- BGG rating
- 6.9
Star Fleet Battles: Expansion #1
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
- 1980
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,825
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition)
1979
Rules assistance for Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition)
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 180 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
For 2 players
Rules assistant for Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition)
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) is a board game released in 1979 for 2 players and 180 minutes per game. It was designed by Stephen V. Cole and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid and Simulation.
Expansions
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Star Fleet Battles Expansion #2
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
- 1982
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Star Fleet Battles Expansion #3
- 2–6 players
- 150 min
- Complexity 4.0/5
- 1982
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About the game
Star Fleet Battles Designer's Edition was the second version of the Star Fleet Battles series. An expanded & enhanced version of the original zip-lock bag version. Contains 216 full-color die cut counters representing the ships of seven fleets, freighters, outpost stations, starbases, asteroids, planets, and monsters. Also contains a large hex map, charts, and ship displays. The Designer’s Edition followed up the successful original Star Fleet Battles Pocket Game. The original version had optional advanced rules. The Designer’s Edition divided the rules into a "Basic Game" and an "Advanced Game" and rewrote much of the optional advanced rules into the "Advanced Game" and included more ships and counters for the newly added ships. This version also included the first expansions in the Star Fleet Battles series, and it had three pocket game expansions. There were two editions of the Designer's Edition. The second edition had a different box cover (the same cover art as Star Fleet Battles Commander's Edition Volume I) and a larger sized rulebook. Re-implements: Star Fleet Battles Re-implemented by: Star Fleet Battles Commander's Edition Star Fleet Battles Captain's Edition
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Task Force Games
Questions and answers
Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) is 180 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.
Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) has a complexity rating of 3.9 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a heavy game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) belongs to these categories: Wargame, Movies / TV / Radio theme, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid and Simulation. 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 Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) 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 Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.