Dice Temple: Will You Control The Twilight Imperium?

Take it from me — the first time you experience space travel is above and beyond the human imagination. Coming out of stasis, shaking the jelly from your legs, and then that first gaze out the porthole into that infinite black ocean…it’d take anyone’s breath away. Sure did mine in good.

Now I’ve been up more than a few times, mainly on exploratory missions. I ain’t no rookie. I thought I’d seen everything I was going to see before I came home to that starry void for the last time. But orders from above are becoming more and more cryptic, and the rumors of impending war have reached even us, here on this remote military station.

Seems the old treaties have disintegrated. Trade is the only thing that’s keeping each and every regime in the galaxy from bleeding the lifeblood out the others — and so I’m writing you.

You’re political and military prowess far precedes you, and I have been ordered on behalf of my superiors to call upon your skill and beseech you to follow flag and country for what will prove to be the final determinant in this longstanding conflict for control of the Imperium. The Twilight Imperium.

Sincerely,

DiceTemple Andrew

Playing Twilight Imperium is kind of like gazing on Zues. In all likelihoods it will incinerate you, but if you survive to tell the tale of your adventure, oh what an adventure it will be. Clocking in at a massive 6-8 hours a game, this isn’t something you just whip out at game night. But if you and your pals can put aside an afternoon, then its a great pick.

Throughout this epic you will develop technology, wage space war with entire fleets, conquer planets, negotiate trade routes, participate in senate, and do a myriad of other things that culminate in a personal space opera played out right before your eyes. How you will do these things, as far as mechanics go, I will not begin to describe, as you would be reading this far to long (and you already put up with my unnecessary introduction). But let me just say that gameplay is deeply involved as far as choices go (it is an eight hour game…), the board is remade every game and based in hexes for extended replayability, factions are diverse and well developed, and turns are taken in rounds to keep everyone involved at every turn! (Although the first time you play you won’t always know what’s going on.) 

So if you are interested in getting involved in a deeply rewarding but time consuming game. A game that will have you recounting epic battles and political climax for days to come. A game that allows you to discover, war, and conquer space and the wonders that it holds. Get Twilight Imperium. Now.