Oddly enough, I am doing the same thing tomorrow, and right now.
My thinking:
Put in the new technologies and upgrades. They look like fun.
Ditto the Development tiles and discovery tiles.
Put in the new Ancient Cruisers and homeworlds. make the board a little tougher
Use the new races, if people want one of them
Leave out Alliances. Not in a 4p game.
I want to try the race with orbitals...
My thinking:
Put in the new technologies and upgrades. They look like fun.
Ditto the Development tiles and discovery tiles.
Put in the new Ancient Cruisers and homeworlds. make the board a little tougher
Use the new races, if people want one of them
Leave out Alliances. Not in a 4p game.
I want to try the race with orbitals...