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>>50797231
Say goodbye to 6+ hours of your day OP.

>>50797231
Never got to experience it firsthand, but several people I play with have tried it. They all like it a lot, but it takes so much of a time (and coordination) commitment they rarely play. They do really like it, though, it's supposed to be a pretty good game.

>>50797231
Holy Jeebus, OP!!!

While TI3 is a great game, I wouldn't make it my first jump into 'real' board games. It's pretty complicated and requires ALOT of time to learn and play.

It sounds like the game you liked with your friends was Betrayal at House on the Hill. That's a fine game for beginners, and games around that 'weight' are probably where you want to start.

There's a Board Game General, /bgg/, on this very board. Go there, introduce yourself and ask for recommendations. You'll (probably) get some good advice.

>inb4 this whole post is bait

Do you Catan?

>>50799380
Why would you play Catan when you could play TI3?

Catan is the playdough to TI3s Structural Steel.

>>50798884
>It sounds like the game you liked with your friends was Betrayal at House on the Hill

Sounds like that to me too.

I think OP will be fine with TI3. If he can handle that, he can handle any boardgame. I'm curious why he bought it though.

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>>50797231
That is a grand start OP, might be biting off more then you can chew.

My first real nonvintage boardgame was pic related. I've found that I enjoy a lot of boardgames from FF, but there are a lot of independant publishers out there you should check out.

>>50797231
So my experienced friends and I played the game for 6 hours straight and only got 1/6th of the way through the game. We decided to never play it again. It WILL take your WHOLE weekend.

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Jesus christ OP, don't be a pussy, Twilight Imperium is way too lightweight if you're experienced with games like Betrayal already

Try a real gamer's game

>>50797231

Basically, I'm wondering if I know this guy
>>50801260

Because the only game i played we played for 5-6 hours and called it off a few turns before the end. It's a fun, in-depth game, but HOLY FUCK is it too long.

>>50801260
>>50803649
Did you not read the rules at all before playing? Did you spend most of the time just shooting the shit and forget who's turn it was? Are all of you indecisive master strategists who need to find the exact optimal move to make?

I really like TI, I have all the expansions to it, and even with a full 8 player game we finish in about 10 hours. Granted, we finish because one guy usually does a sprint to 10 VP from 4 around round 4 or 5 but it isn't that bad.

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>>50797231
OP - there are a lot of simple 'player aids' that can help new players more easily 'into TI3'. Make sure you get the most recent errata for the core rules from FFG's web site too.

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>>50803649
>we played for 5-6 hours and called it off a few turns before the end. It's a fun, in-depth game, but HOLY FUCK is it too long.

HOLY FUCK - bad teacher is BAD! Spend some time explaining the basic mechanics, and then explain that each player / race is going to have their own goals. Concentrating on your own while delaying others is the key to victory. Far to many noobs try to tech up or go all military and are soundly defeated. Teach players to stick with their objectives and things play out very well.

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>>50801495
What game is that?