Designer	Corey Konieczka Christian T. Petersen
Artist	Tom Garden Mark Molnar Scott Schomburg
Publisher	Fantasy Flight Games
Year Published	2011
# of Players	3 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 players (46 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
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User Suggested Ages	16 and up (16 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (18 voters) [poll]
Honors	2011 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee 2011 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Winner
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Expands	Twilight Imperium (third edition)
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Primary Name	Twilight Imperium (third edition): Shards of the Throne
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The legacy of a ruined empire silently echoes across the stars, its presence still felt as a timeless entity. It is hope. It is a promise. It corrodes the dreams of a peaceful universe into visions of alluring conquest, propelling the entire galaxy into an endless struggle for power.

Shards of the Throne is an epic expansion for Twilight Imperium, adding new races, new units, and many new options to create an even more incredible power struggle in the far reaches of the galaxy.

Mercenaries, Mechanized Units, and all-new Flagship units give players more options for customizing their fleets and Ground Forces, while the Political Intrigue option will crank up the agendas and espionage of the political phase.

Also adding Race-Specific Technologies, alternate Strategy Cards, new System Tiles, Space Domains, and an all-new scenario that puts one player in control of the legendary Lazax Empire, Shards of the Throne creates a completely new way to wage your galactic conquests!

Part of the Twilight Imperium Series.

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Components:
• 40 new plastic unit pieces in all 8 colors
• 3 new races: The Arborec, The Ghosts of Creuss, and The Nekro Virus
• An all-new scenario in which one player controls the legendary Lazax Empire
• New rules options including Mercenaries, Representatives, Mechanized Units, and Flagships

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Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Artist: Tom Garden, Mark Molnar, Scott Schomburg

Year: 2011

Product Code: TI05

Size: 11.75 x 11.75 x 3.00 inches

3.68 pounds

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TI3 Tech Tree - All expansions included

Full color Tech Tree for Twilight Imperium 3 including techs from Shattered Empire and Shards of the Throne.

Odessian

2012-05-18

New Balanced Tech Tree

This tech tree is designed to balance the techs and make choices difficult.

Darquan

2012-04-12

TI3 Tech Tree for All Expansions by Race with Complete Text

This Tech Tree is a work in progress that has developed over several years of play. Adding each expansion became more challenging and forced it to a double sided format. One side for the tree and the other for the text for each race. It has check boxes for available and have to help players keep track.

torus

2012-03-14

TI3 Tech Depth

This is a new Verison of the Technology Depth Tree from Priax, which can be found under http://www.ti3wiki.org/images/7/75/Tech_Depth_Table.PNG. It includes all Techs and Races from Shards of the Throne and Shattered Empire except of the Nekro Virus (because they don't have to follow the Tree). The Number shows how often a player has to acquire new Techs, to get the desired one. A Tech with 0 is a starting Technology. Example can be found in the original table (Link above) You can find the image under: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/1226846/twilight-imperium-third-edition-shards-of-the-thro. If you want I can add a .xls/.xlsx Version. Excuse my bad English(if it is bad, i don't know)!

ZIGUCCG

2012-02-10

Tech Tree including all expansions (hexagon shapes)

V3.1 Preview: [ImageID=1215407] The numbers represent the shortest paths to a particular tech. For example if your goal is to get the FLEET LOGISTICS as soon as possible, start tracing backwards from there, always choosing the lowest available number (6-5-4-3-2-1). This is a new version of my "hexagonal style" tech tree, now including the latest expansion. Some of you may recognize the style from my previous version in 2009 when I uploaded it into ti3wiki. Back then I had different versions for different paper sizes and variations. This time there's only one tree and it's in US Letter size but with enough margins that it prints fine in A4. Choose Actual Size (no need to scale it down). Not all techs are in a perfectly logical top-to-bottom easiest-to-hardest order, although most of...

Hipsu

2012-01-24

SUPERCHEATSHEETS 8.0

It's finally here. SUPERCHEATSHEET v.8.0 These SUPER CHEAT SHEETS have all the rules for all versions with all the FAQs integrated into the rules. However, the very basic rules (e.g. Where can I find the resource value on the planet?) are not covered. I have examined each rule meticulously. Many changes were brought to the cheat sheet, including the addition of Technology, Distant Suns, a list of all the mercenaries, details about the representatives, etc. Please, enjoy!!

nicest_guy_22

2011-12-27

New Promissory Notes

I created four new Promissory Notes and made designs for them, ready to print. These will allow for a greater variance in Promissory Notes and hopefully make them a more vital aspect of the game. Note: "Withdrawal" is not eligible for HS.

StefanSasse

2011-12-20

German Strategy Cards TI3SE+SotT

I translated (our) actual strategy cards set to German. It is not very beautiful, but functional.

VolkoV

2011-12-01

Variant tech tree

An alternate design of Aweberman's variant tech tree which has been discussed in detail in this thread: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/687235/same-technologies-completely-new-tree

theasaris

2011-11-25

Updated Racial Objectives

Continuing the work of several different users, primarily Axensmash, this is an updated and expanded version of the variant Racial Objectives that replace the regular Secret Objectives. The following optional rules are required for some of the objectives: Leaders, Shock Troops, Racial Technologies, Flagships and Political Intrigue

theasaris

2011-11-25

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