Federation Commander

Federation Commander is a tactical starship combat board wargame developed and produced by Amarillo Design Bureau, simulating combat between vessels of various factions within the Star Fleet Universe, including the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. It is based on Star Trek properties as they existed in 1979, drawing on the original series, the animated series and fan contributions, but it diverges from later canon and excludes content from the films and subsequent television series. The game was created as a more streamlined alternative to the more complex Star Fleet Battles, aiming to balance tactical depth with accessibility for newer players. It uses hexagonal grid maps on which players control starships represented as counters, allocate energy among various ship systems, and engage in combat across eight impulse-based turns, with victory determined by destroying or disabling enemy vessels or completing scenario-specific objectives.