Space Lions: The Story of Twilight Imperium

Sep 16, 2017

0h 48m

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Overview

Popular review site Shut Up & Sit Down follows the creative heads of Fantasy Flight Games as they develop a new edition of their flagship game Twilight Imperium.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Interview Host

Paul Dean

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Andy Christensen

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Andrew Navaro

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Brian Schomburg

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Chris Hosch

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Christian T. Petersen

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Corey Konieczka

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Dane Beltrami

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Jason Walden

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Kyle Dekker

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Scott Schomburg

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Alix Gagner

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