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Twilight Imperium 4th Edition | Strategy Board Game for Adults and Teens | Adventure Game | Ages 14 and up | 3-6 Players | Average Playtime 4-8 Hours | Made by Fantasy Flight Games
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Brand | Fantasy Flight Games |
Material | Cardboard |
Theme | Game,Space |
Genre | Legacy, Strategy |
Number of Players | 6 |
About this item
- EPIC SPACE SAGA: Immerse yourself in an epic tale of galactic conquest and diplomacy in this fourth edition of Twilight Imperium.
- SEVENTEEN UNIQUE CIVILIZATIONS: Command one of seventeen diverse civilizations, each offering a unique play experience and strategies for interstellar supremacy.
- STRATEGIC DEPTH: Engage in warfare, trade, alliances, and political maneuvering as you vie for control of the galaxy.
- HOURS OF GAMEPLAY: Enjoy hours of immersive gameplay with three to six players, making every session a dynamic and memorable experience.
- CLAIM THE GALACTIC THRONE: Chart your path to victory and strive to sit upon the coveted throne of Mecatol Rex as the master of the galaxy.
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 11.81 x 5.28 x 17.05 inches |
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Item Weight | 9.24 pounds |
Country of Origin | China |
ASIN | B074YPSTRP |
Item model number | TI07 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 13 - 15 years |
Best Sellers Rank | #41,484 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #1,224 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
Customer Reviews |
4.9 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | November 17, 2017 |
Language | English |
Manufacturer | Asmodee |
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For two decades, TwiLight Imperium has thrilled gamers with its grand storytelling and tactical strategy. Now players can explore the next step in the TwiLight Imperium legacy with TwiLight Imperium Fourth Edition, an epic game of galactic conquest for three to six players. Each player takes command of one of seventeen unique civilizations to compete for interstellar supremacy through warfare, trade, uncertain allegiances, and political dominance. Every faction offers a Completely different play experience, from the wormhole-hopping Ghosts of Creuss to the Emirates of Hacan, the masters of trade. All of these races have many paths to victory, but only one will sit upon the throne of Mecatol Rex as the new masters of the galaxy.
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Choking Hazard. Small parts. Keep away from children and pets.
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Lead one of 17 different factions vying for intergalactic domination. |
Use political maneuvering, economic bargaining, and, when all else fails, military might to get what you want. |
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. |
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Strategy cards are chosen each round, determining turn order and providing a special power to each player. |
You will engage in wars and trade negotiations, complete objectives, claim new planets, and pass laws, all in pursuit of 10 victory points. |
No two games of are ever identical. At the start of each galactic age, the 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. |
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Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition | Twilight Imperium Prophecy of Kings Expansion | Cosmic Encounter | Star Wars Legion Core Set | Descent: Legends of the Dark | Civilization: A New Dawn | |
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Type of Game | Board Game | Board Game | Board Game | Miniatures Battle Game | Board Game | Board Game |
Number of Players | 3-6 Players | 3-8 Players | 3-5 Players | 2 Players | 1 to 4 Players | 2 to 4 Players |
Average Playtime | 4-8 Hours | 4-8 Hours | 15-30 Minutes | 3 Hours | 2-3 Hours | 1-2 Hours |
Recommended Player Age | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ |
Game Objectives | Take command of one of seventeen unique civilizations to compete for interstellar supremacy through warfare, trade, uncertain allegiances, and political dominance. | As the echoes of the past tear through the galaxy and the Prophecy of Ixth turns to ash, a new flame grows amidst the still-burning embers - The Prophecy of Kings. | Lead your own unique alien civilizations as they seek to spread across the stars. Forge your alliances, outwit your enemies and spread your colonies across the galaxy! | Enter the ground battles of the Galactic Civil War as the commander of a unique army of miniatures filled with troopers, powerful ground or repulsor vehicles, and iconic characters like Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker. | Venture across the realm, battling terrifying monsters, unlocking new skills, and exploring a wondrous fantasy world. | Advance your culture, find new technology, and build wonders to shape history to your own design! |
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Battle Game | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Expansion(s) Available | ✓ | is an expansion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Players play a particular faction or species in a galactic setting where the old empire has fallen and the strongest civilizations are vying for the imperial throne. The balancing is asymmetric - each faction (17 in the base game) has their own unique abilities, and while the units are more-or-less common across factions, there are particulars and abilities that make each fleet feel slightly different.
The game board is built from a selection of hexagonal tiles, each representing a system in the galaxy. There are rules for building custom maps by dealing tiles to each player, or you can play from one of the premade maps included in the rulebook or on the Internet to give more balance in exchange for randomness. Starting from your home system, you'll expand your personal empire, exploring and collecting planets and resources along the way to fuel your economy. Strategic alliances and trading with other players, technological advancements, space and ground combats, and political machinations all combine together to allow players to score various public and secret objectives, worth various victory points. First person to 10 points (or 14, if you want a longer game yet) wins.
But while victory points are the ultimate goal, the methods to get there can vary from game to game and faction to faction. Some factions are more suited to trade and economic growth, others to political maneuvering, others to warfare, and others are somewhere in between. Depending on the faction you play, the systems on the board, the action cards you're dealt, and the strategy cards you choose, the game is very fluid and ebbs and flows between exciting dice rolls and mundane matters of trade. The replayability of this game is astronomical (pardon the pun).
So, some downsides. The first and most obvious is the time commitment. This is not a short game. A minimum of an hour per player is a good baseline for experienced players, but new people just learning can easily be double that. Plus there is extensive setup and teardown time. Proper storage and separation of pieces (and there are a LOT!) is an absolute must. Various tuckboxes, 3D printed trays, retail storage solutions, and the like exist across the Internet -- while the included plastic insert is okay, you're definitely going to want to invest in storage to make setup and teardown easier and faster.
And then there are the pieces themselves. The plastic ships are excellent in detail, the cards are printed well with a glossy finish and good feel, and the cardboard components are thick with a sturdy heft and detailed colors. The size required, though ... you'll have a faction card (not quite US letter size), a command pool card (about half that size), planet cards, action cards, technology cards, ships and ground units ... and that's just the player-specific stuff. Common areas include the objectives and objective deck, political agenda deck, strategic action cards, generic tokens for infantry, fighter ships, and trade goods, and on and on. Then there is the game board itself, composed of several dozen tiles, with a six-player map about 2.5 ft in diameter. I have a dedicated gaming table with a 3 ft by 5 ft playing surface, and it's already getting real cozy with just four players. Add in additional players, or the Prophecy of Kings expansion, and you're going to need some TV trays or additional side tables to hold components. Again, solutions for this abound across the Internet -- whiteboards for objective scoring, playing card holders to shrink the horizontal space, etc. -- but it's yet another thing that's "required" and not included in the game.
But, above all, this is an excellent heavy strategy game with a sizable commitment. If people go into this expecting Catan-in-space, they're going to be severely disappointed, severely frustrated, or both. With the time commitment, the space required, and the familiarity of rules necessary to exploit the game world to its fullest, this is the best game you'll never play.
I love it though! It's epic, the learning curve is really high though. The first game was almost just all about learning it. The second game though. The game felt way different. Way more conflicts, more alliances, more everything! It's one of the best in it's class.
Alright for some serious notes, the game comes with a ton of things, 17 playable factions, a whole lot of plastic ships in each of 6 colors, a lot of tiles to make the galaxy which it can make it for a different game everytime if you want, way too many cards of all sorts.
Excellent:
1: A war game that is about controlling the galaxy either through military or politics.
2: The plastic ships are super detailed. You could paint them if you want. just make sure you have someway to color coordinate them.
Good:
1: A ton of tiles that make a galaxy, the learning book has a preset for the different player counts. But you can also do a drafting style galaxy setup too which we have yet to do.
2: Way too many cards. I play a lot of card games and seeing this many cards would make me happy and it does, but wow there's a lot. Action cards to change the tide of battle, use them in political events to maybe make a law pass or not. And finally the Technology deck is probably the best way to handle techs in a game this size, everyone has the same 16 main techs, 2 faction specific techs and 9 unit upgrades. It's super easy to get a grasp on.
Okay:
1: This game is long! Our first session lasted about 6 hours and was cut short. Second session was almost 10 and we actually finished.
2: It's going to probably be the biggest box on your game shelf.
3: The insert is great if you don't sleeve the cards, but only okay if you do.
4: You should watch a tutorial on how to play while reading the learn to play book. Seriously, it's a lot and some of the more fringe question we had weren't easy to find and had to be looked up elsewhere.
Overall Rating: 9.5/10
I can't wait to play it again, a couple of my friends and I discuss this game often and it has a permanent place on my board game shelf.
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Los componentes estan muy buenos y las naves cumplen bastante, me gusto el detalle que tiene una pequeña guia del lore de este universo.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 10, 2024
Los componentes estan muy buenos y las naves cumplen bastante, me gusto el detalle que tiene una pequeña guia del lore de este universo.
En déballant, cette magnifique boîte, je me suis rendu compte en faisant l'inventaire que 2 pièce noires sont cassées (un dock spatial et un drapeau).
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Reviewed in France on September 7, 2022
En déballant, cette magnifique boîte, je me suis rendu compte en faisant l'inventaire que 2 pièce noires sont cassées (un dock spatial et un drapeau).
Que proposez-vous ?