Thread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Eridani: Strategies of contradiction
by FinalAttack Eridani are an interesting breed of alien. They have the following traits:• 3 starting tech, Plasma cannons and -1 shield are useful straight away, the drives are not because by that...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: beginner's experiments
by strackr I played my first game of Eclipse last week. At some point of the game my fleet was wiped out by the oponent equipped with plasma missles (PM). I know that PM are powerful, but are they...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: I have a serious problem with this game, please...
by bodybuilder eclipse is my favorite game, but I can never win a game, I read a lot on the forum, however my friends who have not read the post on bgg, continue to winthis is frustrating, I seem to...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: 3p balance / Eridani woes
by ParticleMan So, like quite a few people, I prefer to ban Planta & Draco from 3p. Played a 3p game on Vassal yesterday and here was the scenario:Initial low techs: 2x Neutron Bomb, 1x...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Dreadnought is almost always the first ship you...
by bmeyer This past week I wrote a battle simulator, but unlike others I have seen mine tries all possible ship part combinations to give the best combination of ship parts to defeat an enemy. Using...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Deliberate Deficit Strategy
by Bear85 Hello,A strategy came to our gaming group pretty early on with Eclipse, and it seems to dominate most games, in that whoever does it best often wins. I'm sure it's nothing special, maybe...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: An Opening Strategy for the Eradani
by prestonp I came up with a strategy for the Eradani. [url="http://prestonpoulter.com/2012/09/26/eclipse-board-game-strategy-eradini-dreadnaughts/"]Here's the link. [/url]
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: What race to choose
by Axisplaya I'm a beginner to this excellent game. I only played a dozen of games so far, most of them with 3 or 4 players.So...You're playing a game of Eclipse with unknown oponents that you just...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Should Mechanema prioritise Fusion Source as...
by Amaranth I ask this because it seems to me that they can get constrained by power requirements pretty easily once they've added a Positron Computer to their ships.
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Discovery tiles value
by Cube21 I have now played over 20 games of Eclipse, most games 4 players, but all 2-6 players variants tested. Some of the developers said that 1VP for discovery is too low, and 2 is a bit too much...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Favorite openings for various races?
by Mike_Evans I know that people have described an opening strategy for Mechanema, where you build an early Dreadnought, then outfit it with 2 positron computers and an extra nuclear source. This is...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: What to do if you get no resource planets?
by KingofTown We played our 2nd game the other night and tried out the alien races. One of the players was the red alien race (Eridani I think) and spent his first few turns exploring as we all...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Super-powerful space stations.
by dare978devil One player upgraded his space stations twice, with -3 and -3 computers (2 of them), and 2 sets of missiles. He had just conquered the central hex, and placed 2 of these stations there....
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Ship builds
by modsr I've played a few games of Eclipse (Terran-only) and I find I tend to gravitate towards similar ship designs. Like getting a Plasma cannon on my interceptor and a plentiful helping of...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Last turn exploits?
by pearlofdeath My wife was talking to me this morning about our last game of eclips and how there seems to be a way to exploit the last turn. since you don't need your minerals or science anymore...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Draco Defense?
by Hannibal Rex Has anyone found a way to effectively use the Ancients to support your defense? It seems to me, that by the time another player is willing to attack you, Ancient ships will be a...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Human strategy and other questions
by Forgon For a summary, I'm still new to Eclipse, having played 1 game. Still, with the experience I got from it rised some questions. I search the topics to see if my questions would be answered but...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: 1 vs 1 game. How do you stop Orion ?
by Axisplaya Well the title says it all. How can you stop Orion from winning in a 1 vs 1 game ?We have baned Orion in 2 players games as a houserule, but since the official rules just indicate that...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: Turtling With Hydran
by Grickster Process: To develop dual Exploration strategies in which you can effectively delay Combat with other players in a 4-player game, one strategy for each side a player will start on in...
View ArticleThread: Eclipse:: Strategy:: The Orion Hegemony vs. Hydra: a new player's...
by kaneAAA Hey! I've recently bought eclipse and have had a few games.....and I LOVE IT! ......like....Love it!starting to wonder about the differences between races. I've played a couple of 1v1 games...
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