Editing Dune (section)

=== Dune: Imperium ===

Dire Wolf has now managed to get their claws onto a license to do a Dune game as well, Dune: Imperium.  
It's a mixture of a card drafting game like [[Dominion]] and a worker placement game, with a smidgeon of simple combat. Each of the subgames is fairly basic on their own, but the game as a whole becomes complex as they interact. 

The biggest advantage it has over other Dune board games is that it can be played with any number of players (up to four), so it's a great option if you love Dune but can't get a big group together. You can even play it solo if you don't have any meatspace friends, or if you're the kind of person who dies a little inside whenever you watch someone riffle shuffle your poor defenseless cards. The NPCs have unique rules that make them a serious threat, especially on the higher difficulties. It's different enough from the multiplayer that it's worth trying even if you do have a group. 

You can backstab your friends after they outlive their usefulness, commit war crimes, start a eugenics program, achieve apotheosis, and drink Chani's pee. Potentially all in the same turn if you get a good hand. It's a fun board game for the whole family.

The downside is that it's basically a Dune flavored remake of ''Arctic Scavengers''.  Not the worst game in the world to mimic, maybe even pretty damn appropriate to try in a desert setting.  But it loses a lot of the political nuance of the setting that OG Dune handled so well.

* [https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium BoardgameGeek]