How To Setup Eclipse: Second Dawn For The Galaxy

Set up the game in 10 minutes! This includes all the Kickstarter content in the Worlds Afar Collection (some of which you can buy directly from the publisher).

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00:00 - Intro
Step 1 (00:07) - Roll out the playmat
Step 2 (00:17) - Take everything out of the box up to the base tray
Step 3 (00:33) - Rectangular tiles
Step 4 (01:00) - Shuffle discovery tiles
Step 5 (01:12) - Choose blueprints for Ancients, Guardians, GCDS
Step 6 (01:30) - Optional Turn Order variant
Step 7 (01:42) - Optional Minor Species module
Step 8 (01:54) - GCDS and Guardian sectors, GCDS mini
Step 9 (02:22) - Sector tiles (ring 1, 2, and 3 stacks). Optional Warp Portal module
Step 10 (03:06) - Optional Galactic Events module
Step 11 (03:24) - Shuffle sector stacks, set sector 3 stack size
Step 12 (03:57) - Place starting techs
Step 13 (05:14) - Start Player tile
Step 14 (05:23) - Choose species
Step 15 (05:50) - Open species trays
Step 16 (06:31) - Starting layout
Step 17 (07:01) - Place discoveries and minis
Step 18 (07:25) - Place influence discs and population cubes
Step 19 (08:02) - Populate starting sectors. Race-specific setup rules. Place resource trackers.
Step 20 (10:33) - Ship stands and tri-fold reference sheets.