Twilight Imperium (1997)

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Designer	Christian T. Petersen
Artist	Bill Heagy
Publisher	Fantasy Flight Games
Year Published	1997
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
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Category	Civilization Negotiation Political Science Fiction Space Exploration Wargame Show More »
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter Modular Board Tile Placement Variable Player Powers Voting Show More »
Expansion	Twilight Imperium: Borderlands Twilight Imperium: Distant Suns Twilight Imperium: The Outer Rim Twilight Imperium: Twilight Armada
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Primary Name	Twilight Imperium
Alternate Names	Twilight Imperium (First Edition) Twilight Imperium 1st Edition
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Sprawling game of space faring races out to dominate known space. This game combines a number of elements from other game systems into a unique package. Hex tiles create the game board and each player begins with a race with unique powers. The game focuses heavily on a political voting phase and a web of trade agreements between players.

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Twilight Imperium

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First Edition

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Artist: Bill Heagy

Year: 1997

Product Code: TW001

Size: 15.00 x 12.00 x 2.00 inches

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0	General Own 1st Ed, never played 1, 2, or 3rd. Should we give 1st a try?	2009-12-06	Jeremiah_Lee	3
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Twilight Imperium Rules

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2009-11-13

New counters

New counters for Twilight Imperium based on Star Trek saga

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2009-06-10

New counters

New counters for Twilight Imperium based on Babylon 5 saga

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2009-06-10

New rules

New optional rules including new counters for Twilight Imperium

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tech.zip

German Translation of Technology Cards and the Techtree

f-p-p-m

2005-10-06

Actioncards.zip

German Translation of the Action Cards

f-p-p-m

2005-09-24

6PlayerVariant.jpg

A big 6 player variant with a few options and extra needed hexes - by RLSP

RLSP

2004-08-19

VANTAGGI TECNOLOGICI.doc

Italian tranlation of Techtree

ecasco_online

2004-06-08

Twilight Imperium.rtf

Italian tranlation of cards

ecasco_online

2004-06-08

Twilight Imperium V2.xls

TI Record Keeper Excel Sheet

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2001-04-20

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	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	1077
Thematic Rank:	166
Num Ratings:	592
Average Rating:	6.72
Standard Deviation:	1.64
Num Views:	93635
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.4
Fans:	8

Personal Comments:	275
Users Owning:	690
Users Wanting:	32
Users Trading:	62 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	219
Plays This Month:	1

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Twilight Imperium: Borderlands

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	59
Average Rating	6.86
Average Weight	2.83

Num Owned	177
Prev. Owned	23
For Trade	11
Want in Trade	2

Wishlist	3
Comments	26
Year Published	1997

Twilight Imperium: Distant Suns

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	51
Average Rating	6.82
Average Weight	3.20

Num Owned	141
Prev. Owned	16
For Trade	6
Want in Trade	3

Wishlist	4
Comments	19
Year Published	1998

Twilight Imperium: The Outer Rim

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	47
Average Rating	6.91
Average Weight	3.00

Num Owned	141
Prev. Owned	12
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	2

Wishlist	4
Comments	16
Year Published	1998

Twilight Imperium: Twilight Armada

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	30
Average Rating	5.30
Average Weight	2.50

Num Owned	77
Prev. Owned	10
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	4

Wishlist	8
Comments	22
Year Published	1998

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Gamew review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-06-25
Twilight Imperium Yahoo group and mailing list	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/twilightimperium/	2003-06-13
Review at Seattle Cosmic Wiki	http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/Twilight_20Imperium	2003-02-19
Informational Page from About.com Website	http://boardgames.about.com/games/boardgames/libra...	2001-11-02