Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Fleet Commander: 1 - Ignition Step into the shoes of an interstellar admiral in just a few minutes.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Secret Unit Deployment
Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
Read the full game description
Fleet Commander: 1 - Ignition Step into the shoes of an interstellar admiral in just a few minutes. With your fleet of powerful spaceships, enter the zone of battle in which Frigates, Destroyers, and Battleships compete tirelessly under your command for supremacy over the known universe. Fleet Commander: 1 – Ignition is a space battle game with miniatures for two players. Each player controls a fleet of seven ships on a 5 x 5 checkered board, which may integrate terrain features such as asteroid fields. In turn, a player chooses three dice among his Command Dice, throws them, and either acts according to the outcome or saves the dice on his Command Bridge for the following rounds. There are dice to move, attack, and put energy into the shields. Fleet Commander: 1 – Ignition has been designed to make epic space battles easy to play and to enjoy without having to remove the living room table, acquire many miniatures, or learn complex rules. The whole atmosphere of such battles is transcribed here in one "small" box with a simple but deep game system and beautiful miniatures. It features a high replayability -- and with a modular board, six special weapons to equip the Battleships, advanced and optional rules, and four scenarios -- no battle will be the same. The game system of Fleet Commander: 1 – Ignition is flexible and allows for expansions, with multiple ones now available. For more detail on the latest evolution of this game, see Fleet Commander: Genesis.