Twilight Imperium 4 - Labor Day weekend

It's that time again...Intergalactic negotiations, subterfuge and conquest abound in the struggle to assert your dominance in space!

FYI although I have a few games of TI:4 under my belt, and I've been devouring as much podcast/ strategy video / and other info as possible, I'm still fairly new to the game. I'll bring TI:4 base. If the group would prefer to play with Prophecy of Kings expansion I'd be super excited to run with that plan - just need someone to bring it because I don't own it yet.

Given the experience of folks who've already chimed in on the discussion, I'm totally open to suggestions on setup. Snake draft sounds like a good default. (happy to learn Milty draft, would just need some advice) As for the map, I was going to go with a balanced preset unless y'all prefer Milty online or drafting together at the start on Saturday.

Choose your alien faction and leverage their unique abilities to achieve victory! All factions will be available to choose.

New players welcome, as always. Try to watch a video first as the amount of things to keep track of may seem initially daunting. Here's a link to one of the shorter ones.

Base TI:4
https://youtu.be/_u2xEap5hBM?si=Z3ZW1kjcOuZ90cFC

PoK expansion:
https://youtu.be/AltGwY-bmfY?si=9941EU2Nfhtind9U

Hope to see you there!