Hi Guys

Just bought my first star trek attack wing set. Let me revise that by saying it was a job lot and will be receiving.

2 starter sets and 5 other ships (11 names to follow), piles of cards, dice, counters and bits.

But sadly no rule books.

What will be the best way for me to start learning the game and playing some basic games with my son.

First I need to sort them pieces all out, which hopefully wont take too long.

Best places places to start in getting all the cards and ships correctly organised and then some short basic games to get a feel of the game.

Any help and advise and links would be great - ecven some videos would help.

cheers guys

You can find the rule book here http://wizkidsgames.com/startrek/star-trek-attack-wing/

I would also suggest you look around the BoardGameGeek video section. There are lots of reviews on ships and a couple rule run throughs.

http://boardgamegeek.com/videos/thin...ek-attack-wing

Thanks D

that is going to be a great help

From experience:

Start off playing straight from the rule book. The sample builds at the beginning of the rulebook are pretty good when helping to figure out the flow of the game.

After you and your son try out each of the ships and thier suggested load-out, try one of the scenerios from the back of the rulebook (or from one of your expansions if you like; each expansion comes with a new mission but go for one of the missions with a lower build total to start).

After that point, you should be set and have a pretty good grasp of the game to play however/whatever you like.

Thanks DS, that is of great help and cant wait to get started.

if I remember correctly there is a rule book and a quick start guide.

The rules book, I have managed to get a copy from the whiz website.

Where is the quick guide or where can I download one?

My advice would be to ignore/forget about the quick start guide.

The rulebook itself is laid out in a way that really makes it easy to get started if, as you read the rulebook, you set up the game as you read along.

cheers for that.

will print out the rules and have a read before the fleet arrives.

HI Guys

Just a update onthe fleet - still building but did manage to get my hand on a set of full prizes kits 2-4.

whats the trade situation like with prizes

Nice. The OP prize ships are pretty valuable, generally, depending on the ship (the Sutherland and the Klingon ship are generally more valuable than the Romulan, I think).

The participation stuff is fairly easy to get, but you could probably trade some of it, especially the colored bases.

On a related note, someone on BGG had suggested that WKs might be releasing colored bases for general release in the future, based on some conversations they had, I wouldn't bank on it but it's the first I've heard it mentioned.

Grain of salt and all that.

That and an extra set of dice would be fantastic.

thanks guys.

i got a full sutherland with full cards etc. is that enough to get hold of a month 1 trade or a set of basic ships?.

i have the starter set and 5 basic ships but missing the rest. i have month 2 to 4 but missing month 1.

what would be my best way to trade the sutherland to complete my basic set and month 1?

You could post them in the marketplace forum here, but it looks like there's not much going on. I'm not sure where else. Maybe check boardgamegeek and see if they have a trading forum.

Since AW isn't blind purchase, like Heroclix, trading is going to be a little trickier. I guess someone could buy a few of the regular ships you need and then send them to you in exchange for one of the OP prizes.

Put up a thread in our marketplace forums. If a buddy of mine wins or gets second on Saturday I know he will trade his month one ship for a Sutherland.

cheers guys i will get it all sorted and get a trade on as would be interested in getting all the basic ships sorted first. Easy to pick up as a set on the auction site as a set, but if you have half of them. I guess a trade is best to complete.

my sutherland comes with a sealed with all cards and I have all the extra cards and bits. I also have a cards of other cards and boards too. Will try to get a list here to find out all the names.