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Reprint :)
Shout-out to u/Panamaniac_3D for saving me $300. I had been considering picking up a resold copy from eBay for a hefty markup, but after asking about a reprint here and seeing their response I waited. Lo and behold, about a month later I get a notification about the reprint and It's ordered not 5 minutes later. One more week and it arrives. Now I just have to get a game () submitted by /u/Hopeful-Ad-830 [link] [comments]
Lost Legacies Faction Showcase: Part 2
A follow up to my previous post here are factions 4-6 of my Lost Legacies Homebrew?so=search). I wanted to put a lot of care and focus into designing starting fleets/techs and homes in a way that helped showcase combos within the factions to show off what they are good at, so you might see a few quirkier fleets or starting setups among the project. I'll keep these up piecemeal to ensure they're easy to digest but feel free to check out the wiki?so=search) if you're bored submitted by /u/theodis09 [link] [comments]
Discussion on Game style options for three players on taken home system
Hello, Me and my good close friends play once a month, with pok c1-4 and now TE. We have found that our playstyles have some attrition and would love to have more input from outside: We were discussing how a player should react to their home system being taken from other players. The issue arises when a player which has their home system taken, stops playing to win and attacks to retaliate/punish/damage the player that attacked. The two point of views we have:
Soooo Saar is the only faction that can produce ground forces and right after that distribute them in planets they control in the active system? (Argent agent as an exception here)
Also, how does that work for other factions? Are you only able to distribute ground forces that have been previously produced? Does that have to respect the ships capacity or I could transfer ground forces "one after another" between planets inside the same system? submitted by /u/candlelight_art [link] [comments]
Custom Planet add-ons + player cards holder
I created the cards holder for the player, but then I realized that I have no way of storing the add-ons for planets.. So I came up with designing those small plastic thingies to attach to a card (without destoring it). Let me know what I could improve upon this design! The width of the player cards holder is exactly the same as a faction sheet. Printed on 0.2mm nozzle submitted by /u/Fit-Breakfast-2266 [link] [comments]
Lost Legacies Faction Showcase PT 1
For the better part of 2 years my friends and playtesters on the Tabletop Simulator and Async discord servers have been helping me to refine my personal homebrew. What started out as a project to make more synergistic components for franken led to a full fledged faction, action card and exploration homebrew expansion with over 18 factions. The content is still far from complete but I was hoping to do a couple days of showcasing each of the factions.
We're commissioning a TI4 (+TE+POK) score tracker from a guy that does woodworking. Any suggestions for additional features are highly appreciated!
Most of the actual tracking will work with magnets that will have 3D printed markers on them (see the top right for examples of such markers). The biggest challenge right now is making the public objectives readable at 1 table's length distance. We've thought of coloured markers to make a kind of "colour language" that indicates "control/have/own/spend" through symbolic/coloured markers, but that's beyond my expertise submitted by /u/Impressive_Wheel_106 [link] [comments]
Rules Question about Direct Hit
I played a game this weekend as the Discordant Stars faction The Kortali Tribunal. One of their techs states "Once per space combat, after 1 of your non-fighter ships is destroyed, you may produce 1 hit and assign it to 1 of your opponent’s non-carrier ships." I used this ability to assign a hit to Yin's flagship after he destroyed my cruiser, then played direct hit to finish it off.
A possible house rule?
I am curious to hear if others have considered a house rule for technology where all unit upgrades are achievable instead of researched. It would work independently of researching a new tech and wouldn’t be apart of the tech tree progression. Once you have the prerequisite research requirements implemented you would automatically receive your unit upgrades. This would drastically increase tech tree efficiency and make the game move a lot more in my opinion.
I made The Overseer, a TI4 game flow assistant
Hey everyone! I made a small web tool to help keep track of a Twilight Imperium 4 game (specially abilities timings): Check it on https://ti4-overseer.com It supports base game, Prophecy of Kings, and Thunder’s Edge. You can select factions manually or paste a TTS/Milty map string to detect factions, expansions, and legendary planets. Features include: Faction abilities organized by component or faction Round timeline with relevant faction effects Legendary planets and relics, with owner assignment
Last Bastion monument space Station stats?
we’re currently playing TI4 with the unofficial monument expansion, but the Thunder’s Edge factions aren’t in it. I’m Last Bastion, and I know their monument is a Space Station I put above a non-legendary single planet that deals two hits if taken by another player. I’m assuming this increases my commodities by one, but does anyone know what its card is? I can’t find any pictures online to tell me how many resources or influence it gives me if any. submitted by /u/MilkyBoyBlue [link] [comments]
Hacan and Nekro Interaction with Quantum Datahub Node also Imperial Arbiter
We have a 7 player game, including the Emirates of Hacan and Nekro Virus. Both of these players have Quantum Datahub Node. I am curious on the interaction of both players using Quantum Datahub Node which allows you to swap 1 of your strategy cards with another player at the end of the strategy phase.
New TI Streaming: Community Games!
Hey everyone! Tomorrow we're launching our new Twilight Imperium streaming channel with the first of our new Community Games. Would love to have as many people chatting to us on stream and we also have a super cool overlay that could really change how you watch a TI game! (the video is just a taster!) Sunday the 4th of October, 10am UK time The Muaat Rebellion: 6 players, 10 points, 8-hour limit
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