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Expansion for Dune: Imperium

Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix

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Published
2022
Reach
Widely known (via base game)
Players
1–4
Play time
60–120 min
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How it plays

Earn victory points by gaining faction influence, winning conflicts, and acquiring cards and technologies. On your turn, play a card to place an agent and resolve its board space, using infiltrators, dreadnoughts, and resources; after placing agents, reveal remaining cards to buy cards and support conflicts. The game ends after ten rounds or when someone reaches 10 points; highest score wins.

Main mechanics

  • Hand management
  • Deck / bag building
  • Drafting
  • Worker placement
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Deck / bag building: You shape your own deck or bag of resources as you play.
  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
  • Worker placement: You claim limited action spots before anyone else does.
Full publisher description

Conflict spreads across the Imperium in Dune: Imperium Rise of Ix , the first expansion to the award-winning board game. Enter the fray as one of three new Great Houses with unique leader abilities. Acquire technological innovations from the planet Ix for a lasting strategic advantage. Deploy fearsome dreadnoughts to rule the skies above Arrakis. Dispatch subtle infiltrators to outmaneuver your opponents. Dominate the Imperium in the new Epic game mode for a more intense, high-stakes challenge.

How this expansion changes the base game

ComplexityHeavier
Much lighterNo changeMuch heavier
DepthDeeper
Much shallowerNo changeMuch deeper
SkillMore skill
Much more luckNo changeMuch more skill
InteractionLess
Much lessNo changeMuch more
Table ExpBetter
Much worseNo changeMuch better
Integration / RefinementImproves it
Makes it worseNo changeEssential
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