Official rule text
PLAYING STRATEGY PHASE During the strategy phase, players take turns selecting a THE GAME strategy card that provides them with a unique action they can use during the action phase. First-time players may not know Twilight Imperium is played over a series of game rounds, each which strategy card to choose and should consult the strategy of which contains the following four phases that players must card overviews at the bottom of this page and the next. resolve in order. Beginning with the speaker and continuing clockwise, each 1. STRATEGY PHASE: During this phase, each player chooses player chooses one of the strategy cards from the common play a strategy card. These cards provide players with powerful area and places it faceup near their faction sheet. After a player abilities to use during the action phase. Each card also has a chooses a strategy card, it is not available for other players number that determines turn order for the game round. during this game round.