Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients Expansion

Eclipse is one of my favorite games of all time. I love the way it meshes an economic game with a war/area of control game. I've played many times and even in sessions where I've lossed I've come away grinning. Absolutely terrific game and well deserving of its top 10 spot on boardgamegeek.com.If you enjoy the game of Eclipse as well then you should asbolutely pick this expansion up.It comes with a whole lot of stuff that you can mix and match into your game, which I think is the perfect type of expansion as you can mold your game experience to suit your needs.The expansion comes with four new races (on three player boards) allowing up to three new additional players. It subsequently comes with rules for as many as 9 players and even more rules for allowing those games to speed up (specifically for having two people taking actions at the same time).There 'rare technologies' that are unique and can be mixed into the tech draw. There are additional 'developments' that are essentially technologies drawn at the start of the game (again, just one of each).There are new types of ancient ships to use - dreadnaughts as a replacement for the galactic center and cruisers that defend ancient homeworlds (another addition).There are also additional hexes that contain new planets and some warp tyles that act as wormholes do non adjacent spaces.All of these things can be mixed and matched to suit what your group wants to play. The components are absolutely consistent with the original so no issues there.Overall, a superb expansion. I look forward to the next one!

Eclipse is easily one of my favorite board games, and a big hit at our weekly game nights. This is a fantastic expansion for the base game. It adds some great new features like tougher ancients and ancient home worlds, as well as new races, unique techs and some new diplomacy features like alliances. It also ups the maximum players from 6 to 9 (That's a BIG game). This may sound like a lot, and it is, but the best feature of the expansion is that is is completely modular. You can play with as many or as few of the new features as you would like and add in only what you would like to use that game. This offers a ton of options and re-playability and allows you to tailor the game to the crowd that is playing. If you enjoy the base game Eclipse than this is simply a must have.

I purchased this expansion a year and a half after buying the main game. The main reason I purchased it was because when playing eclipseplasma missiles were highly overpowered and after reading many things about the expansion I found that it helps reduce their power. The expansion comes with six new characters or three boards with one on each side. I have played all of the races and won and lost with each of them so they are on an equal playing field from the normal game. I love the new hexes it comes with including Ancient Hives and ones containing Ancient Cruisers. It makes it more challenging and lasts longer (I love board games so it is a plus for me). The only problem I have with this is that you combine all the pieces into the main game. This makes it harder to just play the normal expansion if you are trying to teach someone. Overall the extension has made me enjoy the game even more and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to add more entertainment and options to this amazing board game.

$350? The manufacturer is selling it for much much less this is pure thievery

I own both Eclipse and the expansion. Eclipse is a fabulous game - well balanced, quick to play with multiple strategies possible for victory, 5/5.I bought the game and the expansion at the same time and regret it - the Expansion adds little value (we've never used the new number of players, and the modular potential additions to the game add little value and are pretty random). My advice would be to buy the base game and pass on the expansion unless you have a real need to play with 7 or more players.

i was expect that the price was in canadian $....but it was US $ so i pay 10$ more than i was expect...maybe my fault...the game is ok!

Quest'espansione permette di avere razze nuove, tecnologie aggiuntive e l'importantissimo sisytema di turno variabile. Direi che se vi è piaciuto il gioco è un'acquisto imperdibile. Gli alieni invece non mi hanno convinto.

This expansion jeopardises the isolationist strategy in standard Eclipse by adding a lot of randomness and risk-and-reward tiles. Ancient Hives - Ancient home systems containing 3 Ancient Ships - can be discovered by exploring and can be a massive headache for their discoverer. In two games I've played, one player has discovered an Ancient Hive in the early stages of the game; the 3 Ancient Ships proceeded to threaten the player's very existence and basically put him out of the competition for the rest of the game. For this reason I am sceptical about the Ancient Hives but as this expansion is fully modular, it is easy to remove them without affecting anything else.Rare technologies also force players to re-think their strategies. One unique technology which cancels out Neutron Bombs basically caused me to lose because my opponent researched it just after I had tried to zip around her systems with my Neutron Bombs. The rare technologies are extremely desirable!This expansion also includes a few cool new races, each with their own quirks, as well as warp portals, alliances and more. I definitely think it is a great improvement to the original Eclipse game!

Bene, non contenti della versione base di Eclipse, ho regalato questa espansione. Sembra molto interessante. Imballo e carta regalo perfetti. Spedizione celere nei tempi previsti.

Eclipse is a great game, and this expansion brings more variety and replayability in the form of a lot of mix-and-match additions.The new races are all interesting to play, and work well with the existing ones; some require a lot of planning (Lyra) whilst others are perfect for more aggressive, tactical players (Rho Indi). The rare technologies are really fun, and add a great incentive to be the first to pass.This expansion also adds several things I think are missing from the base game: counters to (slightly overpowered) plasma missiles, proper alliances and improved mobility through warp portals. When we first played, we were specifically disappointed by the lack of alliances, and here they are!One thing that I am really looking forwards to is playing a full 9 player game; we will have to set aside a day and find a huge table, but when we do it's going to be epic!

Ottima espansione, le aggiunte al gioco originale sono ottime e divertenti, consiglio questa espansione a tutti gli appassionati del gioco.Spedizione consegna velocissime