Shards of the Throne Expansion (Third Edition)

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Shards of the Throne was the Second Expansion for Twilight Imperium Third Edition

It was released in May 2011 and designed to be Modular; such that any parts may be added to the base game without having to include every new component

The content it adds to the Base Game is discussed below

New Components

• 4 New Factions: The Arborec, The Ghosts of Creuss, The Nekro Virus and The Lazax (the latter only for use in the Fall of the Empire Scenario)
• Fall of the Empire: A new scenario that allows players to live through the historical fall of the Lazax Empire on Mecatol Rex
• Flagships: Each faction has access to a new, strong ship with a unique faction-based ability
• Mechanized Units: A new, powerful ground unit
• Mercenaries
• Political Intrigue: Greatly adds to the game's Political System

Improvements Upon Existing Components

• Variant Strategy Cards: 3 Variant Strategy Cards and 2 New Fall of the Empire Scenario Strategy Cards
• Preliminary Objectives
• Final Frontier: Allows use of Space Domain Counters

• System Tiles
  • Regular Systems: 5 New Regular Systems, including some with the Yellow Technology Specialty and double specialties
  • Special Systems: The Gravity Rift

• Action Cards: 32 New cards + 2 Replacement Cards
• Political Cards: 18 New Agendas + 1 Replacement Agenda