I thought I posted this yesterday, but I must have messed up somewhere.
Here is the link: http://www.bandai.com/startrek/rules/
Of course it contains plenty of previews. One thing I was especially glad to see was that Terran Empire is its own Affiliation (See pages 12/13- Nyota Uhura). I was hoping for this, but expected to see it in a later expansion because The Next Phase contained the alternate future characters.
I was hoping that the Corbomite Maneuver would be, well, a maneuver. Something like:
"Discard a card from hand. Each opponent must discard a card from hand with a cost equal to the card you discarded. If they do not have a card of equal cost, they must show you their hand. Draw one card for each card discarded by an opponent due to this effect. If you have 2+ more Diplomacy than the number of opponents, draw a card."
Overall, it is a much improved rulebook, but it still has some quirks, like reference to The Traveler and Influence cards.
I just noticed that the Basic Characters are different from the ones on the site. Which ones are current? I was looking forward to the whole Redshirt theme...
I like the whole "+1 Mission Explore" thing. I might integrate that as a house rule for TNG.
I noticed there are no rules for encountering starships in the space deck, but the players' starships read "Starter Starship". Am I to surmise that starships may come back in a future expansion? I know they were thematically weird, and arguably unbalanced, but the latter could be fixed with specific "Diplomacy Goals" printed on the ships and much smaller Diplomacy bonuses.
Here is the link: http://www.bandai.com/startrek/rules/
Of course it contains plenty of previews. One thing I was especially glad to see was that Terran Empire is its own Affiliation (See pages 12/13- Nyota Uhura). I was hoping for this, but expected to see it in a later expansion because The Next Phase contained the alternate future characters.
I was hoping that the Corbomite Maneuver would be, well, a maneuver. Something like:
"Discard a card from hand. Each opponent must discard a card from hand with a cost equal to the card you discarded. If they do not have a card of equal cost, they must show you their hand. Draw one card for each card discarded by an opponent due to this effect. If you have 2+ more Diplomacy than the number of opponents, draw a card."
Overall, it is a much improved rulebook, but it still has some quirks, like reference to The Traveler and Influence cards.
I just noticed that the Basic Characters are different from the ones on the site. Which ones are current? I was looking forward to the whole Redshirt theme...
I like the whole "+1 Mission Explore" thing. I might integrate that as a house rule for TNG.
I noticed there are no rules for encountering starships in the space deck, but the players' starships read "Starter Starship". Am I to surmise that starships may come back in a future expansion? I know they were thematically weird, and arguably unbalanced, but the latter could be fixed with specific "Diplomacy Goals" printed on the ships and much smaller Diplomacy bonuses.