TDG: Struggle for the Galactic Empire

[@perplexalot1615]

I've been playing this for years and still enjoy it.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

I'm glad. There's a lot to like here.

[@MeanderingMikesManCave]

Those fuzzy nibs on some of the counters .... triggered! Other than that ... great video!

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@MeanderingMikesManCave Ha! Sorry about that. And thank you.

[@campbella2796]

I have this game in my cupboard of shame; never played. There was a second edition but I don't know what the differences were.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@campbella2796 Thanks.

[@marcusjurado7226]

clip the corners of those counters lol

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

Never!

[@chrisdonovan8795]

It seems the struggle is real. Looks like yet another game that would be perfect for a computer.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@chrisdonovan8795 Someone said there is a computer version.

[@Lordjunon]

Its an older game but Core worlds takes another core from Foundation, its a deckbuilding game where you go from outer worlds into the core. With the galactic orders expansion its been in my top 20 for as long as ive owned it. There is a board game as well which is a worker placement game, its fun but long.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@Lordjunon I’ve heard good things about Core Worlds, but never got a chance to play it. Thanks.

[@eatingweevils]

Interesting box cover art. The ships look like Babylon 5 Vorlons vs Star Wars Marauder Cruisers. After you said the game was based on the Foundation book series, it got me thinking what scifi books i would like to see become a game. My pipedream would be Iain M Banks Culture scifi stories made into game.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@eatingweevils I’m not familiar with those books. I always thought the cover of this game looked like B5, too.

[@kommodore6691]

Glad I'm not the only one, thought it was Vorlon vs Centauri, the Centauri have ships like that too just missing the vertical fin.

[@CraigMalin-i9b]

Not huge into Sci Fi games, but love to see a game about 'Doc" Smith's series Lensman

[@eatingweevils]

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Iain M Banks Scifi Culture stories are set in techno-utopian universe. They are very good. I recommend his scifi novel 'The Player of Game' about a skillful player of board games who takes part in a complex game called Azad what is used to determine social rank and political status.

[@TriColoredTiger]

💯 Babylon 5 Vorlons vs Centauri

[@earnestwanderer2471]

I was thinking about a board game version of the old computer game Master of Orion. The only mechanic that I worked out was the exploration system. The player would scout a system and then draw a card. Keeping it hidden from the opponent(s). That way only you would know if the system was habitable and what it’s resource level was. But that’s as far as I got.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@earnestwanderer2471 Aren’t they coming out with a Master of Orion game?

[@earnestwanderer2471]

Hadn’t heard. Maybe?

[@uncletimo6059]

TV show was OK. I liked the 3 emperor iterations, those are great sequences.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

I hated how they just casually dropped what were big reveals in the book. I hated how the dumbed down characters. The writers clearly didn't understand Asmiov's concept of Psychohistory, or didn't care. Well acted - Jared Harris was inspired casting - but very poorly written.

[@uncletimo6059]

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer honestly, never read Asimov. I still think the 3 emperors were some of the best TV in this decade. the kid - main protagonist - less so.

[@Ad3tr]

Needs an app? Or just a digital edition? Did you see Hearts of Iron is crowdfunding and has a TTS version up for trying it out?

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@Ad3tr Yeah, HOI is a great PC game, and I have high hopes for it on the tabletop.

[@gillesderais3848]

Poor Mrs. working on Xmas Eve while Cody plays a board game, shame on you :)

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@gillesderais3848 Right?

[@seanobrien798]

This does look like it could be a good game if a few of the mechanics were ironed out a bit. I like your card draw idea. If you ever get a chance, I recommend Imperium Romanum. It has scenarios for Roman history from Marius vs. Sulla all the way to the Reconquest by Justinian. I have the 2nd edition (from the 80s) and recently purchased what some consider to be the 3rd edition. Q: Why didn’t the Dog Star laugh at the joke? A: It was too Sirius.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@seanobrien798 Ha! Thanks. I haven’t heard about MvS board game. What is the third edition?

[@seanobrien798]

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer The latest Imperium Romanum version is also published by Decision Games. I think it is also called Al Nofi's Imperium Romanum. The Marius vs Sulla scenario begins in 88 BC. The most recent version has a scenario of Emperor Heraclius against Arabs in about AD 620.

[@andrewshaw7856]

Have you ever thought of developing a game? Maybe re-hash this one?

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@andrewshaw7856 I’m currently working on a game design. Stay tuned.

[@babu981]

I love Foundation tv show….

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@babu981 Ah, you’re the one. I’ll bet you haven’t read the books. The TV show misses the point entirely.

[@babu981]

@ i did and it’s impossible to represent the books on screen IMO And they have interesting ideas like the Cleon. But I guess you’re the kind of people who hate all the new star trek too

[@BrianMarcus-nz7cs]

😂 DT. ,,,🦖. I'm waiting for the cathulu expansion ,, only 1500 double sided counter's to simplify setup, says it's less complicated than ASL squad leader , ,,,, err err err 😃👍

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@babu981 I do hate new Star Trek. Picard S3 wasn’t bad, but the rest was rubbish. I also hate The Last Jedi.

[@Jezza_One]

FFS

[@kennethquinnies6023]

Sadly I had to look at you more than the game components, learn from this.

[@Mario-pq9bi]

You are dumb kenneth. The format is perfect. Go find some other reviewer , nobody will miss you and you will be happier man.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@kennethquinnies6023 You misspelled “happily”