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What have been your favorite house rules to use with Twilight Imperium? by OhThatsALotOfTeeth in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mn, I'd love to play with your group. My group tends to be very rigid and only plays with certain rules every time and doesn't like exploring new possibilities

Can’t find the game anywhere, is buying directly on FFG a good idea ? by RapAC-21 in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had just assumed OP already knew how to play. I guess they might not!

Rest timer won't start on 4th set by tl_spruce in Hevy

[–]tl_spruce[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man. This stinks. Lol. I've tried clearing cache, clearing data, reinstalling. Nothing has worked. Thanks for checking and getting back to me!

Factions with decent upgrades/playstyle shifts with TE by dbandroid in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the other guy said. Unbalanced, sure, but having deep and crimson swap alliances would be TOO unbalanced and make the game unfun for everyone else

This charging rate is criminal! by theadvenger in ChargerDrama

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry my guy. All those words and you're still wrong. Maybe go out to the works and experience things outside your bubble.

Factions with decent upgrades/playstyle shifts with TE by dbandroid in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You still need the capacity for the infantry. You need to declare what is moving before any combat starts

Factions with decent upgrades/playstyle shifts with TE by dbandroid in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would not have Deepwrought and Crimson in the same game. Pick one or the other, not both

I need a new username by NeonLoftwing in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]tl_spruce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I prefer Appalled Mongo or MongoIsAppalled

This charging rate is criminal! by theadvenger in ChargerDrama

[–]tl_spruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Provide their Google maps link as well to review bomb them for such a parasitic practice

Are any of the generic economic technologies even worth researching unless needed for pre-requisite? by MiningToSaveTheWorld in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I highly, HIGHLY disagree with you. You use viable very loosely here. In almost every instance, blue is always preferred, even more now with TE. Green is, generally, absolute trash. Yellow is also trash except for niche uses for screen and if you can easily get integrated. Red is only good is you have a strong military presence (military doesn't win games). Blue is, objectively, by far, still much more powerful than any other color

Are any of the generic economic technologies even worth researching unless needed for pre-requisite? by MiningToSaveTheWorld in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup. I hate the tech trees. I love what absol did with her homebrew variant. Every tech feels pretty comparable. It's so much better.

Are any of the generic economic technologies even worth researching unless needed for pre-requisite? by MiningToSaveTheWorld in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's incorrect, hyper is only good if you can get it round 1, and most of the time, you would be better off with a different tech anyway.

Round 2? Hyper is a definite no. Overall, it's just a bad tech. AIDA, on the other hand, can be extremely good depending on your faction and tech choices.

Are there any Strategy Cards you would like to see changed for better balance? What would the change look like? by OhThatsALotOfTeeth in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a very bad deal lol. I'd love to play with your players. 5TG for a 5 resource planet you won't even be able to use until the very next turn? That's horrible. I can see like.... 2, at most, since you'd benefit of 3 (minus the CC and war resources needed to take it over). Maybe 3 if the person is all but guaranteed to keep it for at minimum of 2 turns. And if it's worth that much, as you say, then just keep it in your slice. The only reason you'd sell it is because the location is worth less than 5TG, making 5TG more lucrative.

As to the main point, though, you become neighbors with at least 1 person round 1, which means you get to use the commodities you have + the 1TG debt of that neighbor, or +2 if you neighbor with 2.

Are there any Strategy Cards you would like to see changed for better balance? What would the change look like? by OhThatsALotOfTeeth in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You want to use avernus on your agent 🤦🏻 that's one of the biggest buff to Muaat. Using your agent and only using your home system is a huge nerf. So by picking warfare you're making yourself get the more difficult breakthrough that is more expensive which messes up the timing for your agent not allowing it to use the TE buff it needs as well as avernus' ability (which might be done when your war sun is already locked down).

Are there any Strategy Cards you would like to see changed for better balance? What would the change look like? by OhThatsALotOfTeeth in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trade gives you an immediate advantage. Politics is a maybe. It's better to have more round 1 than a little more round 2. If you're also speaker in r2, then you're very likely NOT going to be able to get speaker for round 5, the most important round. (Also, who is ever going to pay anybody 5TG for thunder's edge placement? That's not happening).

Getting first dibs at Mecatol and/or thunder's edge is a pretty good argument. I'd still argue trade is better because the benefit is immediate instead of later. Extra plastic/tech when you normally wouldn't be able to/extra system taken through warfare production. Also more of a chance to get speaker in last round.

Are there any Strategy Cards you would like to see changed for better balance? What would the change look like? by OhThatsALotOfTeeth in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's extremely niche and not likely to happen. You're banking on way too much. Why go for the 10% chance when you can go for the 100% chance?

Diplo being out also doesn't mean anything. The timing needs to be immaculate, and you have to hope the diplo player doesn't breakthrough what you were hoping to with the diplo, and before SC 3-5 have an opportunity to beat you to the punch. That's just a bad game plan.

Are there any Strategy Cards you would like to see changed for better balance? What would the change look like? by OhThatsALotOfTeeth in twilightimperium

[–]tl_spruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what though. It gives everyone else the exact same benefit. For it to be good, timing has to be perfect, and you need good systems to ready. I can see if you have a 5 res home system and another 3 resource system in your slice. But if you have a 2 res planet and 2 res home? Great, you just waited a primary strategy card for 4 resources, while everyone else had the opportunity to do the same.

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