What is Federation Commander?
While FEDERATION COMMANDER includes several products, all of them require one of the two Starter Sets: Klingon Border or Romulan Border. For the gamer on a budget, or one who is unsure of his interest in the game, consider Academy, a low-cost version of the game with fewer ships. This could later be upgraded to Klingon Border by adding the Graduation package.
The game system is based on energy. You count how much energy your starship generates at the start of each turn, and pay for a “baseline speed”. The rest of your energy is spent during the turn to fire weapons, operate systems (tractor beams, transporters), to speed up, to slow down, or to reinforce your shields. During each of the eight impulses of each turn, ships move (up to four times at the highest speed) and you have the opportunity to fire weapons or operate systems.
Ships are presented in two scales; Fleet Scale is “half the size” of Squadron Scale and can be used to resolve larger battles in less time. A sample Fleet Scale ship card is shown to your right.
Click here for a free PDF download of FIRST MISSIONS, the introductory rules set.
You will never run out of new worlds to explore (and conquer or defend) because a series of expansions will provide new ships, new enemies, and new situations, but NOT complicated additional, expansion, or optional rules. Once you master the rulebook, there are no more rules to learn, just more ships to fly, more weapons to fire, and more worlds to explore.
Click here for a list of Federation Commander items available as PDFs
Click here to access the Player Resources.
Click here to join the Commander’s Circle and download the monthlyCommunique with new ships and tactics.
Click here to learn about Booster Zero.
Click the links to learn about Klingon Attack, Romulan Attack, Tholian Attack, Battleships Attack, Booster Packs, Squadron Boxes, Border Boxes, Distant Kingdoms, Orion Attack, Hydran Attack, Reference Rulebook, War and Peace, Transports Attacked, Reinforcments Attackand Briefing #1 & Briefing #2 product info pages.
Click here for a free PDF download of FIRST MISSIONS, the introductory rules set. (Acrobat Reader Required)
Click here to view the full Federation Commander product list.
Click here to learn about Federation Commander Online.