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Close up of the map at the start of the 2nd Galactic Cycle.

Yellow player examples ships - some asymmetry between the two factions.

Solitaire for my first game prior to playing a friend to get the rules down.

Imperial Stars II: Legacy (2014)

Players

1–2

Best: 2

Playing time

60–60 min

Age

13+

7.30

Average rating

140

Ratings

2.53/5

Weight

#9811

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Alternate names:Imperial Stars II

Designer:Chris Taylor (I)

Artist:Clark Miller

Publisher:Victory Point Games +1 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck7.0

Interaction5.0

Complexity5.1

Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Science FictionWargameTerritory BuildingAction PointsHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid Movement

Overview

Players compete head-to-head in this light 4X game as two human empires in the far future engaged in exploration, colonization, and combat to take control of limited resources in order to score victory points.

Imperial Stars II takes place in the same universe as Astra Titanus: Starfleets vs. Planetbusters! and Forlorn: Hope, and is the successor to the designer's print-and-play game Imperial Stars.

Components: One 32-page, full-color Rules booklet Two 8½" x 5½" player aid mats Two 11" x 17" double-sided card stock maps 102 thick, laser-cut, multi-shaped counter pieces (minor assembly required) Four six-sided dice (two yellow, two red) One bright red, 9 1/4" x 5 7/8" Standard cardboard VPG game box One beautiful box cover sleeve One "Wipes-A-Lot" napkin One charcoal desiccant packet