In fact, Fantasy Flight Games helped develop and now owns the actual game rules. This means that you are essentially flipping pogs across a table and tossing tons of small cardboard disks to determine attack results. This may not sound like much fun, but when your pog is a well-rendered 3d model of a Klingon battleship, and those small cardboard disks come up as a massive series of hits on your Romulan opponent, things heat up in a hurry. Each ship is rated for shield, hull, and beam weapon strength. The crew disks are rated for command ability and boarding combat strength.
Game play is smooth, with a workable hidden orders system.
Disks are provided for five different types of orders which are laid out in the order in which you intend to execute them. The fifth order sets this game apart from every other miniature or CCG starship game I've ever seen. This is achieved by printing a series of order icons on some crew disks, primarily Captains, Admirals, and higher-ranking bridge crew. Thus, when activated, Lt. Cdr. This simulates the personal leadership factor so prominent on the TV series.