Twilight Inscription has a lot to live up to; the original game that inspired it, Twilight Imperium, is a behemoth in tabletop. Across four editions it’s challenged players with all-day sessions of deep space exploration and conquest, complete with political and technological dimensions. Despite its colossal complexity and play time, it’s well-loved enough that its shallow sci-fi setting has been ported to other titles such as Rex: Final Days of an Empire. Now it’s also the subject of one of the most unlikely ports in gaming history: a truly titanic franchise crashing into the fast, accessible genre of roll and write titles.
