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Twilight Imperium · Fourth EditionTI4 Foundry
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Draft formats

Configure your draft

Powered overdraft Franken

Assemble the foundations of a new power: systems, fleets, and the gifts of rival civilizations. Choose your components and content, then create a shared lobby.

  1. Configure
  2. Create lobby
  3. Invite players

Draft format

Powered Franken bags; keep all drafted components.

First bag: 3 picks
Later bags: 2 picks

Players

Number of players

6 players

Everyone joins through the same lobby link and sets their own name.

Joining does not assign a map seat. Bags and draft information stay hidden until the admin starts.

Components

Base game and Prophecy of Kings components are included.

  1. Step 1

    Join the lobby

    Enter your name to join, then save your recovery UUID. The admin starts once everyone has joined.

  2. Step 2

    Collect from passing bags

    Pick 3 from your first bag, then 2 per pass when available. Everyone picks together; bags pass after everyone is ready.

  3. Step 3

    Choose what to keep

    Build your final faction from your collection. Keep the required number in every category (or all available choices if you have fewer), then confirm.

  4. Step 4

    Reveal and build the map

    Final factions become public together. With 3 blue and 2 red tiles per player, the next phase uses those same tiles to build each player’s section of one shared map. See the map guide below for requirements and placement.

Build the map with your drafted tiles

The map tiles you keep fill your own section of the galaxy. Every player builds their section, and those sections form one shared map around Mecatol Rex. Your home system is separate from these blue and red tiles.

  1. 1. Collect your tilesPick individual tiles from passing bags: 3 blue + 2 red per player.
  2. 2. Keep your fiveKeep all 3 blue + 2 red. These same five tiles go into your own hand for map building.
  3. 3. Place them on the map
    Mecatol RexMSeat 1, stage 1, map position 11Seat 2, stage 1, map position 2Seat 3, stage 1, map position 3Seat 4, stage 1, map position 4Seat 5, stage 1, map position 5Seat 6, stage 1, map position 6Seat 1, stage 2, map position 72Seat 1, stage 2, map position 82Seat 2, stage 2, map position 9Seat 2, stage 2, map position 10Seat 3, stage 2, map position 11Seat 3, stage 2, map position 12Seat 4, stage 2, map position 13Seat 4, stage 2, map position 14Seat 5, stage 2, map position 15Seat 5, stage 2, map position 16Seat 6, stage 2, map position 17Seat 6, stage 2, map position 18Seat 1 homeH1Seat 1, stage 3, map position 203Seat 2, stage 3, map position 21Seat 2 homeH2Seat 2, stage 3, map position 23Seat 3, stage 3, map position 24Seat 3 homeH3Seat 3, stage 3, map position 26Seat 4, stage 3, map position 27Seat 4 homeH4Seat 4, stage 3, map position 29Seat 5, stage 3, map position 30Seat 5 homeH5Seat 5, stage 3, map position 32Seat 6, stage 3, map position 33Seat 6 homeH6Seat 6, stage 3, map position 35Seat 1, stage 3, map position 363

    Seat 1: home H1 and the five matching spaces form this player’s slice. Place tiles only in this slice’s numbered spaces.

    6-player map · H: home · M: Mecatol Rex
    Draw one of your remaining tiles at random each turn. Place it in a highlighted space in your section. Fill your one space marked 1, then your two spaces marked 2, then your two spaces marked 3. Everyone completes each stage before the next stage begins.Optional mulligan. Each player gets 1 mulligan for the entire map build. Before placing your drawn tile, press Mulligan to draw a different tile at random from your remaining hand. The original stays in your hand to place later. You keep your turn and the same highlighted spaces. You need at least two unplaced tiles and a mulligan left.
  1. During the bag draft, choose which tiles you want. Each tile uses one of your normal bag picks. You can collect up to 3 blue and 2 red tiles across all bags, taking at most one of each color per pass. Picking a tile adds it to your collection. Tile placement happens after the bag draft.
  2. After the bags stop passing, confirm what you keep. Keep 3 blue and 2 red tiles alongside your final faction components. With these settings, you keep every map tile you drafted. You must fill each keep count when enough tiles are available.
  3. Next phase: take turns placing those same five tiles. Map building starts automatically once everyone confirms their final choices. The app creates the shared map layout and gives each player five empty spaces in their own section. Your kept tiles become your personal hand in that map room. On your turn, the builder randomly draws one of your remaining tiles. You choose a highlighted space in your section for that tile. Every tile in your hand will be placed.