They’re beautifully crafted, each one with fine detail. The best bit – and taking up the most room – are the miniatures. The vast galaxy engulfs the table in a sea of dark blue, ready to be conquered. It looks great when you do manage to set it up, though, although it can take some time. While each faction will need a lot of room on top of that to store reinforcements, cards, and tokens, too. Your first game could use over 35 tiles to make up the galaxy, depending on how many players you have in the group.

454 cards (to represent planets, technologies, objectives, and agendas, to name a few).

354 plastic miniatures (59 for each faction).

You’re gonna need to rent out some extra storage for this big boy. Twilight Imperium, though, is a whole other story. Space is called space for a reason: it’s made up of a lot of empty space (don’t quote me on that). You’ll need a combination of them all if you’re going to win. Brute force, negotiation, diplomacy, bribery, trade, and technological discovery are just some of the weapons at your disposal. On a board made up of 51 system tiles, no game ever has to be the same. Whoever reaches 10 points first wins the game, taking the seat of power in the capital, Mecatol Rex. Twilight Imperium is a chunky galactic diplomacy and war game for three to six players.Īs the leader of one of the many alien civilizations, you must expand your influence and control of the remnants of the Lazax empire by completing objectives and scoring victory points.

Twilight imperium 3rd edition strategy