Lautapelit fi, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy, Board Game, Ages 14+, 2-6 Players, 60+ Minutes Playing Time

It took us 8 hours to finish our first 6 player game. 100% would recommendKinda like Stellaris as a board game.ALSO, YOU NEED A BIG TABLE

Brilliant game, it may look like TI4, but it is quite different in many respects, and it plays more quickly so not a whole day investment.I just want to add that Kienda are superb, very fast delivery, great service, thank you

Takes a little to learn but after that a great tactical game. Even with 2 players.

I love game recommend if your a family who loves strategy games and lots more.It wad a bit confusing at first but after the second game I was playing and explaining it ever weekend

Good game and good quality product

Just love this game, the self-contained storage system for all the pieces is perfect for this type of game.

The game itself is great, but it arrived without a box or anything to protect it during delivery (just the game box and cling wrap). This resulted in some damage.

Game came with very minor damage to the box, which is annoying for a board game because the box is part of the product. I wish the shippers would take a bit more care with expensive board games. Other than very minor damage, game is dope.

Box comes with a plethora of items: 149 lovingly sculpted miniatures, a truckload of chits, tokens and bits, and a perfect storage solution created by Game Trayz, that speeds up set up and tear down time immensely, integrates itself into the game, and leaves space for the remaining miniexpansions, that are not included in the corebox. Without the use of cards this is a watertight 4X-game, that encourages battle, exploration, invention and science in the style of Babylon 5, Perry Rhodan or Star Trek TNG. The tech-tree and ship customization are one of the many brilliant features of the game and will guarantee lots of replay value. Also it uses a procedurally generated game board. There is a LOT in this game that people have to unpack through multiple replay sessions - but given it's complexity it is also comparatively easy to teach. And - with a 3 hour playtime for 4 players - it's still within the timeframe of a challenging, but not physically and mentally grating gaming experience. This is a Top Buy.

I've had my copy of Second Dawn for a couple of weeks now, and I love it! I've also owned New Dawn (the first edition of the game) for many years, and I have the Rise of the Ancients, Ship Pack One, and Shadow of the Rift expansions for New Dawn.What I love about Second Dawn is that it takes some of the best features of New Dawn and its three expansions, incorporates those features, adds some rebalancing of the species and technologies, adjusts the rules to get rid of some of the (very few) annoying things about New Dawn, updates the graphic art, and adds storage trays for all of the many playing pieces — all to create what I consider to be an ideal version of the game.The price I paid on Amazon ($399.99) was hefty, but I didn't want to wait for the publisher to get another print run to the US. Plus this game is in the top 100 games on Board Game Geek (so is New Dawn) and continues to work its way toward the top 20. If you want to wait for the publisher or if you can manage to find the game at a game store somewhere, you can probably save more than 50%. But again, I couldn't wait!I wasn't sure whether my wife would be up for a complex game like this one, but after one play she started to get the hang of it, and now it's a favorite game for us to play. She is very familiar with the game of Scythe, and I explained the six action options of Second Dawn as being a feature just like the four action options (actually, 4x2) available in Scythe. I also explained how the population cubes are, in a way, similar to the upgrade cubes in Scythe. There are many differences between the two games, of course, but if someone can handle Scythe, that person can handle this game too.The game plays well with two players, which will be the majority of games I play with it (though I will be having a couple of friends over in mid-July for a four-player game). I have a table that is about 4x4 square, which will fit four players just fine. I don't think I could easily fit five or six players on my table, though.I also ordered a "grippy" play mat (3x3 square) from a third-party source (apparently not available on Amazon, at least as of late June 2021 when I wrote this review). Looking forward to receiving that play mat!Overall, I would say this is a fabulous game (I rated 10 out of 10 on Board Game Geek) that isn't cheap but worth saving your money for, or buying now if you can afford it. This game will get many, many plays at my house.

The game itself is amazing!The package came dented and torn a bit on one side though! :(