Twilight Imperium: Third Edition

Players take the roles of rival galactic civilizations vying for dominance through warfare, diplomacy, trade, and technological advancement. A modular map of hex tiles and fleets of plastic ships form the theater for strategic movement, conquest, and resource contention, while faction-unique abilities and political agendas shape negotiation and alliances. Turn structure uses command tokens and action programming to regulate movement and combat, and large decks of strategy, objective, and event cards drive scoring and long-term goals over an extended play session.

Players: 3–6 best 6
Playing time: 180–240 min
Age: 14+
Complexity: 4.3 / 5

6.8 on LudoyaScience FictionSpace ExplorationGrid MovementTech Trees / Tech TracksVariable Phase Order

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About the game

Design: Christian T. Petersen
Art: Scott Schomburg
Tyler Walpole
Brian Schomburg
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Expansions

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Twilight Imperium: Third Edition – Shattered Empire2006

Twilight Imperium: Third Edition – Shards of the Throne2011

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Plays logged: 98
Players: 6h 18m
Average play: 38
In collections: 3
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6.8/10

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Mestremuten4.0
Rating: 3/5 Production value: 1/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
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FinnTroll6.0
i'm done with ffg. no, really! just one more expansion for the bsg, one more for the runewars, new civilization - and i'm done! honestly. i'm sick of their overproduced plastic-filled card- and dice-fests! wait a second... omg, my new talisman and descent have arrived!!! ♫♫♫
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