# Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition – Twilight Codex Volume II: Affinity

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition – Twilight Codex Volume II: Affinity is a board game for 3–6 players. It plays in 240–480 minutes. It plays best with 5.

- **Players:** 3–6 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 240–480 minutes
- **Complexity:** 4.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Negotiation, Expansion for Base-game, Wargame
- **Owned by:** 5 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1
- **Unique players:** 4

**Designers:** Dane Beltrami

**Artists:** Scott Schomburg, Anders Finér, Stephen Somers

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Rules questions

### Do my ally’s commodities turn into trade goods when we trade?

No. Commodities exchanged with your ally do not convert into trade goods. (p. 13)

### Can my ships move through my ally’s ships, and can my ground forces land on their planets?

Yes to both, without triggering space or ground combat. Landing ground forces does not give you control of the planet. (p. 13)

### If my ally activates a system, can I join in without spending a command token?

You may perform a tactical action into that system at the same time, but you must spend and place a token from your tactic pool as normal. (p. 13)

### Can my ally’s planets count toward my objectives or be exhausted for my abilities?

They count as your planets for resolving abilities, but you cannot exhaust them, and they do not count for scoring objectives or the “Imperial” victory point. (p. 13)

### When we fight together, do we roll separately, and who assigns hits?

You and your ally can participate in the same combat, combining your rolls. You decide together how to assign hits against your units; if you cannot agree, the active player assigns them. (p. 13)

### What does our alliance need to do to win?

One player must reach 14 victory points and their ally must have at least 10 victory points. (p. 13)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-twilight-codex-volume-ii-affinity)
- [Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition – Twilight Codex Volume II: Affinity in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-twilight-codex-volume-ii-affinity)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336970)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-06. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._