We've already been told there is a Romulans expansion in the works, if I remember correctly.

You mean the Pilot Voyager Episode?

Definitely was not the pilot episode LOL. It was much later.

I loved the equinox design, probably my 3rd favorite design behind the Excelsior and the Klingon Birds of Prey.

I have been a huge Star trek fan forever and loved playing the fleet battles computer games (starfleet command, armada, etc).

Great looking minis, I can combine both of my passions in one game! Yay super-nerd-dom!

So Expeditions and Captains are two different beasts entirely?

Completely.

Expeditions is the co-op game that is based around an away team dealing with a mission while the Klingons are on their way to the area. The space combat is very simplistic and ony one part of what is going on.


Fleet Captains sounds like it is more in line with what we are used to from Clix. It doesn't come in boosters and comes in one big box (24 ships, 12 Federation/12 Klingon).

Some of the info about Fleet Captains gives me the impression that while it can be as battle heavy as you want you can also win through less direct options................that might be completely off but that's what I got from the info I've seen.

Thanks!

Two of the ships have the names swapped. That's...kind of embarassing.

The game looks nice though. I was hoping for a Defiant, but I'd expect that to be in the picture if it was included. Bummer.

Man! I didn't have my V8! I was getting my timelines crossed!

I have always liked that design as well as the refit version shown in the series finale.

I'm excited for this set because I have a large number of Star Trek miniatures that would be great for this like the Stargazer, Defiant (both Constitution class and Defiant class), Future D, Jem'Hadar Fighters, Ferengi D'Kora ships and Cardassian Galors to name a few.

I want to get this game. I really do. The $100 price is a little much for me right now. Though, with Heroclix not being available when I go in to the store, I might start looking at this one.

24 figures and the rules and extras isn't too bad, but still kind of iffy for me if I can get in to it.

That one Klingon ship in the poster is a no-name...

Cloaked?

Are you talking about the one that has its name swapped with the Federation ship? It has a name, it's just in the wrong place.

I'm a huge TNG fan, so I'm psyched to hear that this is spanning multiple generations rather than just the chronologically earlier series (which was the impression I got, since it's just Federation vs. Klingons for now). With that in mind, though, it would have been nice to get more than just two factions - I'd much prefer 4 factions with 6 ships each for the initial release, and then expanding on those and maybe introducing smaller factions like Ferengi or Cardassians with future expansion sets. Because really, during TNG you wouldn't see too much Federation v. Klingon action, and it would be cool to be able to have a Fed and Klingon ship team up against Romulans instead.

It seems to me like it's really running the line between board game and tabletop strategy game, and looking at it that way the $100 pricetag really isn't too unreasonable. You get the entirety of two playable forces (which, if it's only 1v1 and you only have 1-2 ships per side in a normal game, means you're getting huge variety in team-building options) as well as rules, cards, and tiles. Really not that bad. Still, the $100 pricetag is probably a tad much for my budget right now.

I'm happy to see they're not calling these "Heroclix miniatures." Progress, man.

i hope these are the six:

USS Defiant (duh)_ Deep space Nine
USS Phoenix (nebula class) TNG
USS Reliant (miranda class) Wrath of Khan
USS Thunderchild (akira class) Generations
USS Excelsior (Excelsior class) The Search for Spock/Undiscovered Country
USS Rio De Jinero (Danube class) Deep Space Nine

and later down we'll have:

Steamrunner class
Luna class (what's this? the official class designation of the USS Titan - star trek novel series Star Trek: Titan confirmed this.)
USS Enterprise C (Ambassidor class) TNG
USS Stargazer (Constellation class) TNG
USS Excalibur (Ambassador class)

just a few wants.

The Defiant would probably be enough to convince me to buy this game if the mechanics reasonably capture the feel of the battles in the shows/movies.

I just stumbled across the rules and downloaded the pdf and read the rules.

Game seems pretty darn cool....

I will link to a thread in the appropriate forum for further discussion of the rules (and the pdf link)....
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=325818


RULES are UP!!!! Wooottttt!!!!!!!