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1985 Ranked #18,429

Star Trek: The Enterprise 4 Encounter

This exploration game has Enterprise crews scour the galaxy for missing specialists and lock down all six vital positions. Completing the full crew complement ends the search immediately, so every discovery brings a player closer to victory.

Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction Set Collection TV Shows: Star Trek (various)

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.2/5

Rating

6.05

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Captain Kirk, and the crew of the Enterprise, are sent on a mission to re-establish contact with Trelane, the Squire of Gothos. Trelane captures them and forces them to play a diabolical game.

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Captain Kirk, and the crew of the Enterprise, are sent on a mission to re-establish contact with Trelane, the Squire of Gothos. Trelane captures them and forces them to play a diabolical game. Trelane creates four Enterprises (one for each player) and places a few crew members on each. The remaining crew are scattered, marooned on worlds from their past. Sensors on each of the four Enterprises sense each other as Klingon battle cruisers. Each player must scour the galaxy and find a full crew compliment by gaining all six crew specialties and locking them down. Once a player has locked down Command, Science, Medical, Navigation, Communication, and Security positions, he wins the game.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2/5
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Credits

Designers

3
Bill Eberle Jack Kittredge Peter Olotka

Publishers

1
West End Games

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