# Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition – Twilight Codex Volume III: Vigil

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition – Twilight Codex Volume III: Vigil is a board game for 3–6 players. It plays in 240–480 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. It plays best with 5.

- **Players:** 3–6 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 240–480 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2022
- **Categories:** Space Exploration, Political, Negotiation, Civilization, Science Fiction, Expansion for Base-game, Economic, Wargame
- **Owned by:** 3 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

### Which home system and hero do I use as the Keleres?

During setup, choose an unplayed faction from the Mentak, Xxcha, or Argent Flight; take its home system, command tokens, and control markers, plus the matching Keleres hero. That hero unlocks when you have scored 3 objectives (pp. 6–7).

### Can I pick any two technologies as my starting tech?

No. Choose two non-faction technologies that are owned by other players (p. 8).

### Does the Keleres production ability let me keep triggering extra production forever?

No. When you resolve one of your PRODUCTION abilities, you may resolve one additional PRODUCTION ability in any system, but that additional use does not trigger the ability again (p. 5).

### When can I use Law’s Order, and does it remove laws?

At the start of your turn, you may spend 1 influence to treat all laws as blank until the end of that turn. It does not say to discard or remove them (p. 7).

### Can another player take Custodia Vigilia from me?

The Keleres gain the Custodia Vigilia planet card and its legendary planet ability card, and cannot lose those cards. The Custodia Vigilia card also cannot have an X or Y assimilator token placed on it (p. 5).

### Do I count as neighbors with everyone near Mecatol Rex?

You are neighbors with every player who has units or controls planets in the Mecatol Rex system or in a system adjacent to it (p. 5).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-twilight-codex-volume-iii-vigil)
- [Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition – Twilight Codex Volume III: Vigil in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-twilight-codex-volume-iii-vigil)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/362201)

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