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Star Trek - Conquest Alpha

The epic 4X board game that finally does the Star Trek universe justice.

Star Trek - Conquest Alpha

Conquest Alpha isn't yet another space game that happens to have "Star Trek" on the box. It is Star Trek: at heart, in detail, in design, in humor, in mechanics. Eight years of development by two Trekkies who poured their love and energy into a board game that aspires to do justice to the universe in all its facets. For fans who recognize every nod, and for everyone who values a game with real depth and love for detail.

Forget everything you've seen in Star Trek board games up to now. If you want the feel of the shows and movies (diplomacy, betrayal, exploration, epic space battles) on your table in a single evening, and you're looking for a gaming experience you'll remember for a long, long time, there's simply no way around Conquest Alpha. Here you are the admiral of your fleet: you decide when shields are raised, when torpedoes are fired, when you evade, and when it's better to retreat. Battles full of decisions, a steep learning curve, and pure nail-biting tension.

Conquest Alpha sits halfway between a classic board game and a roleplaying game. There are no predetermined paths, no "this is how it has to go" mentality: you decide how to interpret and play your faction. But every faction brings its own identity, and acting in line with that identity earns you Victory Points: Klingons who fight. Vulcans who research. Ferengi who haggle. If you want to win, you lean into your faction's nature. How you play it out remains your own story.

A game in the midgame
A game in the midgame
Players

2–4 players

Duration

2–8 hours

Complexity

High

Theme

Sci-Fi / Space

Eight factions, eight playstyles

In Conquest Alpha, every faction is massively asymmetric - unique ship types, unique strengths, unique paths to victory. No generic races with different colors on the board edge. Many factions even come with completely unique mechanics to deliver their very specific feel at the table.

Starfleet - The fleet
The fleet
Starfleet - Faction Console
Faction Console
Starfleet - Yorktown Space Colony
Yorktown Space Colony

Starfleet

Diplomacy, research, and the most versatile fleet in the galaxy.

Starfleet plays the way you know it from the shows: exploratory, colonizing, mediating. While other factions usually have to make do with four similarly-equipped ships, the Federation fleet is broader and more versatile - more ships, more roles, more room for your strategy.

  • Up to 5 ships in play at once - each with its own profile and significantly more range than other fleets
  • Yorktown Space Colony: a full-fledged colony that doesn't depend on a planet - you build it anywhere in space where you need it
  • Through special planetary upgrades you develop toward diplomacy ("Diplomatic Corps") or military might ("Section 31 HQ") - whatever the game calls for
Starfleet - Faction Box with contents
Faction Box with contents

Was Conquest Alpha besonders macht

Star Trek auf dem Tisch

Diplomatie, Verrat, Erkundung, epische Raumschlachten - kein anderes Brettspiel bringt dich diesem Universum näher. Was ihr hier spielt, wird zu einer Geschichte, an die ihr euch noch lange erinnert.

Frei wie im Rollenspiel

Conquest Alpha liegt auf halbem Weg zwischen Brettspiel und Pen & Paper. Allianzen, Tribute, Bestechung, Verrat - fast alles ist verhandelbar. Wie du deine Fraktion spielst, entscheidest du.

Drei Modi: Kadett bis Admiral

Eine Box, drei Schwierigkeitsgrade. Der Kadetten-Modus ist einsteigerfreundlich, der Captain-Modus liefert die volle Spieltiefe, der Admiral-Modus hat Extra-Komplexität für Hardcore-Strategen.

Sweet-Spot-Spielzeit

Weder wochenlange Pen-and-Paper-Kampagne noch 30-Minuten-Filler. Eine Partie liegt im Sweet Spot: lang genug fĂĽr epische Geschichten, kurz genug, um sie an einem Abend zu erleben.

In unter 5 Minuten spielbereit

Die Spieleschachtel ist ein Komponentenkubus - alles hat seinen festen Platz. Während andere Boxen sich noch auf den Tisch entleeren, sitzt ihr schon mittendrin.

Liebe zum Detail

Vom Schiffsdesign ĂĽber die Fraktionskonsolen bis zur Architektur der Spielbox - jedes Element ist durchdacht und mit Liebe gestaltet. Du merkst das in jeder Partie.

Downloads

Complete Rulebook

Game rules with examples for all play modes.

One-Pager

Game overview on a single page.

Rechtlicher Hinweis

Star Trek - Conquest Alpha ist ein eigenständiges Spielkonzept von Jan Schumann und Matthias Drescher. Es ist nicht veröffentlicht und steht in keiner offiziellen Verbindung zu CBS Studios, Paramount Global oder anderen Rechteinhabern des Star-Trek-Universums. Alle Marken, Logos, Schiffsdesigns, Charaktere und Begriffe aus dem Star-Trek-Universum sind Eigentum ihrer jeweiligen Rechteinhaber.