Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition

Firstly, the box. It's epic! When the courier arrived and presented me with this monster of a parcel I felt like I was 8 years old on Christmas morning again (I'm 32, it felt great!).

Secondly, the contents of said epic box. There's a ton of stuff in it. Ships, counters, tiles etc and all of it is of a decent standard. The tiles are thick and robust, the spaceship models are detailed and varied, everything comes across as high quality.

Thirdly, the actual game. If you are reading this because you are thinking of getting the game and aren't too sure whether or not to get it (like I was) press the add to basket button now. It's is immense fun. It does take some time to play, especally at first and it does need a decent sized area to setup and play in. I've seen a lot of places on the internet that suggest about an hour and a half per player for new players and from my experience this is about right.
The options you have in game for steering things in the direction you want them to go are numerous and varied and the arguments and bribery that comes into play as laws hit the tabel is great fun. I'd suggest you need at least 4 players to make it fun and iteresting though it is still fun with 3, it's not quite as interesting.
I'd recommend the expansion as well, it adds some nice touches and helps the game evolve nicely as well as adding pieces for up to 8 players (if you have a day to spare with 7 of your mates that is).

Twilight Imperium is certainly the best purchase I've made in a long time, now it could well be yours.