One very very very important note: T.I. is and can be brutal, if you're playing with people cannot laugh while watching their empire be obliterated by random happenstance, political sabotage, or by the classic ally turning on them, it will not be enjoyable for anyone. This game must be played with people who can laugh off a loss. And this is a must.

Awesome. Now I can continue to think about playing TI3 someday

Quick Time Stamps-> 0:30 -Actual start 1:41 -PART 1= Basics 2:59 -Phases of Gameplay (starting with 'Action') 9:14 -Shout out to 2 important Techs (XRD Transports & Deep Space Cannons) 9:40 -PART 2= Combat 18:44 -PART 3= Strategies 20:00 -Technology 21:21 -Warfare 22:09 -Trade 24:25 -Logistic 25:00 -Political (also, action cards explained) 27:43 -Diplomacy 28:03 -Initiative 28:50 -Imperial (leads up to Part 4) 28:52 -PART 4= Winning 31:45 -Galaxy Building 33:46 -Final Words

This is by far the best rules explanation video I've seen for TI3. Thanks!

You should do another video called "How to convince your stupid friends that don't like TI3 to stop being stupid and play TI3 with you in 32 minutes." Also, great video! :)

Production quality and humor is excellent in this video. Randomly stumbled here while looking into board games. Hopefully you have continued to make videos of any type.

Holy shit this is one of the best videos on KZfaq in terms of quality and conciseness. I assumed an hour was enough to read up on this. Fuck me.

Best rule walkthrough of TI ever. Thanks! Will use this for the beginners in our group.

My god where was this when me and my friend basically had to crack the system ON OUR OWN. Thank you sir for doing the good work

Hi guys! I've been playing this game since 2012 with friends and introducing new players to the game has always been time consuming. Thanks to your video, we been introducing new players in record time and were able to start our games earlier as a result. Thanks a lot! Your video is clear, precise, informative, and funny too. If you ever feel like talking about this game again, I would really like you guys to talk about the many optionals rules and variants of the game, stuff like Leaders, Domain Counters or the Age of Empire variant were all objectives are revealed from the start. Also, the expansions really add a lot of fun to the game and if you haven't tried them yet. I really recommand them! Anyway, thanks again guys for the video. It's a very well made useful ressource to help new player get into this great game :)

Best tutorial for TI3 I've seen, perfect for new players. I always send it to friends that are going to play TI3 with my group for the first time, so they know the basic rules.

This was an excellent video. I'm gearing up to teach this game to five friends, and this is exactly the sort of short (for TI3!) video I was hoping to find for them to prime themselves on. Also, really solid production value. Awesome stuff!

I was invited to play a 6 player game TI3 last week and had never played it. This video helped me to score 8 points in my first game. Had another player not reached 10 before me I would have reached 10 points and won my first game of TI3! I held Mechatol Rex for the entire game but made several tactical errors. It's funny because I was dealt The Sardakk N'orr. Fate? I think so! I might have won but I did not follow your tech tree advice. Extra movement for carriers will be my next focus next time.

Having our first game tomorrow with all new players. Watching this was so much easier to understand than the instruction booklet. Would love to see videos on each race and how to use them effectively.

Thanks for the clear, concise tutorial. The writing is excellent and it cleared up several questions we had after reading the manual. Thanks.

this is great. you really deserve more views.

Great video! I'm trying to get my friends together for a first time run through and this is exactly what we need! Also liked the subtle humor. Keep it up!

I picked Twilight imperium up on a sale for dirt cheap, have been super excited to play it. Not only was this one of the funnier things ive seen posted on youtube in a long time, it also gave me a nice foundation of understanding, and made jumping into the game a lot easier. Nice job guys, keep it up! Happily subbed waiting to see what else you guys come up with :)

Hey, great video! I feel a lot more confident in my ability to learn this game for the first time tonight after watching your video. Very informative and well structured. Granted the details are a practice makes patterns type of situation but in general I felt like you did a great job in explaining how the game is played. P.S. The resource links are super helpful too :D

Really well done and thanks for making this. Introducing TI3 + Expansions to a group of new players this weekend and I am sending this out to them to prep. Now all I have to worry about are the snacks...

I'm just a few minutes into the vid but I want to say I love it. Your are entertaining and informative. Thank you for all the little cuts that make this video pop with personality.

Great introduction. While I have played several games of TI3, it's been some years now without playing (horrible, I know), and a brush-up was much needed. I really enjoyed the order of progression which eased my understanding. Thanks! Will watch that Eldritch Horror video next :)

Brilliant video. Thanks! I would wish for a follow up where you go through all expansion modules :)

Way easier to follow than some of the other how to play TI3 videos I have seen. The dummy round for new players suggestion is a good idea.

Excellent video. Very clearly articulated and explained. You folks have a real talent for tutorial-giving.

I’ve played this game once or twice a year for about 5 years now. I watch this video before each game. Thank you so much for this - it is probably my most watched video on KZfaq.

Awesome job! Would love to see more of these "quick as possible" game rule explanations... totally subbed and will share!

Thanks for the video. Our first game played from 10am till 6pm and we didn't finish. It was amazing fun and just came back to say thanks for this video, it really helped get things rolling. The reference sheets are amazing aids so thanks for the links, the only thing to mention is it included the expansion techs on the flow chart, I was working towards something on a cheat sheet that wasn't in the game.

Best primer we've seen on TI3. Even with some issues that we go over with newbies (some house rules and some expansion rules), this is the best we've seen by far. We actually used this for our most recent game with newbies (March) and will probably be using it for the game next month.

great video extremely insightful. thank you for taking such an organized and understandable approach. best wishes!

Hey! I just wanted to thank you for creating and sharing this video =) I run the Ottawa Twilight Imperium Cult and use this as a reference for new players, to watch before their first game. It's really helped them feel more comfortable with the game, especially when joining a group of experienced players. Props!

Subscribed! Keep making videos. Right to the point with fluff only if you want it. Great job dude!

I've had the game for like three years now and never managed to play a game with my friends because the rules were so convoluted. Thanks for making the video and hopefully it'll make it easier for us :)

This is awesome! Playing my first TI3 game in two weeks - I'm impressed at the detail and conciseness of this video. I'll be sure to look up your tutorials for other games as well!

Excellent video. Very clear walkthrough even though I don't even own the game (yet). Need to make sure all of the players see this before our first session!

Way to go man. this video was awesome thanks!!

The best how-to of a complex board game I've seen. Well done.

"It's fine, don't even worry about it" LOL!

Time for a new video with 4th edition :)

This is like the best let's play I've ever seen. Thank you!

Only just came across this now. I have been looking hard for good instructional videos on TI3 for years, coming up emptyhanded, and was actually starting to feel compelled to make a TI3-instructional series of my own, having taught it extensively. I can now rest my case, as you have done excellently and I doubt anyone will be able to out-do you. A few comments, otherwise not meant to detract from the my overall awe of your video. A) The first mention of PDSs seems to suggest that you can freely shoot at any ships in the system. That is, of course, only the case when you are the one activating the system (firing your own PDSs), but for everyone else with PDSs in range their only choice is whether to shoot at the ships of the activating player or not shoot at all. I am sure you know this and it is only that the current wording can confuse the two for new players. B) Clearer time stamps would be awesome for new players needing to brush up on specific elements of the game. C) This is purely one of personal preference. The choice of Strategy Cards from the base game. I have the impression that most players tend to stray away from those. Partly because some of those from the expansions might be more interesting, partly because one of the originals (Imperium) seems broken in how it locks down the overall gameplay. Considering that you have already made the ultimate instruction video to this otherwise unapproachable game, it could only be topped by you making smaller shorter videos tackling the alternate Strategy Cards and some of the optional rules.

such a great rules explanation!

Very well done! I'll be using a similar format the next time I get Twilight Imperium to the table.

This is very well done. TI3 is a hard game to teach sometimes and this video just makes it a million times better. All these videos are good, I bought Castles of the Mad King because of it.

Great job on the Video. Please, keep up the great work.

I wish I had found this before I played TI for the first time. Great video guys!

I didn't even know I wanted to play Twilight Imperium until I watched this. Now to convince my friends to play. Thank you

this is a god send when i have two hours before my guests arrive and i haven't played in a year! Thanks great video.

Thanks for the Video, subscribed. I have a game comming up on Sunday and this is allthe preparation I'll be having :D

great vid! Use it every time someone is new and wants to play!

Great video, really gets the points across in a nice, speedy way. If (when?) I convince new people to play this will definitely be my go-to resource. Bit of a correction though. At 19:20 you say that next turn you pick new strategy cards based on the turn order of the previous round's cards. It's actually just clockwise starting with the speaker.

You did a fine job there mate!

Really, 36 minutes passed like minutes. Extremly entertaining awesome job guys!!! However i think you didnt have mentioned that secondary ability of strategy cards can't be used by the card owner(or i just get this wrong whole time). Subscribed and hope for more !!!

Wow. Excelent way to sum it up. Wish I'd had seen this vid before we started playing.

Thank you for making these vids!!

Truly fantastic tutorial. Shared with friends!

Very nice job! Will link to buddies and make them watch before we play :)

Well done. Well done. You should definitely snag both the expansions and do a brief overview of what they change.

This is the best instruction video on KZfaq for TI3. Please leave it up for us smucks who haven't gone over to 4th edition.

Brilliant video. Really deserves more views! :D

very good! it gives a really good overview. thanx mate!

Awesome Videos!!!! We need more!!

Thanks. Playing first game tonight and this will help quite a bit.

Just finished our second TI3 game. Boy was it a table-flipper! A lot of buildup without any fighting...huge anticlimactic win that we didn't see coming. 😩. This tutorial was great, even though I'm not a noob. Great job explaining a wildly fun, but intimidating game.

This is a fantastic video. I've shared it with all my friends.

Amazing work.

Very helpful gentlemen. Much appreciated.

This is so great. I'm hosting a 4 player game in a week or so. Three of us have played but one has not. This is going to be a HUGE help.

Amazing job. Using this to teach the game on Sunday!

Great stuff!

Very good and interesting video. Thank you a lot!

Appreciate this. I've promised to play this game in the near future despite not being into space games, and it will help save time if the owners of the game don't have to spend an hour explaining everything to me.

Awesome video. Probably the best tutorial of this game on YT. I really appreciate how streamlined and to-the-point everything is compared to others!! One question though: Instead of taking your transfer action during the round, is it possible to take a second tactical action? (1. Strategic, 2.Tactical, 3.Tactical, 4. Pass). Thank you!!! #Subbed

this was really helpful thank you for making this. :)

I love using the Jol Nar, because using the tech strategy you can research war Suns on turn TWO. Also, doctor who theme! Yay!

This is a great Vid. The game doesn't seem as hard as others have stated. I felt Eldritch Horror was much harder to learn. This is concise and a fantastic beginner/refresher video. Thanks for the effort.

This is fantastic! One thing that may help, maybe some annotation notes in the description for easy reference? Like say "Oh I forgot how this step works but Id rather watch a video instead of flipping through a book, what time did they talk about that here?"

thought this was a good video that explains the game well within some humour included. We plan a big T.I. weekend soon, im using this as a refresh for the vets or first step to learn for the newbs

This game is so fun. I watched this video and I knew I had to play it. I got the game and got lucky enough to find all the expansions at a local game store. Got a couple people interested and gearing up for our first big game in a couple weeks.

This is brilliant. Cheers.

keep up the good work!

I came here because I heard about StarWars Rebellion that will soon be released, and the game will be similar to Twilight Imperium. I wanted to know more about this game and your video filled me with excitation. Great job explaining that amazing game clearly and in entertaining way !! I hope you will do more videos :-)

Amazing tutorial !

great video!

As a huge fan of TI3, consider me a new fan - great video. I have to ask though - when is the video coming with the expansions included :)?

Great video! One thing I noticed: Bonus counters can be redeemed for a command counter or a trade good, but you just said a trade good.

Thanks for the effort, guys. I have a better picture of the game, before playing it the first time tonight :)

Hello! First, thank you so much for making this. It's great! Secondly, would you consider making a revised version, including the Shattered Empire expansion? Many players consider it a required patch that irons out some serious issues with the base game. Regardless, you've got another subscriber!

Just played today, due to game length we dont play that often, and watching this last night would have been a good refresh

6:50 omg this made the entire video

Great Job

just a suggestion, but you should do a weekly review for T.I.3 of each race explaining their strengths and weaknesses. Then explain what strategies to use knowing that.

I think i would have added an explanation of what removing command counters to reinforcements actually means. This slowed my play through of it up a good bit.

Thank you, thank you; thank you!!!! Very well done!

Just bought 3rd Edition. Thanks for this! It feels like it's been really useful. (I'll find out tomorrow, I suppose?)

Really enjoyed the video, I realize this came out a year ago, but you should really try the game with the expansions. The distant sun tokens and new political style improve on the game HUGE. Not to mention changing out imperial for bureaucracy or Imperial II makes the game less about who gets imperial first. Well done.

Any thoughts on doing a TI4 version of this very fun and super helpful learning tool?

Shame I don't have 5 other players to try this. although this would be good as a computerized game similar to Civilization, But with the same rules as the board game.

great work never played before and have a game tomorrow with some experianced and some noobs now i feel like i think i might get some of it right ;)

Great vid. Any plans on releasing an updated version, since 4th edition is coming?