. -The battle system is uninteresting, with lots of dice rolling. -DOWN TIME. -Kingmaking and bash the leader. -Lots and lots of cards everywhere. It's impossible to keep track of what everyone can do and has upgraded. -The game isn't too difficult to learn, but lots of small rules to keep track of. With all of those negatives, the game has its fun elements. The allocation system for your tokens is quite interesting. It is fun to build up your empire, advance your techs and look for clever plays to score points. The game has the potential to create lasting gaming moments/memories and I enjoyed some of the diplomatic elements.

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Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition) is a game of galactic conquest in which three to six players take on the role of one of seventeen factions vying for galactic domination through military might, political maneuvering, and economic bargaining. Every faction offers a completely different play experience, from the wormhole-hopping Ghosts of Creuss to the Emirates of Hacan, masters of trade and economics. These seventeen races are offered many paths to victory, but only one may sit upon the throne of Mecatol Rex as the new masters of the galaxy.

No two games of Twilight Imperium are ever identical. At the start of each galactic age, the game board is uniquely and strategically constructed using 51 galaxy tiles that feature everything from lush new planets and supernovas to asteroid fields and gravity rifts. Players are dealt a hand of these tiles and take turns creating the galaxy around Mecatol Rex, the capital planet seated in the center of the board. An ion storm may block your race from progressing through the galaxy while a fortuitously placed gravity rift may protect you from your closest foes. The galaxy is yours to both craft and dominate.

A round of Twilight Imperium begins with players selecting one of eight strategy cards that both determine player order and give their owner a unique strategic action for that round. These may do anything from providing additional command tokens to allowing a player to control trade throughout the galaxy. After these roles are selected, players take turns moving their fleets from system to system, claiming new planets for their empire, and engaging in warfare and trade with other factions. At the end of a turn, players gather in a grand council to pass new laws and agendas, shaking up the game in unpredictable ways.

After every player has passed their turn, players move up the victory track by checking to see whether they have completed any objectives throughout the turn and scoring them. Objectives are determined by setting up ten public objective cards at the start of each game, then gradually revealing them with every round. Every player also chooses between two random secret objectives at the start of the game, providing victory points achievable only by the holder of that objective. These objectives can be anything from researching new technologies to taking your neighbor’s home system. At the end of every turn, a player can claim one public objective and one secret objective. As play continues, more of these objectives are revealed and more secret objectives are dealt out, giving players dynamically changing goals throughout the game. Play continues until a player reaches ten victory points.

—description from the publisher

Ages	14+
Designer	Christian T. Petersen, Corey Konieczka, Dane Beltrami
Mechanics	Area Control / Area Influence, Area Impulse, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Miniatures, Modular Board, Set Collection, Trading, Variable Phase Order, Variable Player Powers, Voting
Play Time	240m – 480m
Players	2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Publisher	Playfun Games, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Asmodee, Asterion Press, Edge Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games, Galakta, Galápagos Jogos, Hobby World
Theme	Civilization, Economic, Negotiation, Political, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Wargame, Sci-fi