This is done by laying out hexagonal tiles. The next step was to create the galactic game board we would be playing on.

By the time I arrived, pieces had already been sorted out and races assigned (everyone gets an alien race with their own special abilities, homeworlds, and starting military.) Scott and Justin had played in the last game I had played in, whereas Gavin was a new player. We also recruited Scott, Justin, and Gavin to play. So Dennis (who had laid down the money to buy it in the first place) convinced me to give it another shot. The first playing had a lot of factors going against it: we started around 10:30 at night, we had to learn the rules, and a number of crucial rules had been mistaught. I really wasn’t happy with the first playing, but I was willing to give it another try. Through no small amount of effort, we were able to wrangle up a group for what was my second game of Twilight Imperium 3rd ed. (Warning: the following review has a number of crudely shot cameraphone pics of the game being played) I have now played the 3rd edition twice (16+ hours of gameplay) and have to say that if I had bought it, it would probably remain on my shelf or be headed for Ebay. I own the second edition, and played it twice, but it hasn’t really left the shelf in many years, due to time and complexity involved. Twilight Imperium 3rd edition was released this year, updating a Fantasy Flight Games classic to adapt some more modern ideas in board gaming.

Twilight imperium 3rd edition strategy