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Twilight Imperium score sheet
In Twilight Imperium you race to 10 victory points, scored mostly from objectives in each round’s status phase. The first to 10 wins on the spot, whatever phase it is. Track it on the board, keep a record on this Twilight Imperium score sheet, or count it on the Scorepad.
- 3 to 6 players
- About 4 to 8 hours
- First to 10 points
- Mostly from objectives
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This is the real Scorepad, live: Jonas’s 10 added up by where the points came from, with the game set to play to 10.
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
- BGG #7
- 4 to 8 hours
A galaxy-spanning game of empire, trade, politics and war. Players race to 10 victory points, earned mostly by meeting public and secret objectives as the rounds go by.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Twilight Imperium, in brief
Twilight Imperium is a long space strategy game: you lead a galactic faction and trade, fight, vote and make deals on the way to 10 victory points. Plan on 4 hours or more.
- Choose a strategyEach round, everyone first takes a strategy card. Its number sets turn order, and its ability is yours that round.
- Take actionsIn turn order, take one action at a time: spend a command token to activate a system, then move ships in, fight and invade; use your strategy card; or use a card’s ability. Repeat until all pass.
- Score in the status phaseScore objectives, reveal a new public one, and regain command tokens.
- Vote on agendasOnce someone takes the custodians token from Mecatol Rex, the center planet, each round ends with votes on two agendas that change the rules. First to 10 points wins.
Objectives, one status phase at a time.
Your control token on the victory point track always shows your score. Each objective card prints its value, and the card lists for the base game and Prophecy of Kings put stage I public objectives at 1, stage II at 2 and secret objectives at 1. Any number of players can score the same public objective, but each of you scores it only once.
What scores
| How | Points |
|---|---|
| A stage I public objectiveFace up from the start, one more each status phase | Usually 1 |
| A stage II public objectiveTurned up once all five stage I are out | Usually 2 |
| A secret objectiveOnly you know it; you hold 3 at most, scored or not | Usually 1 |
| First to remove the custodians tokenSpend 6 influence and land ground forces on Mecatol Rex | 1 |
| Imperial strategy card, holding Mecatol RexOn top of the public objective it lets you score | 1 |
| Support for the Throne, while you hold itAnother player’s promissory note; its card says what it gives and when it goes back | Its card |
| Some agendas and relicsSome give or take a point; one gained from a law stays even if the law is later discarded | Their cards |
- Score in the status phaseIn initiative order, each player may score up to 1 public and 1 secret objective. A few cards score in the action or agenda phase instead.
- Hold your home systemYou cannot score any public objective unless you control every planet in your home system.
- Reveal one moreThe speaker turns up a new public objective each status phase, all stage I before any stage II.
- Stop at 10The game ends the instant anyone reaches 10 (14 on the long side of the track). If several would reach it at once, the earliest in initiative order wins.
- Or run out of objectivesIf the speaker must reveal one and all ten are already up, the game ends. Most points wins, and a tie goes to the earliest in initiative order.
Jonas scores first and ends it on 10.
The status phase of round 6, three players. Jonas is first in initiative order and starts the phase on 9; he scores a stage I objective he has just met. That ends the game on the spot, before You and Sam get to score. This is the game on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Where the points came from | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Jonas | Four stage I, one stage II, two secrets, the custodians token, and Imperial while he held Mecatol Rex4 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 | 10 |
| You | Four stage I, one stage II, two secrets4 + 2 + 2 | 8 |
| Sam | Four stage I, one stage II, one secret4 + 2 + 1 | 7 |
Hours of galaxy, kept in one place.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Twilight Imperium the board keeps the score while you play. Pick Highest wins and play to a score of 10. When the game ends, type where each player finished on the track, and Tabletales marks the winner.
- 10 sits on the padSet the game to play to 10, or 14 for the long game, and the target stays at the top of the Scorepad.
- Points by where they came fromType each final, or type it the way you count it (4 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1) and Tabletales adds it up.
- Ties share the trophyTied players share the trophy. The rules break a tie on initiative order.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo of the galaxy. A game this long deserves a record: who you played with, and who won.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition, with its scores
Common Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition scoring mistakes
- Scoring two public objectives in one status phaseThe limit is 1 public and 1 secret. The Imperial strategy card is the usual way to score an extra public objective.
- Scoring without your home systemIf another player holds a planet in your home system, you cannot score any public objective.
- Finishing the round after someone reaches 10The game stops the instant a player has 10, even in the middle of the action phase.
- Keeping a fourth secret objectiveScored and unscored secrets count together toward the limit of 3.
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition scoring, answered
- How many points do you need to win Twilight Imperium?
- 10 victory points, or 14 if you play the long game on the other side of the track. The game ends the moment someone reaches it.
- How many objectives can you score in a round of Twilight Imperium?
- In the status phase, at most 1 public and 1 secret objective each. The Imperial strategy card and a few action-phase cards can add more.
- How much are objectives worth in TI4?
- Each card prints its own value. Going by the card lists for the base game and Prophecy of Kings, stage I public objectives are worth 1 point, stage II 2, and secret objectives 1.
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition score sheet
The track keeps the race, so this sheet is the record of a long game: where every point came from, for up to six players, with the final score and initiative for a tie.
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FFG’s rules say only that each objective prints its value; the 1, 2 and 1 here come from card lists of the base game and Prophecy of Kings, so check your cards. Prophecy of Kings suggests the 14-point side for its large six-player galaxy, and adds relics that can move points. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against the Living Rules Reference, UltraBoardGames and Wikipedia. Twilight Imperium is a trademark of Fantasy Flight Games. Tabletales is not affiliated with it.
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