TI4 Generator

A web tool to generate Twilight Imperium 4 game boards through many custom settings.

Web Quick Start

Visit the web page located on github pages. This is running from the gh-pages branch.

Development Setup

1. Install Node and NPM for your OS using their website or brew on Mac (brew install node)
2. In the root directory of the cloned project, run npm install
3. Once it is done, you can start the development server with npm start. If a web page is not automatically opened, go to localhost:3000/ti4

Using the Tool

The tool has many features, go poke around! Here is a list of notable features:

• Automatic map generation based on user input. Options include:
  • Using Prophecy of Kings and Thunder's Edge content
  • Using fan-made content: Uncharted Space tiles, Discordant Stars factions, Eronous' tiles, and Async hyperlane tiles
  • Setting the player count (2-8 players)
  • Setting what the board will look like from various custom maps, including warp boards for 3, 4, and 5 players that seal off empty corners with hyperlanes
  • Setting how tiles are placed by working with their weights
  • Seeding the generation with a custom number between 1-10,000
  • Automatically picking factions for players
  • Set player names for showing on the map
  • Set factions that can be picked from
  • Randomization of how tiles are placed
  • Moving better planets towards the middle
  • Forcing a pair of Alpha and a pair of Beta wormholes onto the board
  • Forcing at least one of every anomaly type (asteroid field, supernova, nebula, gravity rift)
  • Ensuring faction-specific anomalies are present (e.g. a supernova for Muaat)
  • Balancing planet traits so Cultural, Industrial, and Hazardous objectives stay achievable
  • Balancing slices so each player can reach similar resources, influence, planets, and anomalies
  • Keeping anomalies and matching wormholes from being adjacent, including across hyperlanes
• Drag and drop tiles to customize your board
• Search tiles by number, planet name, trait, tech specialty, anomaly, wormhole, or faction
• Custom map building with empty and home system placeholder tiles
• Zoom in and out to get a better idea of what certain tiles are
• Map overlays:
  • Tile numbers, for when you are ready to build your board
  • Wormholes
  • Closest player, color coded to show which systems each player is nearest to
• Player names shown on the map, with player 1 seated at the top
• Replace any tiles on the board with any unused tiles
• Show detailed information about the adjacent planets to each home system, including a Milty Draft style optimal resource/influence value
• Sharable links to send to your friends
• Copy the tile string to view in Table Top Simulator (TTS)
• A list of the tiles to pull from the box, sorted numerically or alphabetically by planet

Pushing Changes to Github Pages

npm run deploy

Using react's gh-pages you can simply run the above command to deploy to the github page.