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Designed By	Christian T. Petersen
Art By	Brian Schomburg Scott Schomburg Tyler Walpole
Published By	Fantasy Flight Games
Year Published	2005
# of Players:	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players (139 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (41 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (64 voters) [poll]
Category	Civilization Fighting Negotiation Political Science Fiction Show More »
Mechanic	Area-Impulse Dice Rolling Modular Board Variable Phase Order Variable Player Powers Voting Show More »
Primary Name	Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition - Shattered Empire
Families	Twilight Imperium
Website	http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.as...

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Twilight Imperium Third Edition is an epic empire-building game of interstellar conflict, trade, and struggle for power. Players take the roles of ancient galactic civilizations, each seeking to seize the imperial throne via warfare, diplomacy, and technological progression. With new oversize geomorphic board tiles, finely detailed plastic miniatures, hundreds of cards, and a massive plurality of options, the TI gameplay has been refined and redone by original designer Christian T. Petersen.

The new design features faster gameplay, and involves players in a far more active game experience with much less downtime. In addition, TI3 will include new Race Cards, as well as a dramatic new approach to the structure of the gameplay itself using the new "Command" system.

Part of the Twilight Imperium Series.

Re-implements:

Twilight Imperium 2nd Edition

	More Information Edit \| History

Shipping in a massive (12” x 24”) epic-size box, this new giant-size edition of TI feature almost 350 masterfully sculpted oversize plastic miniatures - the typical TI units (Ground Forces, Cruisers, Dreadnoughts, Carriers, Fighters, PDS, and Space Docks) as well as two new units (the massive War Sun and the Destroyer). TI3 contains new oversize board tiles, more than 400 cards, every known civilization of the Twilight Imperium universe, almost every expansion rule and component ever published for TI, a gorgeous graphical overhaul, and an impressive full-color rules set.

Twilight Imperium Third Edition is nothing short of a massive epic release, and is destined to become a classic for years to come. FFG has directed all its craft, talent, and energy into this massive production. Are you ready for another Age of Twilight?

The publication of Twilight Imperium Third Edition (TI3) is a historical publication in FFG’s history. Twilight Imperium First Edition was FFG's first game product, and through two popular editions it has garnered a massive audience across the world and the Twilight Imperium name has been a pillar of growth and recognition for FFG.

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1	General Interested in either this or Starfarers of Catan...	2009-11-19	jasonmiceli	17
0	General Still got issues with fighters.	2009-11-19	Paladin_fin	11
1	General Looking for Corneeq	2009-11-18	Damjon	5
0	General imperium rex	2009-11-18	gohte833	1
0	Rules Questions on Transfer Action	2009-11-18	spanargoman	5
0	Rules Strategic card missunderstanding	2009-11-17	Wolfsflames	7
0	General Play with 2 players...	2009-11-17	Wolfsflames	7
1	General Dropping carriers fighter complement to 4	2009-11-17	Paladin_fin	13
0	General How is the fighting handled in TI3?	2009-11-16	finland06	7
0	General Player Colour vs Alien Race Artwork	2009-11-15	Danny fro...	6

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Twilight Imperium 3 Objectives Card List and Setup Instructions

Excel file contains a) setup instructions of the public objectives deck for hidden and revealed (Age of Empires) variants b) a sortable list of objectives for the original and Shattered Empires versions. Note: these are on different spreadsheets. There are several objectives files out there, but I needed one that captured all the objectives in one place and allows me to more easily choose from them depending on the type of game I want (e.g. more or less combat, technology, etc) Comments welcome!

bcbeltz

2009-11-04

Twilight Imperium player aid in spanish

Ayuda de juego en castellano, resumen de las reglas para Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition

decanox

2009-10-29

Warp zone tile for 5 and 7 player setups

Warp Zone tile to make 5 and 7 player more balanced. Contains sheet for creating warp zone tile and diagram of galaxy configurations that use the warp zone.

foxx

2009-09-09

TI3 Player Status v1.0

Custom double sided piece templete showing players active or pass status. Included current player token.

pmigas

2009-08-30

Battle Board for TI3 for large fleet battles

Made to print out on legal size paper- Just hit Print preview and print, trim excess and laminate. Place ship on number to hit. Silhouettes indicate unmodified number to hit. If number is modified just move ship to correct to hit number. Roll dice and record total hits in "Total hits box. Remove casualties, rinse and repeat.

Fargofootball

2009-08-20

SUPERCHEATSHEET FOR NEWBIES 6.01

Changed "must control your Home System to fulfill objectives" with "must control all planets in your HS to fulfill objectives" It's a small yet very important distinction.

nicest_guy_22

2009-08-04

Traduction / Aide de jeu qui prend pas beaucoup de place

TI3 prend beaucoup de place et tout en anglais. J'ai essayé de faire l'aide de jeu pour les traductions la plus claire, mais la plus condensé possible. 1A4 / joueurs, et 2 A4 pour la traductions des cartes.

adinx

2009-07-17

"Historical Background"

taken from the race sheets' back sides and the rules booklets from TI3 and TI3-SE - for whoever might need it

chiquichaque

2009-07-07

Leaders Reference Sheet

Yet another leaders reference sheet. You can print it out two-sided, so you have all the necessary information on one A4.

costello

2009-05-19

Ship's properties reference sheet

A reference sheet for unit's properties for Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition. You need something like pencil and eraser to properly use the sheet. Useful for long games with lots of battles. * Note: Scientific advancements, Races, Leaders and Laws are integrated

Vorpa

2009-04-11

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Average Rating:	7.84
Standard Deviation:	1.66
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Avg. Game Weight:	4.1
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Personal Comments:	1808
Users Owning:	4549
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Users Trading:	92
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Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition - Shattered Empire

Rank	0
Num Ratings	1271
Average Rating	8.64
Average Weight	4.10

Owned	2007
Prev. Owned	24
For Trade	23
Wanted in Trade	150

Wishlist	426
Comments	476
Year Pub.	2006

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P'nP Twilight Imperium Express	http://www.geekdo.com/boardgame/45120	2009-11-12
Critical Hits Review 3	http://www.critical-hits.com/2005/11/06/the-twilig...	2009-10-16
Critical Hits Review 2	http://www.critical-hits.com/2005/11/06/twilight-i...	2009-10-16
Critical Hits Review 1	http://www.critical-hits.com/2005/11/06/twilight-i...	2009-10-16
Home Page at Publisher	http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.as...	2009-07-08
Twilight Imperium 3 - FAQ 2.2	http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/Twil...	2009-01-12
Twilight Imperium Tips and Additions	http://gmdice.com/blog/?cat=6	2008-08-26
German review on Media-Mania.de	http://www.media-mania.de/index.php?action=rezi&p=...	2008-07-20
Played / Reviewed on The Spiel Episode #40	http://thespiel.net/?q=node/150	2008-02-18
German review at brettspiele-report.de	http://www.brettspiele-report.de/twilight-imperium...	2008-01-13

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