Risk: Star Trek 50th Anniversary Edition

Original Release: 2015
Developer: The Op
Publisher: The Op
Platform: Board Game

Risk: Star trek 50th Anniversary Edition

Like Monopoly, Risk is another game that has many, many different licensed versions. However, Risk changes things more than Monopoly does, and the most basic licensed versions have a different map, while some versions have their own rules and can even be completely unique games with the Risk branding thrown on for sales.

Risk: Star Trek has two ways to play: One that’s just Risk and another which adds more to it. You play as different captains from the shows (Q has pitted them all against each other, and for some reason they’re going along with it and not working out a way to cooperate). In the enhanced version of the game, you have to complete missions such as “conquer locations controlled by 2 different opponents”, “control the United Federation of Planets” and “Use abilities of all your crew in one turn”. Due to the nature of these missions, the game length can vary a lot – it can either take forever, or it can be over in three turns.

The main gameplay is just like risk: sent troops to nearby locations, fight if there opponents or neutral aliens there. This is done by rolling dice, one for each ship attacking or defending (with a maximum of 3 dice for the attacker and 2 for the defender). You can move some of your ships at the end of your turn.

At the start of each turn, you have to turn over a Q card, which causes random events, these can help you out or make you lose things, some impact the whole board. The most significant one is the Tribbles, which have two starting cards. These work similar to Pandemic where they’ll grow in numbers before multiplying to other locations. There are only 50 tribbles included in the game, and if you place all of them on the board….everyone loses.