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Captain's Log #13 is an expansion for Federation & Empire released in 1993. It was designed by Stephen V. Cole, Steven P. Petrick, Frank M. Crull, Graeme Cree, Felix Hack, Mark Schultz, Marc Spencer Cocherl, Bill Heim, Evelio Perez-Albuerne, Anthony Medici, David W. Crump, Howard Anderson, Stephen Newberg, Mike Lay, Barton Bolmen, Walt Mizia, Warren Okuma, Mark J. Kicmol, Alan M. Gopin, Bill Barsh, Jim Townsend, Jay Clendenny, and Troy Hammermann and its main mechanics are Simultaneous Action Selection and Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
Excerpted from the back of the book Best of Nexus The best of the classic NEXUS files, completely revised and updated for the Captain's Edition! Featured Scenarios & Items: Complete rules for the ISC (including Order of Battle, Counters, and rules) published here for the first time! Federation & Empire tactic notes & combat missions. Scenarios: The Hydran Expedition and The Second Federation-Kzinti War. Also includes: Klingon Battlecruisers (four previously unpublished SSDs); Tactics; and Academy (the Commander and his cadets discuss classic SFB strategy & maneuvers).
Designers
- Stephen V. Cole
- Steven P. Petrick
- Frank M. Crull
- Graeme Cree
- Felix Hack
- Mark Schultz
- Marc Spencer Cocherl
- Bill Heim
- Evelio Perez-Albuerne
- Anthony Medici
- David W. Crump
- Howard Anderson
- Stephen Newberg
- Mike Lay
- Barton Bolmen
- Walt Mizia
- Warren Okuma
- Mark J. Kicmol
- Alan M. Gopin
- Bill Barsh
- Jim Townsend
- Jay Clendenny
- Troy Hammermann
Publishers
- Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.
- Task Force Games
Questions and answers
Captain's Log #13 belongs to these categories: Wargame, Movies / TV / Radio theme, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Simultaneous Action Selection and Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Captain's Log #13 are: Stephen V. Cole, Steven P. Petrick, Frank M. Crull, Graeme Cree, Felix Hack, Mark Schultz, Marc Spencer Cocherl, Bill Heim, Evelio Perez-Albuerne, Anthony Medici, David W. Crump, Howard Anderson, Stephen Newberg, Mike Lay, Barton Bolmen, Walt Mizia, Warren Okuma, Mark J. Kicmol, Alan M. Gopin, Bill Barsh, Jim Townsend, Jay Clendenny, and Troy Hammermann. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Captain's Log #13 as an expansion for Federation & Empire. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Federation & Empire to use it. Check that your edition of Federation & Empire is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.