Andrew's next overly ambitious game project... getting the DL to play a game of Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition over the forums.
Since I'm feeling lazy right now, here is the official description.
Twilight Imperium is an epic board game of galactic conquest for 3-6 players. Taking on the role of one of ten ancient civilizations, players compete for interstellar supremacy through warfare, trade, uncertain allegiances, and political dominance. Each civilization provides a unique game experience with different abilities and play styles. Will you play as the Emirates of Hacan and preside over every trade agreement made in the galaxy, or will you be the Federation of Sol and rapidly take over worlds in hopes of dominating the entire galaxy? In Twilight Imperium many roads lead to Rome (or Mecatol Rex), but no road is without its bumps.
As the prominent leader of your civilization, you must make enemies and allies with the other respected leaders that sit around you. Alliances can be made and broken in an instant. War can be waged, and then rescinded in the matter of minutes. The galaxy isn't stable, so how you will be the beacon to guide your people through? Turn after turn, you must decide what is in your peoples best interest. Choosing a political path may allow you to use your votes which you've accumulated in passing a bill on Mecatol Rex. But what will you do next turn when your defenses are broken and your homeworld is invaded? Or, will you stage an all-out fleet assault on a bordering colony? These are all just examples of the tough decisions you'll have to make in Twilight Imperium.Provided I can get all the supplies together, I really want to run this game for the DL. Technically, I really want to play the game as well, so I'm going to tenatively put myself in the player list as well. As such, I am looking for 5 other players. If a lot of people are interested we can run the 8 player variant, but... uh... See the next note.
So let's get one thing out of the way. This game is long. Really, really long. Like, in-person games take in the area of 8+ hours. Which means that, in an online format (and accounting for reactionary abilities), we're probably looking at a game that lasts a couple months. At least, that was the impression I got from reading up by other PbP and PbeM games. Given the way the DL does things, and given that this game needs less moderation than Arkham, it is possible it will flow significantly faster than what I'm expecting though. Either way, that means I need players who are interested, attentive and possess the ability to post somewhat frequently.
Similarly speaking, I definitely need all interested players to read the rules. I'm not yet sure about variants or anything we're using, so just give the full things a read. You can find them here.
Base Game:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/Twilight%20Imperium%203/ti3rules.pdfExpansion:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/Twilight%20Imperium%203/TI3_SE_Rules.pdfSo. Provided I can get the material I need to actually start the game (haven't confirmed that I will actually be able to get my hands on what I need, i.e. a copy of the game or online information), I'm looking at a start date sometime after the current Arkham game ends. Probably a week or three thereafter. Otherwise, I'll be looking into the best ways to run this and host it. So, if you're interested, have questions, think this is a positively shit idea, etc, please go ahead and post here.
INTERESTED PLAYERSAndrew
UOM Fan
Random Non-Vowel
Xorn
World of Puns
Mage, the one I can't think of something silly for
Shortening of Arthur's Sword
Strago
