Dune: Imperium - Uprising Expansion (1-6 Players, 13+) by Dire Wolf

I really admire:Wide range of strategies. There are many mechanics. I mean really many:1. Nine leaders, each with one active and one passive skill.2. Deck cards (nearly all of them are unique)3. Intrigue cards4. Conflict cards5. Contracts6. Agents7. Spies8. Four factions9. Three areas10. Three different resources.11. Soldiers12. Sandworms13. PersuasionThat brings different ways of gaining advantage over your opponents, spoiling their plans and obtaining keys to victory. Yet, your opponents also have arsenal of weapons and tools. The mind games of weaving your plans through the plans of your opponents feels great.Potential for replaying. While chosen leaders add much to shaping strategies, yet each game is going to be unique since the cards in personal decks will be different every time.What I would improve:Slight balance asymmetry. Areas of Landsraad and faction of Emperor seem to be somewhat less appealing if compared to other areas and factions. (As I have seen on the review of add-on "Dune: Imperium Bloodlines", this issue has been recognized and dealt with)

This is a great board game that does a superb job keeping up with the lore of Dune and cranks up the chaos. If you have the original there is still added benefit to upgrading to this expansion. The sandworms are massive and hungry. Each conflict feels like and MMA fight on Arrakis. The them is great, the tension tense, and the game is accessible to the most power hungry diplomat who strategies away, to my young son of 8 who is like let me get that spice and anyone in my way feels destruction

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Great Game better mechanics than the original

Awesome game, had a lot of fun during game night!Wasn't too difficult to learn.

I am already bananas over Dune: Imperium but after playing Uprising, which feels like a much tighter, fraught experience where resources like Water are even more precious. The addition of spies is really cool and though I’ve only played it once, I can tell you I already like it better and we didn’t even get to tame any worms!? Not only that but the Imperium deck seems to have far more interesting cards in it than the Imperium deck from Dune: Imperium as well as more fully realized Leader cards. Also combat plays a far greater role than in the previous version of Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf.I was absolutely obsessed with a different version of this game from Avalon Hill that I bought in the early 80s but this version of Dune is far more interesting andShown are custom tokens for the Alliances from BuyTheSameToken.

Incredible game. Just keeps getting better with every play.

A very immersive board game, it offers lot of strategy tactics for solo, duo or more players.

I was hesitant to buy this since I have the first version of Dune: Imperium and I heard Uprising is very similar (to the point where all the expansions still work). However, after trying it, I think the new mechanics are a great addition and new spaces are better balanced for more interesting gameplay. I would recommend getting this version if you're a fan of the original version.