Twilight Imperium: Shattered Empire is an expansion for Twilight Imperium Third Edition. It enhances gameplay with a variety of new options and enables you to play with seven or eight players in an epic struggle for true galactic dominance. A copy of Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition is required to play this game. Rick Nauertz, Sales Associate for Fantasy Flight Games, told TDmonthly, "This expansion adds several new races, units, systems and more to the already popular Twilight Imperium game." Launch date: Dec. 12, 2008.