The gang got together for some gaming yesterday. We had originally discussed attending The Geekway to the West gaming convention, here in St. Louis, but our schedules were a little full. We decided to save the money and check out the game room at Al's new place.Since we had a full day, we decided to try out Twilight Imperium (3rd Edition) by Fantasy Flight Games. TI3 has become one of our favorite "event games" since Al bought it a couple of years ago. Al, Steven, Drew, Andrew, Jeff and Patrick played. (I helped Patrick out, since it was his first game, and I also served as "Rulebook Guy.")
The game is set in space. Each player represents a race of beings that builds ships, expands, takes over more planets, researches techonology and expands some more. It combines the stock mechanics of most "civilization" games, such as a technology tree and lots of plastic pieces representing lots of different types of units. It also has a few Euro elements, such as trading and strategy cards (that are similar to the role cards that are in various Euros).
The game is a lot of fun, but its downside is the time it takes to play. We started setting up at 4 PM, took our first turns about 4:45 PM, took a 45-minute dinner break about 7 PM and finally quit about 12:30 the following morning. The winner is the first to reach ten victory points, and we had a three-way tie for six when we called it. We've only finished one game -- ever -- and that took about twelve hours. We might be a little slow. (After all, our group does have the person who invented "fake thinking.") But I can't imagine a group of five or six finishing this game in less than eight hours. I found a fun video on YouTube that is a a stop-motion video of a three-player game.
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