- Shattered Empire
Shattered Empires is currently the only expansion to the
board game Twilight Imperium , both of which were designed and published by gaming companyFantasy Flight Games . It was released in December 2006.Additions to the Game
Shattered Empire adds 28 new system tiles, 4 new races, 2 extra sets of coloured plastic pieces, 40 new Action Cards, 32 newPolitical Cards, 20 new Public Objective cards and 3 new Secret Objective Cards. It also includes rules for 7-player and 8-player games, in contrast to
Twilight Imperium 's maximum of 6 players.Shattered Empire also adds many brand new options to be used in addition to the base game, all of which are modular; they can all be added and removed independently of each other, and none are necessary to play the game. These options are:
*Race-Specific Technologies
*Artifacts
*Shock Troops (originally seen in previous editions of the game, but omitted fromTwilight Imperium 3rd edition).
*Space Mines
*The Wormhole Nexus
*FacilitiesChanges to the Game
One of the largest changes in the game when Shattered Empire was introduced was the introduction of 8 brand-new strategy cards, which form an integral part of gameplay. The most noteworthy change among these was the removal of the Imperial strategy card, which was the subject of much criticism due to its giving of "free" victory points (which are required to win the game).Other changes include new objective cards to make the game slightly more combat-based, and new technologies to reduce the potency of large groups of fighters, which dominated the base game.
In addition, the concept of temporary victory points was introduced, in the form of artifacts, special objectives and certain political agendas. These added to the dynamic by keeping the scoring much more fluid than in the base game.
External links
* [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ti3.html Official "Twilight Imperium" Homepage]
* [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffgforums/forums/show/30.page Official "TI3" Forums]
* [http://www.ti3wiki.org TI3Wiki: "The" resource for PBeM/PBF Games]
*bgg|12493|Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition"
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