And I don't mean like "in December" last year I mean I had hoped to have this review out last February! Unfortunately, the difficulty inherent in getting four or five people together to play a six-hour board game, combined with packing up the house and moving last summer, meant that I got a couple early games in with the Cardassians, but never got a chance to play as the Ferengi until this winter. I had hoped to get a review of the Ferengi, Cardassians, and Borg out last year. Star Trek: Ascendancy came packaged with an insert for the Cardassian and Ferengi expansions. So I'll be reviewing the Borg seperately. We decided to stick with the more basic expansions first though, as the Borg added extra complexity (and difficulty) that we weren't sure we were ready for. The Borg expansion came out around the same time, and I picked that one up too, as I was curious to see how the NPC Borg faction would play out. Each expansion adds an additional faction and support for an additional player (for up to five, if you have the friends and the time). After the first play-session, I put the two expansions on my wishlist. The base game included an insert advertising the first two expansions: the Cardassians and Ferengi.
The friends that I've played it with have also all loved it so far.
Sure enough, after playing Ascendancy, it immediately became my favorite Star Trek board game on the market. A good Star Trek-themed 4-x game is something that I've been craving since Birth of the Federation on Windows 98. I had a feeling that I would really enjoy the game when I first opened it up and skimmed through the rules. It took forever for me to get a chance to play Star Trek: Ascendancy, thanks in large part to its hard three-player limit.
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