by sigmazero13
hinotori wrote:
1) For expansions, personally, I would get Shattered Empires. Avoid the Imperial Strategy Card, and you avoid all the unhappiness expressed in the various TI3 forums about the ISC I card. YMMV. Instead, Use the Age of Empire variant, which uses the ISC II card that is in SE expansion. In the meanwhile, make your own ISC II card from the image on page 17 of the SE rulebook.
I disagree - I would STRONGLY recommend playing the base game RAW first, no modifications. If you don't like it, that's fine, but then you have a baseline to measure everything else against.
The game is not broken with Imperial. Many people don't LIKE it and the extra points it gives, but it's still a very enjoyable game.