Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy

The 9 turn limit seemed completely arbitrary, the game ended right as it was getting going - giving it an engine game feel over an awesome space saga feel. It was a little too mathy and there wasn't nearly enough player-interaction. Otherwise it seems like a pretty decent game.

Rating based on 1 play. The game is awesome. I love the way it all fits together. But it is practically too long. Our first game, including being briefed on the rules (which took about 30-45 mins) was finished early after 4 hours for 4 players. We skipped to the end, missing 2 turns (out of nine). I realistically do not have time to justify another epic game in my collection.

Eclipse has got most things you would probably want in a 4x exploration game wrapped up in some smooth euro style mechanics - just wish it would play in < 3 hrs

This is like a board game version of Master of Orion. It has a very large number of game pieces so setup and learning the rules takes some time. However the game is very well balanced. We played a 5 player game with 4 new players and after learning the rules the game took about 3 1/2 hours. The game is complex but logical. for all it's complexity it is very well done.

go to, absolute favorite.

So big, so beautiful, sooooo geeky. It all leads to a dicey apocalypse but it's a great ride. Good for 2 if you are not turtles.

My group of hard core gamers really liked this game and can't wait for their second game.

Played it four times, lost every single time and had so much fun! Great mix between dry euro game mechanisms and strong sf theme. The economy/colonization mechanism is brilliant!

Perhaps my biggest disappointment ever in a game, I got infected by the hype and was really looking forward to it, then played it and pretty much hated it.