Reading about Runewars --and getting more excited about it as I do--makes me really long for an equivalent sci-fi game, with heros, quests, tactical battles, and so on, set in the TI universe. I've long hoped that Runequest might be adapted in some way for a TI universe: maybe a planetary exploration game or planetary invasion battles, but reading about Runewars just heightens the desire for a really good, deep, hero-level TI game with both planetary and interstellar adventures, battles and the like.

Christian and Corey, you make such fantastic games. Surely an adventure/tac battle game in the TI universe isn't beyond your combined talents!

I don't know if it's still on, but I heard a long time ago that DUNE is getting a remake as a Twilight Imperium game.

I agree though, the TI universe is far too rich to leave alone!

There is still one more "secret" big-box game, and one "secret" mid-sized box game that have yet to be revealed.

Yes, there was a press release a year or so ago that said the Dune game mechanics would be used in a TI game; thanks for reminding me. So there's hope! But the Dune mechanics, unless drastically changed, wouldn't support quest or adventure elements, though it's a fantastic planetary battle game.