How to Play Eclipse: Second Dawn in 25 Minutes

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Learn how to play Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy in just 25 minutes (there's a bit of silliness at the front and back) 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Basics 2:14 - Set Up 4:48 - Actions basics 5:16 - Explore 7:41 - Research 9:32 - Upgrade 10:47 - Build 11:36 - Move 13:00 - Influence 14:08 - Passing/Reactions 14:55 - Diplomacy 16:52 - Combat 21:18 - Reputation 22:15 - After-Battle Stuff 23:10 - Upkeep 25:33 - Cleanup 25:49 - Endgame Scoring 26:22 - Outro To support RTFM, consider pledging at http://patreon.com/RTFM Want to watch me runthrough this game? https://youtu.be/8NKff5cjjWA Want to buy this game? Get it here https://amzn.to/3vCKLAU and it'll kick back a few bucks to me (or go to your friendly local game store, that's cool too) Corrections: You can only explore from a sector you control or have at least one ship. I mention that you can remove upgrades, but to be clear, you only remove them during the upgrade action, and you can remove as many as you like before adding new ones. When returning population cubes, you actually can fill the last space in a track. It's when the track is completely full that you need to place it somewhere else. There's a Cleanup step I missed, which is to return population cubes from the graveyards to their respective production tracks. At the end of the Cleanup section I say that if it's the 8th round "you don't need to do any of that other stuff." I'm specifically referring to the Cleanup phase admin. You do still need to do the Upkeep before it. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rtfmshow Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rtfmshow Personal Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sheasayswords #tutorial #boardgames #RTFM #rtfmshow