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Star Trek Combat Simulator

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Anyone who has seen Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan will remember the simulation room and the Kobayashi Maru scenario. FASA had at one point gotten license to produce Star Trek gaming material and this board game was their answer to tactical space combat offering a simpler, easier to approach game than the more popular Star Fleet Battles from Task Force Games.

They also offered a range of ships derived from Star Trek Ship Recognition Manual which offered some unique designs that different from SFB and not necessarily appearing in any other Star Trek material. The offerings included Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships as well as some others including the Kobayashi Maru for the completist.

The rules provide an introductory game, an intermediate game, and an advanced game designed for use within an RPG play thru where each member of the crew can perform in whatever role they are assigned to.

Some of the game pieces provided displayed on the single sheet board.
As with so many naval and space games, there is rather large record ship provided per ship.
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Star Fleet Battles

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Well, of course this would be on the list. Task Force Games was a small company dedicated to small games so how did they come up with this monster? This neat version of the game in its own blue notebook binder is one of many complete with supplements and extensions, a kind of Squad Leader for outer space. The Star Trek license moved around a bit but this is the game one most closely associates with it. Amazing that the same company came up with the elegantly simple space combat game Starfire. The game and everything to go with it is now available from Amarillo Design Bureau.

Here is a link to a introductory version of the game:
Starfleet Cadet Handbook