I walked onto the bridge of our newly built Dreadnaught, took in a deep breath, puffed out my chest while brushing some fluff off my Command Yellow shirt, and sat down in my chair. It started like any other evening – A somewhat healthy bowel movement and a bed-time story for the three-year-old. I put the popcorn in the microwave… NPC ships destroyed Green – Red see an opportunity. We will rebuild! Red then set their sights on Green. Three cruisers to one – A small, but necessary victory. We made one last push to take over Red’s unguarded home sector. My cruisers put in a valiant effort to defend our home sector, but sadly, we lost it to Red. I use advanced sensors to look over at Green to see if they’re fairing any better. I immediately instructed the Human Resource Officer to draft the divorce papers. “Your wife, Sir”, someone replies quietly. Red was making their way into our home sector! “Who is that?”, I shout. It was then when I received the distressing news from my Communications Officer. We got to the unguarded sector and used our Neutron Bomb to wipe out their population…easy pickings. We mobilized while watching Red strengthen their position. An unguarded sector just two galaxies away. Red had crippled us, but I saw an opening. I watched in horror as Red lay down their population, mining what was once our resources. I immediately gave the order to produce more ships. I then received word from my Communications Officer that he had detected an enemy presence two galaxies away with a trajectory to our sector. The start of the game with the GCDS – Galactic Center Defense System in the center. Our exploring reaped significant benefits, ranging from raw materials, gold, and even an ancient ship. It was a glorious morning – We had little, but it was a start – The Galaxies were ripe for the taking.
You’re also able to play as an alien race, which offers asynchronous gameplay.īelow are some gameplay reports: Captains Report – 1st Playthrough We played the below games with the Human Characters. Another game that has come close though is Battlelore: Second Edition. So far, this is the only game that has done that. I had to stand for almost the entire game. The game is tense – especially when you get into each others’ space. Gameplay – Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy The only downside to this is that the game uses a lot of real estate! Just the size of the playmat is 90cm x 90cm. There are other inserts that you will also use during gameplay. See the image below: To the left are the lids of the ship containers that are used for tracking your income and resources. The lid for the ship container also doubles up as a tracker. The game does come with a custom plastic insert that makes setting up and tearing down a breeze. For a game this expensive, I would have at least expected that. One thing to note, however, is that the game does not come with the plastic stands that you see in the pictures! Strangely, there are holes at the bottom of the ships for plastic stands. The miniatures are great – especially the GCDS (Galactic Center Defense System).
Components – Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy Using the Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy playmat enhances gameplay, however, they do not include this. The artwork is good, but nothing to write home about. A game lasts for 8 rounds as players try to get as many victory points as possible.
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