Thread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: The value of trade rates
by DaCooGa So something I've been thinking about more lately are the different trade rates across species. Every race has a 3 to 1 trade rate except for humans with a 2 to 1, orion with a 4 to 1, and...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Countering Mass Explore Strategies
by DaCooGa So a strategy that I don’t see discussed as often but have seen come up in tournament play as well as my own games with my friends is when a Magellan player simply explores as many Tier 3...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Comeback Mechanisms
by DaCooGa First, some context: I absolutely adore eclipse and I’ve been playing it for years.Now, I’ve thought about the eloquence of the design in Eclipse for quite some time now and recently have...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: How would you ever beat someone with this cruiser
by TheSambassadorThis player got this cruiser loadout by round 4 or 5. Nobody was able to kill a single one of his ships the entire game. Nobody could backstab him since his ships could respond and get...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Can I buuld ships in ally space?
by SauceBossRauce So I was playing with 7 of my friends yesterday and a question came up: Can I build ships in another player's hex if I have an alliance with them? I looked through the regular and RoA...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Is it possible to beat round 1 aggression from...
by PurpleGorillaColonel I saw a terrifying situation in my last game. Orion started with 1 tile between him and a Terran player.[O][T]On Orion's first turn, he explored the space between him and the...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: General start to finish guide to upping your...
by Lord Beaverbrook A lot of the players that I play with do not know how to get themselves out of a hole or the long term planning and adaptability that is required to be quite skilled at Eclipse....
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Help needed how to spice up human and pick races...
by Jannick soerensen In our play group we think the humans are somewhat boring and is mainly made for filling out some space on the other side of the boards.Did you guys do anything to spice up the...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: 1:1 Tournament ---- Race Balancing
by clintmeyer So me and 5 of my friends have been playing Eclipse a lot lately (4-6 player games). We decided to play a 1:1 tournament, starting with a round robin phase to give everyone a seeded...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Trying to make sorting solution
by Fjalee Hey, I'm making a storage solution for ship parts tiles to my friend as a gift. I was wondering if anyone of you who has the game could tell me the exact size (length, width and height) of...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Eclipse – Cataclysm of the Monoliths: a...
by geofg Hi all. This game is now available in the files section:Eclipse – Cataclysm of the Monoliths is a two-player cooperative variant for the game. It includes attacking and defending enemies with...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Eclipse - only a long arms race till big final...
by starkprod There must be a different way to play, right?I have played this game with 2 groups or so and perhaps 10 games or something. While I very much enjoy the economic parts of the game, it feels...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Drives underpowered?
by DaCooGa What is the point of researching fusion or tachyon drives? Fusion drives are a pretty rare buy in most cases I see as the energy cost is increased and movement is generally not a problem. I...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Action Economy, a simple break-down
by daggaz So I've been playing this game off and on the last year, and have read through these forums to beef up my strategy, and one of the rules-of-thumb I came away with was this:"Don't populate...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Eclipse's Action Economy, a simply break-down
by daggaz So I've been playing this game off and on the last year, and have read through these forums to beef up my strategy, and one of the rules-of-thumb I came away with was this:Don't populate...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Advanced Robotics or Improved Hull
by daggaz In round one, you are lucky enough to be presented with this choice and can afford either one or the other with relative ease. There is only a single copy of each. What do you take, and why?...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Pyxis Unity - the new Eridani?
by Jannick soerensen First I will say a Big Thanks to all of the posts, Files and other stuff you guys add in this Forum! It helps alot to add more to the dephts of this great game!Now to the...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Strategy Tips for a First Game?
by art642 My friends and I are playing Eclipse for the first time this Saturday. It's a little bit heavier game than we are used to playing together, but we're all excited and have set aside plenty of...
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