Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
12+
Playtime
90 min
Complexity
3.7/5
Collection
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Description
An expansion adding nine leaders Sardaukar Commanders Tech tiles and Contracts to Dune Imperium and Uprising
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Man vs Meeple Analysis at 0:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds a lot of new cards (dominion, rivals, intrigue).
- Contracts are a favorite and more are added.
- New solo cards and conflict cards with new rewards.
- New wild icons make scoring sets easier.
- Nine new house leaders add variety, bringing the total to around 30.
- Commander abilities offer significant bonuses and add a first-come-first-serve element.
- The Ixian Embassy module provides a streamlined way to get tech flavors.
- It feels designed with Uprising in mind.
- Adds the right level of stuff, especially for Uprising players.
- The conflict part of the game is made more interesting with new unit types (worms, dreadnoughts, Saur commanders).
Cons
- Spy cards from older expansions are not compatible with Uprising's spy mechanic.
- Some components are only compatible with Uprising.
- The number of house leaders (around 30) can be 'mindboggling'.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Dune: Imperium
- Dune: Imperium - Rise of Ix
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Commander Abilities — Figures that can be bought and provide access to Commander ability tiles, offering ongoing abilities, daggers for combat, or special triggers.
- Contracts — Contracts are a favored element, with more being added in this expansion.
- Dominion cards — Cards that are added to the deck and will be drawn during play.
- House leaders — Nine new house leaders are added, increasing the total number of available leaders to around 30 when combined with previous versions.
- Intrigue cards — A significant number of new intrigue cards are added, which players often know the percentages of drawing, and this expansion aims to disrupt that predictability.
- Modular modules — The game introduces two new modules: Saur Commanders and the Ixian Embassy, which can be mixed and matched.
- New conflict cards/rewards — Cards that add new conflict rewards.
- New location (SMR Tuck) — A new location that can be added to the board, which grants bonuses when others visit it and interacts with spice.
- Rival cards — New rival cards are included that interact with spies.
- Spy cards — A mechanic introduced in Uprising that some older expansions do not account for, making them incompatible or less effective when mixed.
- Tech Tiles — Introduced via the Ixian Embassy module, these provide a streamlined way to gain technology flavors, usable in Uprising or Base Dune.
- Wild icons — Icons that make it easier to score sets.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'm a purist I like playing Dune Uprising by itself
- the contracts were one of my favorite things maybe for me even more than the spies
- this is going to be an expansion that all the people out there who may have come late to the Dune Imperium party and only have Uprising
- this one adds the right level of stuff cuz like we said uprising in and of itself it almost feels like it has a couple of little expansions as a self-contained game is almost like a perfect game
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Foster the Meeple Other at 23:18 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Expands on a favorite game (Dune: Imperium)
- Adds new leaders and cards
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Expansion of existing universe
- Dune universe
Comparison games
- Dune: Imperium
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
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Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we love unmatched we're planning still planning on doing it's it's coming I promise all the tournaments are coming
- I am obsessed with space I'm obsessed with the scientific like creation of the universe and how that all happened
- it's a cozy board game celebrating the introverted book lover in all of us
- you're going through nine circles of hell trying to like bring back souls and that sort of thing and that theming has always been really cool to me I love this the concept of Hades and like that whole lore the river sticks all of that stuff
- I love any witchy theme I love potion themes
- it's Everell but for two players
- again talk about Publishers that nail it for me every time uh Capstone is one of them
- please if you see us stop us say hello unfortunately we don't have time to play games with everyone our schedules are usually very busy at these conventions but we will always have time to stop and say hello and to chat with you for a little bit
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