Eclipse can be played by 2-6 Players (base game) and places you in control of a vast interstellar civilization, competing for success with its rivals. You will explore new star systems, research technologies, and build spaceships to wage war with. There are many potential paths to victory, so you ...
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What are some good general strategies for Eclipse?
I was recently introduced to Eclipse via Big Daddy's iPad implementation. I've been mainly playing the AI as I try to get the hang of this relatively complex game. I'm getting better but I hope that ...
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How can I speed up the setup of Eclipse?
I think I got everything separated and packed pretty well (including the upgrade tiles), but what's really taking a long time during setup is the cubes.
Is there a way to set it up faster for ...
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Can starbases be pinned?
Typical situation: you fly into an enemy sector and pin some ships there with your ships. Now the enemy builds some starbases to pin your ship and let them be pinned so he can move his ships out of ...
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After the combat phase, can hexes be claimed even if the ships weren't involved in combat?
From the Eclipse rulebook, page 21:
Influencing hexes: If a hex has no population after all
battles have been resolved and you have at least one Ship
there, remove the previous controller’s ...
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Is attacking population and influencing hexes done at the end of battle, or at the end of the combat phase?
From page 20 of the rulebook:
Attacking Population: After all battles have been resolved,
the remaining Ships may attack the population in the hex.
From page 21:
Influencing Hexes: If a ...
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When using the Influence action, can you influence a hex adjacent only to the newly claimed hex?
The Influence action allows a player to move up to two Influence Discs to a hex that is "adjacent to a hex where you have a disc or a Ship."
In a case where the first Influence Disc is moved to an ...
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How to explore with wormhole generator in Eclipse?
In the Eclipse board game, how do you explore with the wormhole generator? You have to select where you are exploring before you draw a new hex. You must be connected to that empty space with half a ...
