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2005
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Best with 6 players
Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players
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12 and up
Playing Time
360 minutes
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14 and up
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Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
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Twilight Imperium (Third Edition)
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Twilight Imperium Third Edition is an epic empire-building game of interstellar conflict, trade, and struggle for power. Players take the roles of ancient galactic civilizations, each seeking to seize the imperial throne via warfare, diplomacy, and technological progression. With geomorphic board tiles, exquisite plastic miniatures, hundreds of cards, and introducing a rich set of strategic dimensions that allows each player to refocus their game-plan, the original designer Christian T. Petersen has seamlessly incorporated the better qualities of other recently popular games to improve on the game-play of the original TI, making it at once perfectly well-rounded and pleasantly familiar to experienced gamers.

TI3 is played by at least three players who belong to ten possible alien races, each with their own advantages and quirks. The 'designer notes' in the rulebook candidly and humbly acknowledge the inspiration for some of the improvements to the original game. The strategic game-play borrows the governing element from 'Puerto Rico' to involve players in an iteratively complex and yet fast-paced game experience with very little downtime. The game map, basic player progress and overall victory are dynamically determined in almost exactly the same way as they are by imaginative players of 'Settlers of Catan', while the "Command" system cleverly improves on the 'oil' logistical mechanism of 'Attack' to both manage turn-based activity and limit the size of armies, uniquely enabling weakened players to bounce back if they play their cards right.

Part of the Twilight Imperium Series.

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Shipping in a massive (12” x 24”) epic-size box, this new giant-size edition of TI feature almost 350 masterfully sculpted oversize plastic miniatures - the typical TI units (Ground Forces, Cruisers, Dreadnoughts, Carriers, Fighters, PDS, and Space Docks) as well as two new units (the massive War Sun and the Destroyer). TI3 contains new oversize board tiles, more than 400 cards, every known civilization of the Twilight Imperium universe, almost every expansion rule and component ever published for TI, a gorgeous graphical overhaul, and an impressive full-color rules set.

Twilight Imperium Third Edition is nothing short of a massive epic release, and is destined to become a classic for years to come. FFG has directed all its craft, talent, and energy into this massive production. Are you ready for another Age of Twilight?

The publication of Twilight Imperium Third Edition (TI3) is a historical publication in FFG’s history. Twilight Imperium First Edition was FFG's first game product, and through two popular editions it has garnered a massive audience across the world and the Twilight Imperium name has been a pillar of growth and recognition for FFG.

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Twilight Imperium (Third Edition)
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Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Artist: Scott Schomburg, Brian Schomburg, Tyler Walpole
Year: 2005
Product Code: TI03
Size: 24.00 x 12.00 x 4.00 inches
7.40 pounds
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6 Twilight Imperium Streamlined
This is my best attempt to decrease the playing time of the game, while retaining most of it's gameplay elements. This is based on drafting the Strategy cards.
English
2014-12-13
11 Twilight Imperium 3 Tech Tree (all expansions)
There are many excellent Tech Tree reference files available for TI, but none of them matched exactly what our group wanted. Here is my attempt. The aim is to be simple, clean and readable, with all necessary information and nothing extra. All technologies are listed, with colour groups. All prerequisites are shown by arrows. (Red arrows indicate dual prerequisites, such as Type IV Drive.) The tree prints neatly onto a single A4 page, for easy reference (and ticking off) during play. This tree includes the cards from the Shattered Empire and Shards of the Throne expansions.
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2014-12-09
4 CV Supplement Tokens
Supplement Tokens for Carriers to increase the number of ships available by Race.
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2014-12-02
3 War Sun and DN Supplement Tokens
Tokens to increase the number of ships available for each Race.
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2014-12-02
3 Supplement Tokens, DD and CA
Supplement Tokens to increase the number of ships available by race
English
2014-12-02
2 Tuiles Stratégiques traduites
Bonjour à tous, voici la trad des tuiles stratégiques. Il manque celles de Shattered Empire car j'attends sa réédition d'ici la fin de l'année. N'hésitez pas à me contacter pour m'indiquer toutes les erreurs et conseils. Merci.
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2014-09-14
2 traduction presque complète des cartes
Bonjour à tous, après beaucoup de boulot je vous donne en preview le résultat. Il y a la trad de toutes les carte de TI3 et de Shard of the throne. N'ayant pas Shattered Empire je ne peux pas vous proposer la traduction. Mais dès la réédition je bosse dessus. J'ai également traduit les tuiles stratégiques sur photoshop, le texte verso de chaque race et je vais bientot me mettre sur le recto également. Sachez que j'ai pris les trames et me suis basé sur la boulot de david lesouef (on peut trouver le doc sur trictrac). J'upload ce document pour avoir des corrections et autres conseils. Merci à vous tous.
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2014-09-06
23 TI3 Race-Specific Unit, Technology & Leader Checklists
This pdf-file contains 18 double-sided race-specific unit, technology and leader checklists/reference sheets for Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition. It allows you to reference ALL your available units, leaders and technology advances as well as check/track all those technology advances you research. It includes: - all the races from the base game - and the two expansions, - as well as race-specific tweaks, technologies, and starting technologies as given by the race sheets. - It also includes all game variants, such as shock troops, space mines, mechanized units and flagships. I have included a short summary of the most important rules governing certain unit abilities or technology advances, so that it is most helpful for newcomers as well as veterans. Where I could, I also tried to...
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2014-08-19
1 Memo
Cette aide de jeu vous permet de conserver les données concernant les adversaires (voire les vôtres) pendant une partie, et ce en 2 pages ! Plus d'infos sur mon blog : http://languedeserpent.free.fr
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2014-08-17
7 Resumen de reglas y orden del Twilight Imperium 3rdEd
Las reglas resumidas del juego secuenciadas en el orden de juego. Añadidas las reglas opcionales: Distant Suns y Space Domains; Minas espaciales y con el set-up para Age of Empire.
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2014-07-31
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