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Art By
Published By
Year Published
2005
# of Players:
2 − 8
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players
(5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
14 and up
(3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(3 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Federation Commander: Klingon Border
Alternate Names
Expanded By Show Expansions »
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Description Edit | History

From the designer of Star Fleet Battles, Federation Commander is the fast moving game of starship combat in the Star Fleet Universe. Mounted game boards, laminated full color ship control cards and gorgeous full color counters highlight this re-imagining of the Star Fleet Universe with 21st century production values.

This was the initial product of the Federation Commander Series, and was the original base set. There are other base sets and expansions for the Federation Commander Product Line.

Much effort has gone into streamlining the game - there are 8 impulses rather than 32. One die roll allocates up to 10 points of damage, rather than 2 dice per damage point that strikes the ship. Color coded charts and ship cards reduce the mental overhead of remembering what goes where.

Gone is the tax form of energy allocation, replaced by a free flowing dynamic "on the fly" power allocation system. Maneuver has had countless special cases removed and streamlined.

This is not an introduction to Star Fleet Battles, but a re-imagining of starship combat in the Star Fleet Universe, redesigned from the ground up to appeal to a wider audience and reduce rules lawyer-ism.

Included in the rules are the 'free form" (hexless) movement rules that have been in use for years; the hex map is scaled for miniatures bases, and the game is designed to be easy to port over to miniatures adaptations.

Home Page: http://www.federationcommander.com/

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More Information Edit | History

Part of the Star Fleet Universe series.


List of sets and expansions

Other base sets:
Federation Commander: Romulan Border
Federation Commander: Academy and Federation Commander: Graduation
Romulan Space (Product Number 4006)

Attack module expansions:
Federation Commander: Klingon Attack
Federation Commander: Romulan Attack
Federation Commander: Tholian Attack
Federation Commander: Battleships Attack
Federation Commander: Distant Kingdoms
Federation Commander: Orion Attack

Boosters (extra ship cards):
Federation Commander: Boosters

Boosters that tie-in to this set:
Booster #1
Booster #2
Booster #3

Scenario Books and Play-aids:
Federation Commander: Briefing
Star Fleet Battles - Module W: Space Battle Maps

Components:

  • Rulebook
  • Six Mounted Map Panels (Double Sided)
  • 16 Laminated Ship Diagrams (Double Sided)
  • 2 Six-Sided Dice
  • 2 Player Reference Cards
  • 40 1" Counters
  • 216 1/2" Markers
  • Paperclips
  • Wipe-Off Marker

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1 Plasma Torpedo Warhead Tracking Chart
This chart "inverts" the table in (4J3b). This chart describes torpedo strength reduction as "damage" to the torpedo, making it easier to reconcile strength reduction with damage from other sources.
2007-11-28
1 Trek_FC_baselinespeed_v2.pdf
Baseline speed cards: laminate and use one per ship to set your speed each turn. Reverse side has Stopped.
2006-10-11
1 Trek_FC_aids_Klingon.pdf
Fed Commander: Baseline speed cards. We found these helped keep track of ship speeds. One set per ship in a battle - Klingon design
2006-07-12
1 Trek_FC_aids_Federation.pdf
Fed Commander: Baseline speed cards. We found these helped keep track of ship speeds. One set per ship in a battle - Federation design
2006-07-12
4 FedCom_turn_tracker2.pd
Updated. A chart to keep track of the sequence of play as well as impuleses and subimpulses. Also boxes to track speeds for six ships.
2006-06-04
1 FedCom_fleet_speed_chart.pdf
A chart that uses the extra ship counters in FedCom to keep track of your fleet's speeds
2006-05-15
4 1 in squares FC ships.jpg
FC Ships in 1" squares that I drew
2006-04-28
Statistics
User Rank: 432
Wargame Rank: 135
Num Ratings: 276
Average Rating: 7.66
Standard Deviation: 1.36
Num Views: 45586
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 3.3 moreinfo
Fans: 4
Personal Comments: 138
Users Owning: 437
Users Wanting: 76
Users Trading: 14
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 521
Plays This Month: 2
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Federation Commander: Boosters
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 24
Average Rating 7.72
Average Weight 2.75
Owned 76
Prev. Owned 2
For Trade 2
Wanted in Trade 12
Wishlist 18
Comments 23
Year Pub. 2006
Federation Commander: Klingon Attack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 63
Average Rating 8.14
Average Weight 3.00
Owned 143
Prev. Owned 2
For Trade 3
Wanted in Trade 21
Wishlist 28
Comments 17
Year Pub. 2006
Federation Commander: Romulan Attack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 41
Average Rating 8.30
Average Weight 3.25
Owned 103
Prev. Owned 2
For Trade 1
Wanted in Trade 18
Wishlist 23
Comments 8
Year Pub. 2006
Federation Commander: Academy
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 6
Average Rating 7.33
Average Weight 3.00
Owned 23
Prev. Owned 1
For Trade 2
Wanted in Trade 5
Wishlist 12
Comments 3
Year Pub. 2007
Federation Commander: Battleships Attack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 16
Average Rating 8.36
Average Weight 2.00
Owned 48
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 1
Wanted in Trade 11
Wishlist 23
Comments 3
Year Pub. 2007
Federation Commander: Briefing
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 12
Average Rating 7.50
Average Weight 2.00
Owned 28
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 1
Wanted in Trade 5
Wishlist 15
Comments 5
Year Pub. 2008
Federation Commander: Distant Kingdoms
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 14
Average Rating 8.64
Average Weight 2.00
Owned 37
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 1
Wanted in Trade 13
Wishlist 21
Comments 3
Year Pub. 2008
 
Federation Commander: Graduation
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 2
Average Rating 9.00
Average Weight 0.00
Owned 5
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 0
Wanted in Trade 3
Wishlist 7
Comments 0
Year Pub. 2007
Federation Commander: Orion Attack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 3
Average Rating 7.67
Average Weight 2.00
Owned 15
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 0
Wanted in Trade 11
Wishlist 17
Comments 0
Year Pub. 2008
Federation Commander: Tholian Attack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 19
Average Rating 8.07
Average Weight 2.67
Owned 60
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 2
Wanted in Trade 11
Wishlist 19
Comments 7
Year Pub. 2007
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