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Eclipse

Media Title · Board & card games · 10 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/boardgames

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Pros

  • Absolutely love eclipse. It's the favorite game of our group, over 30 games played since we started tracking stats.
  • I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... [does] for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
  • However, Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) and John Company (for the politics, voting, alliances, and negotiation) each do, for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time, that it's har...
  • There are a lot of games that do everything else TI does well (better, IMO, in some cases; for pure 4x, I like Space Empires 4x best, and Eclipse has a lot going for it as well
  • eclipse is really awesome.

Cons

  • Kemet, Castles of Burgundy, Food Chain Magnate, Viticulture, Brass, Eclipse off the top of my head.
  • Eclipse is a brilliantly designed game, but tabling it can be a challenge for a variety of reasons, and over time these grievances started to wear on me. Also, it's a long game where it's very easy to fall behind and never catch up, a pr...

Sentiment

8 positive (80%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +80% · raw score 80%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

Kemet, Castles of Burgundy, Food Chain Magnate, Viticulture, Brass, Eclipse off the top of my head.
mixed · u/m****2 · r/boardgames · comment · Nov 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Absolutely love eclipse. It's the favorite game of our group, over 30 games played since we started tracking stats.
positive · u/m****s · r/boardgames · comment · Nov 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... [does] for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
positive · u/A****s · r/boardgames · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
However, Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) and John Company (for the politics, voting, alliances, and negotiation) each do, for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time, that it's hard to ignore.
positive · u/A****s · r/boardgames · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... each do, for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
positive · u/A****s · r/boardgames · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... [does] most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
positive · u/A****s · r/boardgames · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
There are a lot of games that do everything else TI does well (better, IMO, in some cases; for pure 4x, I like Space Empires 4x best, and Eclipse has a lot going for it as well
positive · u/I****s · r/boardgames · comment · Aug 1, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
eclipse is really awesome.
positive · u/B****t · r/boardgames · comment · Jul 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Eclipse cause its everything I like about war in space.
positive · u/W****d · r/boardgames · comment · Jul 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Eclipse is a brilliantly designed game, but tabling it can be a challenge for a variety of reasons, and over time these grievances started to wear on me. Also, it's a long game where it's very easy to fall behind and never catch up, a problem which I've seen turn off many players.
mixed · u/t****e · r/boardgames · Feb 13, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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