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Rules assistance for Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–8 players
- 45 min
Rules assistant for Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack is an expansion for Federation Commander: Klingon Border released in 2023 for 2–8 players and 45 minutes per game. It was designed by Stephen V. Cole and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Simultaneous Action Selection, and Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
“Captain, there’s a flotilla of six gunboats headed for us.” “Shields up! Arm all weapons! Red alert!” The small, scrappy gunboats make their way to Federation Commander. Weak individually, in a flotilla of six, they are a match for a cruiser and can damage a dreadnought enough that it won’t just buff out. In some ways, they are eggs armed with sledgehammers. This title includes a 16-page rulebook, including rules, ship descriptions, and eight scenarios. There are 15 new gunboats and a new monster. Banshees are found in hordes, looking for sites, preferably bases or anything slow-moving and poorly armed, to build breeding nests. There is a scenario for a solo player featuring these creatures. Be sure and defend your base, or you will have even more banshees to fight against! Of course, there are the images you need to create your own counters. This product provides additional ships for use in Federation Commander. You will need one of the entry-point products (Klingon Border, Romulan Border, Academy) to use these ships. Either the Reference Rulebook or modules introducing more empires are useful for the ships from those empires. - description from the publisher's blurb
Designers
Publishers
- Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.
Questions and answers
Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack is 45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack belongs to these categories: Wargame, Science Fiction, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, 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 Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack are: Stephen V. Cole. 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 Federation Commander: Gunboats Attack as an expansion for Federation Commander: Klingon Border. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Federation Commander: Klingon Border to use it. Check that your edition of Federation Commander: Klingon Border is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.