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product_id: 251919030
title: "Eclipse: Second Dawn for The Galaxy – Board Game by Lautapelit 2-6 Players – Board Games for Family – 60-200 Minutes of Gameplay – Games for Game Night – Teens and Adults Ages 14+ - English Version"
brand: "costand"
price: "€ 508.47"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.de/products/251919030-eclipse-second-dawn-for-the-galaxy-board-game-by-lautapelit
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# 60-200 min dynamic gameplay 24 custom combat dice 108 detailed ship miniatures Eclipse: Second Dawn for The Galaxy – Board Game by Lautapelit 2-6 Players – Board Games for Family – 60-200 Minutes of Gameplay – Games for Game Night – Teens and Adults Ages 14+ - English Version

**Brand:** costand
**Price:** € 508.47
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## Summary

> 🌌 Own the galaxy before your friends do — the second dawn awaits!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Eclipse: Second Dawn for The Galaxy – Board Game by Lautapelit 2-6 Players – Board Games for Family – 60-200 Minutes of Gameplay – Games for Game Night – Teens and Adults Ages 14+ - English Version by costand
- **How much does it cost?** € 508.47 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.de](https://www.desertcart.de/products/251919030-eclipse-second-dawn-for-the-galaxy-board-game-by-lautapelit)

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## Key Features

- • **Flexible Playtime:** Enjoy intense interstellar warfare and diplomacy in 60 to 200 minutes, perfect for both quick sessions and marathon game nights.
- • **Command the Cosmos:** Lead human or alien civilizations through exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination in a rich 4X strategy experience.
- • **Next-Level Components:** Immerse yourself with all-new miniatures, custom plastic inlays, and upgraded graphic design for a visually stunning game night.
- • **Streamlined Epic Battles:** Engage in tactical combat with custom dice and balanced gameplay refined from previous expansions for maximum strategic depth.
- • **Ultimate Storage & Organization:** Keep your galaxy neat with dedicated trays and bags for all 282 game pieces, ensuring setup and cleanup are a breeze.

## Overview

Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy is a critically acclaimed 4X board game for 2-6 players aged 14+, featuring 108 ship miniatures, custom dice, and a refined gameplay system that blends exploration, technology research, and tactical combat. With 60-200 minutes of dynamic play, it offers a deep yet accessible strategy experience enhanced by upgraded components and smart storage solutions, making it a must-have for serious board gamers and space strategy enthusiasts.

## Description

Product Description Eclipse - 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy is a new release of 2020 and it replaces the classic 2011 version of the game. Eclipse places you in control of a vast interstellar civilization. Explore new star systems, research technologies, and build spaceships with which to wage war. There are many potential paths to victory, so you need to plan your strategy according to the strengths and weaknesses of your species, while paying attention to the other civilizations' endeavors. Eclipse is a "4X" game where players will command a human or alien species that explores, expands, exploits, and exterminates their way to victory. Over 8 rounds, each player will select actions to achieve their goals, carefully managing resources, engaging in epic battles with one another and the Ancients that lie in wait. Only one will guide the galaxy toward the second dawn. This new edition features new components and thoughtfully revised content, incorporating material from former expansions to create the best possible updated version of the game. Set Contains: 108 player ship miniatures1 galactic center defense system miniature14 ancient ship miniatures4 guardian miniatures12 orbital miniatures10 monolith miniatures210 acrylic cubes96 acrylic discs24 dice18 storage markers1 round marker1 black reputation tile bag1 white tech tile bag54 sector hexes114 tech tiles282 shp part tiles36 discovery tiles24 colony ship tiles6 blueprint tiles33 reputation tiles18 ambassador tiles10 orbital/monolith tiles1 start player tile6 summary tiles1 traitor tile4 info tiles6 species boards (two-sided)6 species trays (with lid)6 control boards (two-part)1 tech tray1 upgrade tray (with lid)2 table trays (with lid)1 base tray

Review: A Top #3 game in the 4X genre that is simpler than Twilight Imperium, but way more accessible - In the 4X area of the board game world, this is a for sure Top #3 that punches with dominance as it vies for #1 in my list. While Twilight Imperium has way more depth to it, TI (any edition) is a spectacle of a game that takes us 8-12 hours to play. So my game group only gets to play it once a year. With Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, you get a 4X game in less than half the minimum time to play TI. So it's added way more into our game rotation and we play it several times throughout the year. My last 4-player game took 3 hours to play, and that was with a person who never played the game prior. Each player color has an associated Terran faction or an alien faction you play as. All the Terran factions have the same abilities. Each alien faction is asymmetric. Throw in some dice rolling for combat, tech trees, exploration, and ship minis that aren't bad (definitely look better painted up), it's an enjoyable experience every time it hits the table. The faction expansions are somewhat pricey, but I don't think they're necessary unless you're playing this all the time. The other expansion content adds a bit here and there, and we picked up all of those directly from the publisher (except for the metal tokens) after our first play of the game. Because we enjoyed the base game so much.
Review: Second edition takes a great game (first edition) to a whole new level! - I've had my copy of Second Dawn for a couple of weeks now, and I love it! I've also owned New Dawn (the first edition of the game) for many years, and I have the Rise of the Ancients, Ship Pack One, and Shadow of the Rift expansions for New Dawn. What I love about Second Dawn is that it takes some of the best features of New Dawn and its three expansions, incorporates those features, adds some rebalancing of the species and technologies, adjusts the rules to get rid of some of the (very few) annoying things about New Dawn, updates the graphic art, and adds storage trays for all of the many playing pieces — all to create what I consider to be an ideal version of the game. The price I paid on desertcart ($399.99) was hefty, but I didn't want to wait for the publisher to get another print run to the US. Plus this game is in the top 100 games on Board Game Geek (so is New Dawn) and continues to work its way toward the top 20. If you want to wait for the publisher or if you can manage to find the game at a game store somewhere, you can probably save more than 50%. But again, I couldn't wait! I wasn't sure whether my wife would be up for a complex game like this one, but after one play she started to get the hang of it, and now it's a favorite game for us to play. She is very familiar with the game of Scythe, and I explained the six action options of Second Dawn as being a feature just like the four action options (actually, 4x2) available in Scythe. I also explained how the population cubes are, in a way, similar to the upgrade cubes in Scythe. There are many differences between the two games, of course, but if someone can handle Scythe, that person can handle this game too. The game plays well with two players, which will be the majority of games I play with it (though I will be having a couple of friends over in mid-July for a four-player game). I have a table that is about 4x4 square, which will fit four players just fine. I don't think I could easily fit five or six players on my table, though. I also ordered a "grippy" play mat (3x3 square) from a third-party source (apparently not available on desertcart, at least as of late June 2021 when I wrote this review). Looking forward to receiving that play mat! Overall, I would say this is a fabulous game (I rated 10 out of 10 on Board Game Geek) that isn't cheap but worth saving your money for, or buying now if you can afford it. This game will get many, many plays at my house.

## Features

- Control a vast interstellar civilization and explore new star systems, research technologies and build spaceships to wage war.
- New graphic design which includes components and thoughtfully revised content, while maintaining the acclaimed symbology of the first edition.
- Players will command a human or alien species that explores, expands, exploits and exterminates their way to victory with all new miniatures for ancients, GCDS, orbitals, and more.
- A full line of Ship Pack 1 miniatures, custom plastic inlays and custom combat dice.
- Fine-tuned gameplay incorporating material from former expansions to create the best possible updated version of the game.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #321,767 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #4,753 in Dedicated Deck Card Games #9,007 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 243 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Top #3 game in the 4X genre that is simpler than Twilight Imperium, but way more accessible
*by M***X on June 26, 2025*

In the 4X area of the board game world, this is a for sure Top #3 that punches with dominance as it vies for #1 in my list. While Twilight Imperium has way more depth to it, TI (any edition) is a spectacle of a game that takes us 8-12 hours to play. So my game group only gets to play it once a year. With Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, you get a 4X game in less than half the minimum time to play TI. So it's added way more into our game rotation and we play it several times throughout the year. My last 4-player game took 3 hours to play, and that was with a person who never played the game prior. Each player color has an associated Terran faction or an alien faction you play as. All the Terran factions have the same abilities. Each alien faction is asymmetric. Throw in some dice rolling for combat, tech trees, exploration, and ship minis that aren't bad (definitely look better painted up), it's an enjoyable experience every time it hits the table. The faction expansions are somewhat pricey, but I don't think they're necessary unless you're playing this all the time. The other expansion content adds a bit here and there, and we picked up all of those directly from the publisher (except for the metal tokens) after our first play of the game. Because we enjoyed the base game so much.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Second edition takes a great game (first edition) to a whole new level!
*by T***E on June 25, 2021*

I've had my copy of Second Dawn for a couple of weeks now, and I love it! I've also owned New Dawn (the first edition of the game) for many years, and I have the Rise of the Ancients, Ship Pack One, and Shadow of the Rift expansions for New Dawn. What I love about Second Dawn is that it takes some of the best features of New Dawn and its three expansions, incorporates those features, adds some rebalancing of the species and technologies, adjusts the rules to get rid of some of the (very few) annoying things about New Dawn, updates the graphic art, and adds storage trays for all of the many playing pieces — all to create what I consider to be an ideal version of the game. The price I paid on Amazon ($399.99) was hefty, but I didn't want to wait for the publisher to get another print run to the US. Plus this game is in the top 100 games on Board Game Geek (so is New Dawn) and continues to work its way toward the top 20. If you want to wait for the publisher or if you can manage to find the game at a game store somewhere, you can probably save more than 50%. But again, I couldn't wait! I wasn't sure whether my wife would be up for a complex game like this one, but after one play she started to get the hang of it, and now it's a favorite game for us to play. She is very familiar with the game of Scythe, and I explained the six action options of Second Dawn as being a feature just like the four action options (actually, 4x2) available in Scythe. I also explained how the population cubes are, in a way, similar to the upgrade cubes in Scythe. There are many differences between the two games, of course, but if someone can handle Scythe, that person can handle this game too. The game plays well with two players, which will be the majority of games I play with it (though I will be having a couple of friends over in mid-July for a four-player game). I have a table that is about 4x4 square, which will fit four players just fine. I don't think I could easily fit five or six players on my table, though. I also ordered a "grippy" play mat (3x3 square) from a third-party source (apparently not available on Amazon, at least as of late June 2021 when I wrote this review). Looking forward to receiving that play mat! Overall, I would say this is a fabulous game (I rated 10 out of 10 on Board Game Geek) that isn't cheap but worth saving your money for, or buying now if you can afford it. This game will get many, many plays at my house.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ OMG this game is amazing!!!
*by J***N on April 27, 2023*

First off the most organized game ever made! Full Stop! second the play is not hard. For a game like this it flows so so well. Yes it is expensive but worth every penny. only gets 4 stars on giftable because there is a chance your grandma may not like it...she wrong but she may not like it anyway.

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