Dune: Imperium News

With Patch 1.5, players can expect a variety of tweaks and improvements to the player experience, including the ability to keep an eye on estimated event queue times, an in-game info button for events with rule modifiers, and more! Players will also have their position on Skirmish leaderboards highlighted in a spice-infused shade of blue!

• Players can now toggle gameplay warnings in Settings. By default, this feature is enabled.
  
• Events now display an estimated wait time in the queue.
  
• A “NEW” tag has been added to events that haven’t been viewed yet, making them easier to identify.
  
• Users can now easily tap on usernames in the chat to access blocking, reporting, or adding friend options
  
• Improved the clarity of messaging for illegal usernames or passwords entered in the login window.
  
• Events with rules modifiers now feature an in-game info button, allowing players to inspect the event rules.
  
• Cursor modifications, such as messages for irreversible actions, now function in windowed mode on macOS.
  
• Your position on the Skirmish leaderboard is now consistently highlighted in blue.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Various multiplayer fixes for issues reported by the community.
  
• Improvements to reconnecting, resigning and resuming matches, and timing out.
  
• Various mobile fixes.
  
• Various Localization errors in German, Chinese and Polish.
  
• Fixed a problem when players have a username that matches a game piece. (A strange one, we know!).
  
• Fixed various visual issues with Steam Deck.
  
• Fixed visual issue where Garrisoned Troops was shown as a tiebreaker instead of Water.
  
• Fixed issue where when a Player joins an Async game from a turn prompt, further prompts are dismissed.
  
• Players can rejoin a completed game to view the end of game results.
  
• Combat AI should now play Combat Intrigue cards in the proper order to make sure they aren’t wasting extra cards.
  
• Masterstroke Ability prompt has been reworded to indicate how revealing Masterstroke factions is not optional when Deploying Troops.
  
• Players should now be informed of how many games there are in a season via the Rules Reminder
  
• The Prescience button is easier to access and select on mobile devices.
  
• Players should now be able to resign during the end of game period without delay.
  
• The Leaderboard column headers should now align for better viewing.
  

[h3]Frequently Asked Questions[/h3]

• A: How do I link my account from one platform to the next?
  
• B: How to link your account
  
  1. Create a free Dire Wolf account
     
  2. Login onto the console of your choosing
     
  3. Play!
     

We’re continuing to learn from the community every day, so let us know what you love about the game, and drop us a line at [email protected] if you need help with anything.

Thanks for playing Dune: Imperium Digital!

• Skirmish leaderboard services will undergo brief maintenance on 4/18 at 10am MDT.
  
• Leaderboards may be temporarily affected (scores may not update immediately, or may not load) but will be updated after the maintenance window as needed.
  

Today’s 1.4.0 update introduces a variety of stability and UX improvements, enhancements to AI behavior, and bug fixes for issues identified by the community.

Whether you’ve just joined the battle for Arrakis or are a veteran of the wars of Early Access, we appreciate your support and your help in spreading the word. Today’s patch also includes a fix to push notifications.

• Improvements to push notifications
  
• Fixes and improvements for playing with a gamepad
  
• Improved the interface for choosing a color during game setup
  
• The Imperium Row now has a tooltip to reveal current Persuasion, and stays closed if you have no Persuasion to spend
  
• Improved tutorialization around double-clicking to play cards
  
• AI opponents should more aggressively target players in the lead when deciding to steal Alliances
  

• Fixes for rare crashes identified by the community
  
• Fixed Skirmish bugs for War Chest, Plutocracy, Tabula Rasa, and Machinations
  
• Various fixes and improvements to mobile layout and scaling
  
• Faction icons in Masterstroke prompt now have tooltips
  
• It’s now easier to make a selection for Other Memory
  
• Various localization fixes
  

[h3]Frequently Asked Questions[/h3]
How do I link my account from one platform to the next?
How to link your account

+ Create a free Dire Wolf account

+ Login onto the console of your choosing

+ Play!

We’re continuing to learn from every day, so let us know what you love about the game, and drop us a line at [email protected] if you need help with anything.

Above all, thanks for your support, and thanks for playing Dune: Imperium!

Back in 2020 Dune: Imperium surprised people as a compelling, interesting, and downright tough strategy board game that adapted the world of Frank Herbert's Dune novels to the board game format. It has since risen into the top 10 all-time board games on industry bellwether BoardGameGeek...
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With tomorrow’s release of Dune: Imperium Digital, we’re looking ahead towards visions of the future. Here’s some of what we’re working on in the coming months:



In 2022, Rise of Ix, the fist expansion for Dune: Imperium, won both the Golden Geek Award and Dice Tower Award for Best Board Game Expansion. With new leaders, new cards, fearsome dreadnoughts in the skies above and the technological innovations of the planet Ix reshaping the conflict on Arrakis below, Rise of Ix tests your strategic abilities like never before.

Development on Rise of Ix is already well underway, and we’re anticipating its arrival this summer.

Preview image; gameplay not final. (This is but a vision of one of many possible futures.)



We’ve heard from players with a mentat-like capacity for tracking and analyzing their games. So we’re developing player Profiles to help show how you stack up against the competition, and better track your progress as a whole.

We’re also working towards implementing Ranked play options, as well as a karma system to improve match quality for casual games by prioritizing pairing players who finish games rather than quitting.

Together, these systems will give you more control over how you play Dune: Imperium Digital, and more ways to see your growth as a player.



After two successful test events during Early Access, the core structure of the in-game events system is in a pretty good place, but there’s a lot more in store. We’re working towards expanded offerings that include new event structures and logic, qualifier & invitational events, prizes, and a broader structure of organized, competitive play.

There are a lot of moving pieces to putting together a satisfying, competitive experience, and we’re listening to players and learning from both on- and off-line events from around the world to help figure out what the road ahead here will look like.

We’ll continue to offer one-off events as the systems take shape, and will have more announcements about the future of competitive play in the coming months.

So there’s lots more in the works for Dune: Imperium Digital! For now, though, we’re looking forward to tomorrow’s release and welcoming new players into our growing community.

Thank you so much to those of you who have been with us from the beginning – you help us keep the spice flowing.

– The Dire Wolf Team