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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2005
# of Players
2 − 8
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players
(7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(4 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain
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Federation Commander: Klingon Border
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From the designer of Star Fleet Battles, Federation Commander is the fast moving game of starship combat in the Star Fleet Universe. Mounted game boards, laminated full color ship control cards and gorgeous full color counters highlight this re-imagining of the Star Fleet Universe with 21st century production values.

This was the initial product for Federation Commander, and was the original base set. There are other base sets and expansions for the Federation Commander Series.

Much effort has gone into streamlining the game - there are 8 impulses rather than 32. One die roll allocates up to 10 points of damage, rather than 2 dice per damage point that strikes the ship. Color coded charts and ship cards reduce the mental overhead of remembering what goes where.

Gone is the tax form of energy allocation, replaced by a free flowing dynamic "on the fly" power allocation system. Maneuver has had countless special cases removed and streamlined.

This is not an introduction to Star Fleet Battles, but a re-imagining of starship combat in the Star Fleet Universe, redesigned from the ground up to appeal to a wider audience and reduce rules lawyer-ism.

Included in the rules are the 'free form" (hexless) movement rules that have been in use for years; the hex map is scaled for miniatures bases, and the game is designed to be easy to port over to miniatures adaptations.

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Boosters (extra ship cards) that tie-in to this set:

  • Booster #1
  • Booster #2
  • Booster #3

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Components:

  • Rulebook
  • Six Mounted Map Panels (Double Sided)
  • 16 Laminated Ship Diagrams (Double Sided)
  • 2 Six-Sided Dice
  • 2 Player Reference Cards
  • 40 1" Counters
  • 216 1/2" Markers
  • Paperclips
  • Wipe-Off Marker

Ships included in this set:

Federation: Drone Battlecruiser (BCG), Missile Dreadnought (DNG), Frigate, Heavy Cruiser, Light Cruiser
General: Battle Station and Planet Killer (Monster), Small and Large Freighters
Klingon: C7 Heavy Battlecruiser, C8 Dreadnought, D6 Heavy Cruiser, D7 Battlecruiser, F5 Frigate
Kzinti: Battlecruiser, Frigate
Orion: Raider (CR)
Tholian: Patrol Corvette

Part of the Federation Commander Series

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Federation Commander: Klingon Border
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Amarillo Design Bureau Rules Revision 6 Edition
Publisher: Amarillo Design Bureau
Artist: Mark Evans
Year: 2011
Product Code: 4001
Size: 11.50 x 9.25 x 1.50 inches
2.85 pounds
English
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Federation Commander: Klingon Border
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Amarillo Design Bureau Rules Revision 5 edition
Publisher: Amarillo Design Bureau
Artist: Mark Evans
Year: 2009
Size: 11.50 x 9.25 x 1.50 inches
2.85 pounds
English
Release Date:   
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Federation Commander: Klingon Border
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Amarillo Design Bureau Rules Revision 4 edition
Publisher: Amarillo Design Bureau
Artist: Mark Evans
Year: 2006
Size: 11.50 x 9.25 x 1.50 inches
2.84 pounds
English
Release Date:   
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Federation Commander: Klingon Border
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Amarillo Design Bureau First Edition
Publisher: Amarillo Design Bureau
Artist: Mark Evans
Year: 2005
Product Code: 4001
Size: 9.25 x 11.50 x 1.50 inches
2.84 pounds
English
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4 FC Hex Map
The first version missed of parts of some hexes where the top set of 3 and the bottom set of 3 meet. This file corrects the problem
2011-09-02
6 FCX: Federation Comander eXtended
New, playtested version of FCX. These are eXtensions for Federation Commander. It blanaces plasma better, adds new options, and has a new cool system for boarding parties. Enjoy.
2010-09-27
5 Federation Commander Turn Tracker
Fixed version of the New Turn Tracker. Includes speed 8 on subpulse 4, and reversed the speed in the subpulses to go from lowest to highest (priority order).
2010-02-23
2 Plasma Torpedo Warhead Tracking Chart
This chart "inverts" the table in (4J3b). This chart describes torpedo strength reduction as "damage" to the torpedo, making it easier to reconcile strength reduction with damage from other sources.
2007-11-28
3 Trek_FC_baselinespeed_v2.pdf
Baseline speed cards: laminate and use one per ship to set your speed each turn. Reverse side has Stopped.
2006-10-11
3 Trek_FC_aids_Klingon.pdf
Fed Commander: Baseline speed cards. We found these helped keep track of ship speeds. One set per ship in a battle - Klingon design
2006-07-12
6 Trek_FC_aids_Federation.pdf
Fed Commander: Baseline speed cards. We found these helped keep track of ship speeds. One set per ship in a battle - Federation design
2006-07-12
8 FedCom_turn_tracker2.pdf
Updated. A chart to keep track of the sequence of play as well as impuleses and subimpulses. Also boxes to track speeds for six ships.
2006-06-04
3 FedCom_fleet_speed_chart.pdf
A chart that uses the extra ship counters in FedCom to keep track of your fleet's speeds
2006-05-15
9 1 in squares FC ships.jpg
FC Ships in 1" squares that I drew
2006-04-28
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