- BGG rating
- 7.4
Rules assistance for Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–12 players
- 12+
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord
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Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord is an expansion for Star Fleet Battles released in 1995 for 2–12 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Stephen V. Cole and Steven P. Petrick and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
About the game
Description from the back of the cover: All new challenges for Star Fleet Battles, F&E, Prime Directive, and Star Fleet Assault! The Early Years: The Paravian Raptor Light Cruiser with its fiery Quantum Wave Torpedoes is here to kill Gorns or die trying! The Vudar Enclave: A subject race rebels against the Empire! Their War Destroyer rampages through Klingon space with Ion Cannons blazing, protected by the Ion Pulse Generator. New Weapons and Rules: Megaphasers! Megaphotons! Mini-photons! Stonefish Drones ! High Energy Decelerations ! Comets get in your way! Drag Space got you down? New Scenarios: A Crab inhabits the nebula and will eat your ship for lunch! An alien Derelict ship deserves investigation. Can you escape the Ambush Over Remus? The Hispaniolans: A new simulator race armed with the rapid-fire Proton Torpedo and Gatling Phasers, complete with four new SSDs! New Ships: Dreadnoughts, Cruisers, War Destroyers, and variants will bring the Deltans, Britainians, Canadi’ens, and Flivvers into your campaign! The Frax join in with their new X-Ships! New Stuff for Prime Directive (Vendetta) and Federation & Empire (ships from R6)! Designer Notes: Just what will be in Module V – Operational Movement, Module C3A – The Andromedan Threat File, Module X2 – Second-Generation X-Ships, the Tactical Intelligence Handbook, the Ship Comparison Chartbook, and Star Fleet Assault? Answers are here!
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Task Force Games
Questions and answers
Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord supports 2–12 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 catalogue lists Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light 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: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord belongs to these categories: Wargame, Science Fiction, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are 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 Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord are: Stephen V. Cole and Steven P. Petrick. 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: Module P6 – The Galactic Smorgasbord as an expansion for Star Fleet Battles. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Star Fleet Battles to use it. Check that your edition of Star Fleet Battles is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.