Twilight Imperium (4th Edition) in 32 minutes

At long last, TI4 is here and it's worth the wait! Hope you all enjoy this video and it helps get some games started.

Corrections:
4:12 You should choose your secret objective before revealing the public objectives
6:35 I say that the numbers next to planets refer to their "production and influence values." It should be their RESOURCE and influence values. Hopefully this didn't confuse anyone too much.
8:18 If you build infantry in a multi-planet system, they must go on the planet that the spacedock that built them is attached to.
10:26 Technically you CAN activate a supernova, but since you can't move ships into or through it, this will almost never happen.
23:43 I say that the secondary of Construction doesn't allow you to build a PDS/Space Dock on an already activated system. You totally can though, as an eagle-eyed viewer helpfully pointed out, just discard the strategy token that you spend.

Want to rewatch something?
Intro - 1:03
Setup - 2:55
Activating a system - 5:30
Production - 6:55
Movement restrictions - 9:22
Combat basics - 11:33
Space Combat - 13:17
Invasion Combat - 16:43
Strategic Actions/Cards - 19:24
Leadership - 20:24
Diplomacy - 21:10
Politics - 21:48
Construction - 23:15
Trade - 23:47
Warfare - 25:03
Technology - 25:57
Imperial - 28:01
Status Phase - 28:42
Agenda Phase - 30:30
Promissory Notes - 32:50
Building a Galaxy - 33:13
Epilogue - 34:42

Had to remove the song at the end because copyright law is more confusing than I thought. Sorry folks.

Why are you still reading this? Go play games or something.

#tutorial #boardgames #RTFM #rtfmshow

[Barracudian]

I played TI3 and now TI4 for almost 20 years. And still everytime a new player joins us this is the mandatory learning video for them. Great video 👍

[Pliskkenn]

After watching this video I thought "I've got this."

I did not have this guys. But I at least had a rough idea. Cheers!

[DreadedReinhard]

"they don't call it a 'friendship sun'" is one of the best lines I've heard for this game

[craigbryant]

I've watched a handful of TI4 instructional videos. They've all been good, but this is something else. The thought and care that went into the examples are really impressive. I feel like I've just downloaded a "Matrix" training cartridge. "I know Twilight Imperium. Whoa."

[benanderson]

Fourth edition has yet to take more than 6 hours for us, even with 5 new people. As long as someone is the turn pusher (says "it's your turn" every 2 minutes for 6 hours straight), you're fine.

[bobbystout]

I'm a dad of 5 boys ages 9, 11, 13, 13, 14. The 11 and one of the 13s are both autistic and with some patience, I managed to teach all of them. Worked with the 13 and 14 plus my wife on game 1. Then, the other 13 and the 9. Lastly, I taught the 11 his autism is a bit worse due to him also being rather hyper. We have owned TI4 and PoK for 5ish years and love the game. After removing the "snake women" due to the pictures being inappropriate, I have also taught it to most of our church's boys' youth. I've had 3 player games last as little as 3.5hours but up to 8. But the 8 player games always run close to 15+ hours. Every single kid I have played with has managed to win at least one game .over the years. Most of the church youth are now 19-20 and still ask for me to host a TI night. And my boys are now 14, 16, 18, 18, 19. I have one other child he just turned 7 and has been saying "I'm popping tech" since he was 4. This is no joke the best boardgame out there.

[Slstickan]

And several years later, I still use this video everytime I'm hosting a game, both for the new players, and for the not-new as a quick refresher. I send it out a couple of days before the game as well. :)

[StriderZessei]

Nick telling me I've been good and get to learn about combat now is more fatherly validation than I got in my entire childhood.

[jsibleytube]

I just want to take a moment to recognize the attention to detail here. Note the opening shot mirroring the original video, and 32 minutes length (again a mirror). Note the precise placement of each infantry flag at 2:00. From the scale of the entire channel down to the scale of each component on the table, every choice is carefully considered. Most of those careful choices are invisible to the viewer, because they are paring away what was non-essential; however their effort is felt and experienced in the results. This is art, and it is appreciated. Thanks, Shea.

[RaidsEpicly]

I feel like I'm watching Ben explains "Cones of Dunshire"

[chaslyndrilling]

About to play my 6th or 7th game of TI next week and I always come back to this video for a quick refresher and some great laughs!

[quazl]

Great rules video and probably one of the best on the web for any game. Thanks for your time and effort.

[dreadnot]

Just a heads up, at about 23:45 when you say that you can't use the secondary of Construction on an activated system, this contradicts the Rules References which states in section 23.3: "If he already has a command token in
that system, the spent token is returned to his reinforcements
instead."

So you can still use the ability, but you don't "double activate" the system.

[RohanSA]

This was just the first result I found looking for quick intro on this game, and I just had to compliment you, it was so easy to listen to what you had to say and the video was highly entertaining & informative. I wasn't expecting to find such a high quality video when I came into this.

[LT]

so basically, the games Risk, Void admiral, catan, and battlefront Valkyrie all got together, got drunk and had a love child and named it twilight imperium.... bet, im on board

[AlecMHansen]

You’re the best man. My friend is traveling 6 hours later this month to play, we’ll definitely be using this video to learn 4th ed.

[HighStandardsGaming]

Just finished my first game, jolnar, came in 3rd. Thanks for your effort in this vid, it was extremely helpful. If I could make a suggestion for a future version of this vid, do a first round walk though where you go through every phase.

[mikolajtr]

Yesterday I played Twilight first time with 4 friends. It took 13 hours. Damn, worth it.

[kevingravel]

This is one of, if not THE, best rules explanation videos ever made!

[Magus]

Wow. I was planning on doing a tribute video like your older video. And here you are doing a better version that what we could ever make. Way to go you guys.