HeroClix Star Trek Tactics Game Starter Set

This has been a long-time coming! Finally, a table-top starship combat game that is easy-to-learn, but not so easy that the gameplay suffers (like a recent collectable WARS amongst the STAR(s) game that comes to mind).

The models are quite nice. They are relatively sturdy and well-painted (and I don't mean just "for a factory-painted model"). Some will complain about some of the ships being out of scale, but if you consider that the model represents the approximate location of the vessel and that true scale would make some of the models impossibly small or impossibly large, this can easily be forgiven, overlooked, or forgotten in the glee of playing with little plastic starships.

The rules are the same as Heroclix rules, which makes this game EVEN EASIER to pick up if you've played Heroclix before. Some have scoffed at this compatibility with quips such as "Superman would never fight the Enterprise!", but I think they're missing the point. The rules are the same for EASE and SIMPLICITY, probably not as much for compatibility's sake. But, I suppose if you wanted Superman to fight a miniaturized U.S.S. Reliant, who could stop you? Let's see Khan fight his way out of that one.

In conclusion, although I am not a big fan of collectible games of ANY kind, I will no doubt pour significant resources into this game.

I picked this up and got exactly what I meant to: some mostly good miniatures.The Clix dial on the Bortas barely works, and the Enterprise is, to be blunt, a terrible miniature; the sculpt and the paint job both may be the worst in the entire line.(One of the boosters I also purchased turned out to be the Reliant, and these two should have similar hull details, but I found it interesting that the Reliant has phaser emitters painted and sculpted where the Enterprise does not...)

I tried out a couple of games, mixing the starter ships and some boosters, and found that the Heroclix system makes for a rather bad joke when it comes to playing a starship combat game.However, as that was only a secondary concern, I'm not too worried.The miniatures are mostly good (again, the Enterprise is an exception, and photos suggest that the Excelsior isn't great, either), and work well to support an expanded edition of the old Fasa Star Trek Tactical Starship Combat Simulator.At most, the Rhode Island and the Bortas might benefit from a quick (and light) wash, but otherwise, they look like professional quality minis; and the Rotarran is just gorgeous, as is.

If you're looking for a good starship game, look up Star Fleet Battles, A Call to Arms, or the out-of-print Fasa game(which still has a lot of unofficial fan support online), but consider these minis, as there are few better lines available.The plastic on the minis is nice and hard, so as to preserve find detail with good, sharp edges, and minimize the bends and other warps found on the softer versions put out a few years back by Micro Machines.While you're at it, if you like Heroclix, or you want a quick, not terribly accurate game that just give you an excuse to play with your toy starships, you may even like the included ruleset.From what I can tell, there are a lot of fans of Heroclix out there, so if the system grabs you, have fun.

For serious gamers:

1. Good, hard plastic, highly detailed and pre-painted starship minis; some lack detail on the underside, but you rarely see that part, anyway.(Could be a bummer, though, if they ever get around to Romulans...)

2. Maps are pretty, but the scale is unworkable.The wreckage on the Wolf 359 map isn't even to scale with itself, though I guess you could just treat it as artistic renders representing areas of debris and high radiation...The DS9 map is just a travesty; again, pretty, but the scale is a joke.The station is 22 inches across, roughly, which would make any ships moving around the map fit better with fighter combat of Star Wars than with Star Trek.(Really, could one fly the Enterprise-E around through the docking arms of the station and maneuver for combat?On top of that, could a Vorcha-class attack cruiser fit, doing the same thing, with two or three other ships? And that's just assuming a 200-300 pt. match.There's plenty of room to squeeze a lot more ships onto the map, if you really wanted to...)

3. Clix bases are a bit too big for standard hex maps; be prepared to either make due with not being able to see the hex a ship occupies, or to rebase the entire lot of ships you might choose to get.(Of course, as miniatures make close range combat a challenge anyway, this may not prove too much of an issue, and the bases provide handy labelling for your ships; instead of talking about D7-A, you can refer to it as the IKS Klothos, and the base will clearly define what ship you're talking about.)

4. The included dice, at least in my starter, weren't terribly well-balanced.They had an odd penchant for rolling doubles.So, move them to your Monopoly game set, and, if you're using d6s for whatever you play with these minis, get some good, high quality dice from Chessex or some such company.

But, there you have it; the review of a gamer who only bought this for the minis; but, hey, when some of the Star Trek-style minis on the market average $7-$15 in today's market, unpainted, who could complain about spending $20 for 4 pre-painted ships?

All in all, you mileage may vary, but I'm happy with the purchase, even though I think they could have done several things differently.

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I love the fact that a Star Trek miniatures game has finally been made with simple rules and easily attainable prepainted figures.The maps included in the pack are outstanding, I especially like the Wolf 359 map and the Deep Space Nine map.

The figures have a great paint job (especially the Klingon ships) and great detail.

The only figure I have a problem with is the Enterprise.5 minutes after opening the package I went to put the figures on display, when the Right Nacelle (engine) of the Enterprise just fell off.I really don't like the mold they used for it.They could of made the nacelles one peice that glues to the body instead of each nacelle gluing idnividually (this is a weaker design).

So If you buy this set, just watch out for the fragile Enterprise engines.Now I have to get the Rare Reliant so I have a reason for the Enterprise missing a Nacelle when I play it.

KHAN, KKHAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN!!!!

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I was super excited when I learned that there would be a Star Trek HeroClix set featuring the ships.I absolutely love it.This set is the starter set that comes with a few maps and other things to get started playing the game.As with most of the other packs like this, the clix themselves aren't anything special.They are usually right in the midddle of the pack compared to some of the others in the game.The sculps are awesome though.I can't wait until they release the Borg cubes to go with these.

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Perfect for anyone that loves Star Trek and Heroclix. The combat mechanics translate perfectly from the original game to this expansion.