- BGG rank
- BGG #3,554
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Star Fleet Battles
- 2 players
- 180 min
- Complexity 4.2/5
- 1979
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Expansion for Star Fleet Battles: Captain's Edition Basic Set
Star Fleet Battles: Module Y1 – The Early Years
2000
Rules assistance for Star Fleet Battles: Module Y1 – The Early Years
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–12 players
- 12+
- Complexity 3.8/5
Rules assistant for Star Fleet Battles: Module Y1 – The Early Years
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Star Fleet Battles: Module Y1 – The Early Years is an expansion for Star Fleet Battles: Captain's Edition Basic Set released in 2000 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.
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About the game
Part of the Star Fleet Battles Captain's Edition line. From the back of the cover: The Wars that Shaped a Galaxy... come alive in Early Years, when alliances (and even Star Fleet) were yet to form. - Complete history of the Early Years, with maps showing changing borders. - The Early Starships: More than 50 Early Years cruisers, tugs, destroyers, dreadnoughts, and frigates; the first ships built from scratch to use warp power. - The Early Bases: 20 SSDs showing the outposts that established ten empires and the stardocks that build the first starships. - Warp-converted Ironclads: 20 ships that made the conversion from sub-light engines and lasers to warp power and phasers. - The Federation National Fleets: Rigellian, Andorian, Alpha-Centauran, Vulcan, and even Orion ships of the National Guards! - Two new races: The Paravians (warrior birds descended from Gorns) and the Carnivons (vicious canines at war with the Kzintis and Lyrans) are introduced. - Five new scenarios display the wars that began all wars.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.
Questions and answers
Star Fleet Battles: Module Y1 – The Early Years 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 Y1 – The Early Years 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 Y1 – The Early Years has a complexity rating of 3.8 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: Module Y1 – The Early Years 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 Y1 – The Early Years 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 Y1 – The Early Years as an expansion for Star Fleet Battles: Captain's Edition Basic Set. 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: Captain's Edition Basic Set to use it. Check that your edition of Star Fleet Battles: Captain's Edition Basic Set is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.