Star Trek Frontiers Mage Knight Theme Board Game by Vlaada Chvatil

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1. Alexandre Carrier Verified Buyer – 9 April 2024

   Very fast shipping !
   For more Fun !
   

2. Stacy R. Curro Verified Buyer – 7 June 2024

   Well, one little ship arrived broken. Then we tried to play this complex game. After 4 hours of trying to finish the simple learning version, it was apparent that the only way to advance and achieve anything is by warring and conquering. Not a Star Trek idea or way of being at all. I was greatly disappointed by the corruption of what Star Trek stands for which used to be a society built on tolerance and acceptance. Not at all worth the $50+ dollars spent.
   

3. Fernando Moreno Merino Verified Buyer – 11 January 2025

   Todo correcto
   

4. Cody Carlson Verified Buyer – 15 January 2025

   Star Trek Frontiers, from WizKids, is a re-theming of Wizkids’ popular Mage Knight board game, which has a fantasy theme. The game is for one to four players in which each takes on the role of an iconic Starship captain such as Captain Picard, Captain Sisko, (Federation); General Martok, or the Durass Sisters, (Klingons). First of all, players choose a scenario they want to play. The game is part deck builder, and each player gets a deck of sixteen cards. Each card usually features two different actions (often the same action, but one more powerful): things like move, attack, shields, diplomacy, and more. On your turn, you play your hand of cards that allow you to take the appropriate actions. For instance, a “move 2” card would give you two movement points (each space terrain hex has a movement point value to move through). Below could be a “move 5”, which would give you five movement points. Players can access the stronger action by playing a data crystal, or by removing one of the dice from the “data core”, spend it, then re-roll and return to the core. Each player plays and discards his hand until his deck is depleted, then a new round begins. As players move, they will add new tiles to the board, each with its own terrain hexes and many featuring planets, starships, space stations, and other surprises. For instance, a new tile could produce a Romulan warbird, and a token is placed face down upon it. When a player’s ship arrives next to it, the token is flipped and you can see what you’re up against. The token will have the enemy ship’s shield rating, its weapon’s power, and any special abilities (like biological weapons). If the player has long range attack cards, he can play those, hoping to match or beat the enemy’s shield rating and destroy it. If it is not destroyed, the enemy gets to fire back, and the player can play shield cards to counter the Romulan’s weapons. Then the player can play his regular weapons card in the hopes of destroying the enemy. When enemies are destroyed, the captain’s skill level goes up. When it advances far enough, he gains new advantages- special tokens that allow him new and interesting abilities. Also, as a captain’s skill level goes up, he is able to recruit more crew members, cards that are recruited from star bases and space stations with diplomacy. Crew members can be activated once per round in order to use their various special abilities. Players may also gain different types of cards to add to their deck in various ways in the game. Once the conditions of the specific scenario have been fulfilled, the game is over. Whoever best completed the victory conditions of the scenario wins- though the game can be played cooperatively. Star Trek Frontiers is a lot of fun. It’s a very good mesh of deck builder and traditional board game. I have not played Mage Knight, so I cannot compare it, though I have heard others say that the Star Trek theme works better than Mage Knight’s generic fantasy theme. One way in which the theme doesn’t quite work, however, is that Federation ships can subjugate space stations for advantage. How many episodes of Star Trek feature the Enterprise subjugating people? Still, that’s a minor complaint. The ways in which players can build their decks in the game is fun, and, like any good deck builder, the cards that come up in your hands offer fun and interesting combinations that allow you to do engaging things virtually every turn. The card stock is decent, and features pictures from the Star Trek TV shows, further immersing players into the Star Trek theme. The expanding, tile game board is really cool, and allows players to create new and unique maps, and thus adventures, with every play. Now, a few things that I’m not quite sold on: First of all, with four players, this game is very long. I think 3-4 hours is likely, though it could easily go longer if you’re dealing with people who suffer from analysis paralysis. I think 2-3 players is ideal, and the game will work really well as a solo experience. Also, while no one system in this game is terribly hard to understand and play, there are just so many different systems and things to keep track of, it can get a bit fiddly and overwhelming at times. I like complicated games, but this may be right on the upper border of how complicated I want my games to be. All told, however, I think Star Trek Frontiers is a winner. It offers a rich, thematic experience that Star Trek fans and general gamers will really enjoy. At the end of the day it is just a lot of fun and promises new adventures with every play. Just don’t break it out for your friends who find the rules to Settlers of Catan difficult. Review copy provided.

   

5. Andrew A. Schaff Verified Buyer – 25 January 2025

   If you like Star Trek and want a thinky game, here it is.
   

6. Vash Verified Buyer – 26 January 2025

   New card backs and tokens are of a slightly different shade of colour, so if your opponent looks closely at your hand of cards and knows the cards in the decks, they will know you have one of the new cards. However I’ve not found it’s given an unfair advantage or affected gameplay. However for some people like me it is annoying they don’t exactly match.

   If you’ve played Mage Knight this is the equivalent of the Lost Legion expansion for Mage Knight. It adds a protagonist (Khan) so your not up against a impersonal faceless ‘dummy’ player. Brings in a Kirk deck with an Enterprise A model and some action, undiscovered and crew cards from the Star Trek Original series, which was annoying to some of our group as they didn’t think Kirk and Khan should be present in a Star Trek Next Generation era board game. However they did concede the new scenarios with Khan are good.

   This expansion also adds a challenge deck which ups the difficulty, some of our players felt was a much needed addition.
   

7. Patrick K. Butler Verified Buyer – 29 March 2025

   One of my favorite Star Trek board games! For those that like solo board games, co-op, and competitive goal oriented games, you’ll love it.
   

8. Susan Verified Buyer – 9 April 2025

   Star Trek Frontiers is a rebranding of the hit game Mage Knight. Most of the game mechanics work like they do in Mage Knight with only a few small exceptions, so if you know how to play Mage Knight, you can jump right into this. Like Mage Knight, this game is complex and does have a kind of steep learning curve, but once you have the concept down, it is a blast to play. The game encompasses exploration, starship combat and even away missions to planets. The game can be played solo or with up to 5 players.

   The game is complex but fun once you have learned to play it. (YouTube videos on how to play are highly recommended) A great addition to any board game collection
   

9. Kevin D Poole Verified Buyer – 17 April 2025

   The game came as advertised, with the shipping costs as advertised, and in the timeframe advertised.
   

10. Holgi Verified Buyer – 24 April 2025

    quick delivery, good quality – thank you