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Brand Gale Force Nine
Material Plastic
Theme Star
Genre TV & Movies
Number of Players 4

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  • Contains 3 iconic races: Federation, romulan and Klingon empire each with its own control panel and research deck
  • Each race has 33 Ships and 3 fleet markers
  • 45 card exploration deck
  • 30 system disc to explore
  • 63 resource noodles

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Star Trek: ascendancy, the strategy board game of exploration, expansion and conflict. Command the Federation, Klingons or romulans. Your decisions shape the galaxy. Which strange new worlds you discover and what paths you chart create a different map every time you play.


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Star Trek: Ascendancy

Ascend the final frontier as you take control of legendary races and fleets with unique perks and strategies. Navigate new space lane to traverse and build the game board to ensure each play through is different.

  • 3+ Players
  • Free Forming Game Board
  • Game length varies based on starting distance from each other

Choose your Faction!

Federation

Explore new systems and develop peaceful resolution to expand your empire.

Kilingons

Overwhelm your enemies with martial might! Your factions pride is everything to you and thus would not see you run form a fight.

Romulans

Develop your tech to keep your foes guessing. With advanced planning and cunning tactics at your fingertips, will your faction gain it foothold.

Game Play

Expand your control in any direction to create an original and immersive game board each and every time you play!

Exploration

Discover ancient civilizations or make new contact with existing cultures. Each has its own rewards for your faction.

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    4.6 out of 5 stars
    4.6 out of 5
    423 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the quality, appearance and expansion of the tabletop game. For example, they mention it's a great game, excellent strategy game, fun in its complexity and a good addition for larger groups. They appreciate replayability. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of use and variability.

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    36 customers mention36 positive0 negative

    Customers find the game to be a great product. They say it's an excellent strategy game, with fun in its complexity. They also say it provides a fun randomness and excitement to the game. Customers also mention that it'll be good for 3 players learning the rules.

    "...Especially in the early game, this exploration provides a fun randomness and excitement to the game that gets people hooked, even those that don't..." Read more

    "Star Trek ascendency is an exceptionally fun game. Exploring the galaxy is really enjoyable and hearkens back to everything that's great about Star..." Read more

    "...This game is fun, some people complain about downtime, but I think it's important to watch what the others do as it can affect your following actions..." Read more

    "...It was good at 3 players learning rules but was long, as expected. Not for light gamers they will just annoy the heavy ones...." Read more

    7 customers mention7 positive0 negative

    Customers find the figures and pieces in the tabletop game nice, well designed, and well illustrated. They also appreciate the shape of the components and thematic accuracy. Customers also say the game looks beautiful on the table and feels like an epic Star Trek movie. They mention that all cards are printed neatly and are well designed.

    "...All cards are printed neatly and are well designed. Ordering on the day of release (October 30th, 2016) the Promo Exploration cards were included!!!..." Read more

    "...Overall nice figures and pieces. Easy and intuative to understand tiles and system...." Read more

    "...The game looks beautiful on the table and you feel like you're in an epic Star Trek movie or novel...." Read more

    "The rules. Well illustrated but lacking in a glossary so that when you have a question about ascendancy for example you can find the pertinent rules..." Read more

    4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

    Customers find the expansion a great addition for larger groups. They say it adds an interesting dimension and has good development.

    "...It adds an interesting dimension. I love how little strategies start to emerge after you've played it for a while; little truths appear. "..." Read more

    "...They also have good development. I recommend it. Everyone wants to play the cardassians." Read more

    "Best addition for larger groups. Takes advantage of different tactics to secure Profits... I mean victory." Read more

    "Great expansion...." Read more

    4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

    Customers find the replayability of the tabletop game extremely high. They also say it's a great 4X game, even if you aren't a Trekkie.

    "...All in all the game is well balanced and offers a lot of replayability due to a massive number of Exploration and Advancement cards...." Read more

    "...the board, no one game is ever the same, the replay ability of this game is extremely high, and as Gale Force 9 introduces new factions, the number..." Read more

    "...All the factions play different from each other, so replayability is very high in this game also!..." Read more

    "More fun than TI4! Great 4X game even if you aren't a Trekkie..." Read more

    3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

    Customers find the three factions in the tabletop game unique and well thought out. They also say the asymmetry between factions is balanced and the fleets are quite different.

    "...The combat is simple but fun. The asymmetry between factions is very well thought out and balanced...." Read more

    "...You don't have to have any Star Trek knowledge to play. The three factions are unique and do a good job of "feeling" like the faction you..." Read more

    "The ships are very details. And the fleets quite different. They are the best to defeat the borg cubes by far. They also have good development...." Read more

    10 customers mention6 positive4 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the tabletop game. Some mention that it's easy to learn and intuitive to understand the tiles and system, while others say that it is a little bit of a challenge to learn, insanely tedious, frustrating, and way too long. The instructions aren't as clear as they could be, and the game is simplified for their taste.

    "...called "Star Trek Ascendancy Optimized Insert" - it makes it WAY easier to setup and cleanup the game...." Read more

    "...But for non-Firefly fans in our group, the game is insanely tedious, frustrating and way to long!..." Read more

    "...Overall nice figures and pieces. Easy and intuative to understand tiles and system...." Read more

    "It is a bit simplified for my taste, but it is still really fun...." Read more

    6 customers mention3 positive3 negative

    Customers are mixed about the variability of the tabletop game. Some mention that the races feel unique enough that it's fun to try a new one each time, while others say that there is too much randomness and variability.

    "...So far the races feel unique enough that it's fun to try a new one each time..." Read more

    "...What takes Star Trek: Ascendency down several stars is the insanely random nature at just about every level of the game...." Read more

    "...As a Star Trek fan, gotta say the races have been carefully crafted to feel like the races portrayed in the series...." Read more

    "Too much variability..." Read more

    4 customers mention0 positive4 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied that the game only allows three players. They mention that they need to add expansions to add more players.

    "...Biggest complaint is that it only allows three players. You can purchase add-ons but they're not cheap." Read more

    "...The only real complaint I have is the fact that you're restricted to only three players...." Read more

    "...It is a 3 player game with no 2 player options and in order to play more than 3 you need to purchase expansions...." Read more

    "Base game is only 3 players. Need to add expansions to add players...." Read more

    Perhaps the New Definitive Star Trek Game!
    5 Stars
    Perhaps the New Definitive Star Trek Game!
    Star Trek: Ascendancy, from Gale Force Nine, is a new Star Trek themed civilization building game. The core game comes with three factions: the Federation, the Romulans, and the Klingons. Each faction starts out on its home world, equidistant from the other players and without having made contact. Players start with a control node, and all three other nodes on their home world- production, research, and culture. First, players may spend resources (the same as the nodes), to improve the weapons or shields of the ship, build new control nodes (thus colonizes the planet) and resource nodes once they have spread out into the galaxy, or build more starships. During the engagement phase, a player may exhaust his command tokens to take actions like build a starbase (which lets you build more ships far from your home world), select research cards (you can never be working on more than you have research nodes), attack another factions ship's or colonies (with military might or with culture), group several ships into specialized fleets, or move. Movement is very important in the game, because it allows you to build the map. When you leave one of the system discs you roll a dice that tells you if the hyperspace lane you are building is length two, three, or four. Place the appropriate length lane on the board and when your ship reaches the end it can arrive at new system disc. The player would then draw a new system disc (some of which have hazards to brave, some of which aren't planets at all, but dangerous phenomena that can destroy a ship or reward research). Players can also enter warp by placing the ship just outside the system and laying down a warp token, which allows ships to travel directly to other systems at a distance equal to the number of warp tokens are next to it (more are added every round). During the final phase players check for victory, collects resource tokens from nodes and trade agreements, and do some house cleaning. Players that have made contact with each other can then bid for turn order by spending resources. The first player to gain five ascendancy tokens wins the game (paid for with five culture), or if one player has destroyed the others he wins.I've been a big fan of Gale Force Nine for a long time now. I loved Firefly: The Game and Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem, and thought Homeland: The Game was a lot of fun as well. So I was very excited to see Gale Force Nine get its hands on the Star Trek license. A great IP and theme married to a developer that had such a fantastic track record made me certain that this game couldn't lose. The theme of Star Trek comes across very well in this game, but at its heart this is a 4x civilization building game. Players spread out, search for new areas to colonize, battle each other as they compete for resources, and reap the benefits of their investments. The thing about Star Trek: Ascendancy is that it does it all so very well. The way players create the board with the hyperspace lanes is such a cool mechanic its a wonder that no one came up with it before. The various exploration cards (drawn every time a new system disc is laid down) offer a fun, random quality that adds some great sugar and spice to the game. The various player abilities and weaknesses, their unique research cards and ascetics really make for some fun dynamics throughout, and the organic evolution of the board is just amazing- no two games will have the same map configuration. I didn't think anyone was going to improve upon Wizkids' Star Trek: Fleet Captains, which is an amazing Star Trek game that I love. Star Trek: Ascendancy may have just replaced it, however, as my Star Trek game of choice. Star Trek: Ascendency is not just a great Star Trek game. It is a great game period. If you love the theme you'll get sucked into the game immediately. If Star Trek isn't your cup of tea, no matter. The awesome mechanics and thrilling game play will make you a believer. I love this game!
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