Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition - A Myth Becomes Reality!

[5golden]

I've read all the above posts, and every person who has said or echoed or typed "Pay2Win" obviously does not know how Twilight works. This is a unique game, massive in scope. FF Games really knocked themselves out (Thank you Christian T. Petersen!!) and the game is 100% fully playable, and the ability to 'win' the game is not diminished because some of the content is put behind the paywall. 100% of the game is available, you are just limited on the kinds of aliens you get to pretend to be, but NOTHING is making the game harder because you aren't behind the paywall. In fact.. speaking as someone who has been playing Twilight Imperium since 2007 (yes... I still remember the entire TI3 Tech tree, it haunts me... I don't want to talk about it) I would even say that if you don't know what you're doing? BGA gave you a GIANT SOLID by taking away the ability to play the other 11 factions. in Base game, all the factions are NOT equal, and of the top 5 strongest factions, my 'extremely informed' opinion is that 3 of the top 5 factions are in the 'free to play' factions. but again.. this is all things you choose *BEFORE* starting teh game, there is *NO IMPACT* in actually playing the game...

Also... and I don't want to rag on people too hard, because BGA has really done backflips to make sure that people can play board games here without having to pay money... but to all the people that say "I play boardgames here... but I don't see the value of kicking BGA a few bucks a year for their services..." I mean I get it... what's the cost... 50 bucks a year? that's not nothing... but if you like playing board games... and you like playin *ALL* the board games... what's a few bucks to play *ALL* the boardgames anytime you want? BGA is really something special, and they really do cater to people who want all the benefits with none of the costs... they decided to do the best board game ever... and they did it in a creative excellent way... can't we all just be grateful that BGA did the thing, and give them their nickel so we can get Prophesy of Kings?

There's no way this isn't satire, good job if that was your intention

To anyone seriously thinking BGA is some small scrappy team that is desperate for cash to keep things afloat, remember they've been owned by Asmodee, a billion-dollar company, for years now.

[GoblinLoveChild]

I hope they have implemented a "Save Game" mechanic cause how the hell are you getting 7 people to play 5-9 hours straight on BGA without an interruption?

[Gorgo Primus]

It’s ok guys, you only pick which race will affect the rest of your game at the beginning, so half of them being restricted from your non-paying friends only affects one tiny decision. It’s no different than when my friends come over and I tell them they can each only use half the characters in my copy of Nemesis unless they pay me a fee. Hosting game night and adjudicating the rules is a lot of work, so I deserve it and they’ll surely come back next week. /s

Somehow the website (owned by a major company) and all its premium games haven’t had to do this at any point before regardless of how big or complex said games have been, but now it’s not only ok but vital that this time they be allowed to enshitify the premium experience by locking off content from free players. Sure thing…