Twilight Imperium: An Honest Take on an Epic Board Game

We recently put together an “Honest Take” on Twilight Imperium, one of the most epic board games in history — a game that every gamer should play at least once.

We posted the video on YouTube (you can see it below), but we wanted to post a written version as well.

Enjoy.

From Fantasy Flight, the board game publisher ringing every drop of value out of its Star Wars license, comes a space empire game that totally didn’t rip off Star Wars.

Or, maybe it did, considering this line in the rule book.

Twilight Imperium: Third Edition.

Experience the epic expanse of a universe hand-built by you and your fellow players in a process that takes way longer than it needs to.

Then, take control of one of ten ancient civilizations and clash with others as you expand into the power vacuum conveniently left behind by galaxy’s last great power.

Build your forces and advance your technology through a tree so complicated you’ll need this chart to understand it.

Partial chart shown. Yes, there’s MORE to this.

This game is so big that no table can hold it and so deep that it gives your friends dozens of ways — and reasons — to stab you in the back.

Finally, face your fellow players in epic space confrontations. Or participate in mundane parliamentary procedures that will ultimately hamstring your empire.

So, buckle in for a game that combines the dice-rolling of Ameritrash with the tedious bookkeeping of Euro Games.

Starring:

Cat people

Genocide

Not-Deathstars

They’re called War Suns. WAR SUNS!

And a lot of aliens that kind of look like fish.

To be fair, one of these looks like a turtle.

Twilight Imperium: Third Edition

Man, I don’t care if this game takes so long it feels like a job. It’s still freakin’ awesome.