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?
Star Realms: Frontiers is a new standalone Star Realms series game with an 80-card trade deck and new scorecards that's suitable for play with up to four players. It can be combined with Star Realms and/or Star Realms: Colony Wars.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Player Elimination
Players can be removed from contention before the game ends.
Take That
Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
Solo / Solitaire Game
Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
Read the full game description
Star Realms: Frontiers is a new standalone Star Realms series game with an 80-card trade deck and new scorecards that's suitable for play with up to four players. It can be combined with Star Realms and/or Star Realms: Colony Wars. About Star Realms Star Realms is a fast-paced game of space battles that combines the fun of a deckbuilding game with the interactivity of Trading Card Game-style combat. As you play, you make use of Trade to acquire new Ships and Bases from the cards being turned face up in the Trade Row. You use the Ships and Bases you acquire to either generate more Trade, or to generate Combat to attack your opponent and their Bases. When you reduce your opponent’s score (called Authority) to zero, you win! Battle your friends or team up to play cooperatively against the game! Features The default Star Realms: Frontiers box is listed with the following as its features: Gameplay for 1-4 players Solitaire and Cooperative mode Plays on its own, or combined with any other Star Realms set. An all-new 80-card trade deck featuring some new mechanics like the double ally ability which really rewards you for focusing on a single faction! Starting decks for four players. Four sets of new, easy-to-use score cards. Plenty of Explorer cards. Full color rulebook for two player PVP games, and awesome multiplayer formats like Free-For-All, Hunter, and Hydra! A sturdy, attractive, 4" x 6" x 2" game box