Looks like there will be a brief interruption from my Armada purchases around Christmas.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/11/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition/

Dang, 150 bucks, and yet the know like a Black Hole I cannot escape from it...

I've tried this game once. It's epic! Also takes several days to finish sometimes

I've never finished a game of it.

During grad school I lived with three other guys who all played. I think we finished 4 games that year. The best way one night around 10pm we discover the next day would be a snow day, we immediately broke out the game. I think we didn't finish it til two days later.

I really love the game, and hopefully 4th is a little more streamlined (if such a thing is possible). But usually to stratch that itch I just play eclipse. Almost as epic of a game, half the time.

18 hours ago, Norell said:

I've tried this game once. It's epic! Also takes several days to finish sometimes

That sounds like a game for me. Now if it only sounded good to my friends.

I didn't play it ever. But I love Twilight Struggle and Rebellion. Is this so good?

35 minutes ago, ovinomanc3r said:

I didn't play it ever. But I love Twilight Struggle and Rebellion. Is this so good?

It really is that good. And it really does take that long. We had an eight player game once. We left it in someone's basement and played over the course of a month. Amazing game, but I hope they found ways to speed it up in this edition.

I have played all 3 editions of Twilight Imperium. It is a cool game, but takes far too much time.

I've found that you can get the same fix from the Eclipse board game in about 1/2 the time. Or an even better fix from Space Empires 4x , if you can find a copy.

5 hours ago, Truthiness said:

It really is that good. And it really does take that long. We had an eight player game once. We left it in someone's basement and played over the course of a month. Amazing game, but I hope they found ways to speed it up in this edition.

There are expansions?

Are expansions included in this edition?

Do the expansions worth it?

I am worried about where I am going from here

On 14/08/2017 at 6:21 PM, ovinomanc3r said:

There are expansions?

Yes. Two .

On 14/08/2017 at 6:21 PM, ovinomanc3r said:

Are expansions included in this edition?

No. (EDIT: Sort of. Many of the additional rules and items introduced by the expansions are now the default.)

On 14/08/2017 at 6:21 PM, ovinomanc3r said:

Do the expansions worth it?

The first one for sure.

On 14/08/2017 at 6:21 PM, ovinomanc3r said:

I am worried about where I am going from here

Stop worrying: you are going to give in to the dark side

Also: TI4 rules are now online . A few interesting changes :

If anyone wants to play it this weekend and are at GENCON, they can pick up a copy: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1831136/twilight-imperium-4th-ed-sale-gencon

If you like Rebellion, it's similar in terms of resource management for activations.

I have played 5 games of 3rd Edition, and it is a friendship ender... but it is also so, so fun.

On 2017-08-14 at 9:00 AM, Democratus said:

I have played all 3 editions of Twilight Imperium. It is a cool game, but takes far too much time.

I've found that you can get the same fix from the Eclipse board game in about 1/2 the time. Or an even better fix from Space Empires 4x , if you can find a copy.

I love all three of those games, but they scratch slightly different itches for me. Space Empires 4x is brilliant, but seems better as a 2-4 player game, while the others really do best with more people.

Eclipse is great too, but doesn't have the whole ground combat thing to round out your 4X gaming satisfaction.

TI is the whole meal deal...takes a while to consume. If you have a good experienced player riding herd on the rest you can get a good game done in a day (9am start, finish 8-12 hours later). Sooo good.

Eclipse is wonderful. But certainly a lighter affair. Nothing like sending you representatives to the galactic counsel and hoping not to be assassinated to vote on a game changing rule for the glory of your empire. Then punishing those who voted against you by sending a war sun to their home planet.

I do really love both games though. Designing your own ships is pretty bitchin.

Never, EVER, play TI with AP-prone players, or slow or non-attentive player, not even one. Turns an already long game into a 12-15 hour toture session.