''Star Fleet Battles Expansion #1'' is a 1980 expansion for ''

Star Fleet Battles ''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a Military tactics, tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the ''Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current ...

'' published by

Task Force Games Task Force Games was a game company started in 1979 by Allen Eldridge and Stephen V. Cole. TFG published many games, most notably including both ''Star Fleet Battles'' (currently published by the original designers, Amarillo Design Bureau) and ...

Gameplay

''Star Fleet Battles Expansion #1'' is an expansion kit with errata and rules clarifications based on the original ''

'' boxed set; also included are 30 new ship types with two new races and six near kinds of weapons, eight scenarios and two mini-campaign games.

Reception

Earl S. Cooley III reviewed ''Star Fleet Battles Expansion #1'' in ''

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'' No. 37. Cooley commented that "If you play SFB, I highly recommend this expansion kit, if only for the errata." Steve List reviewed ''Star Fleet Battles: Expansion Module #1'' in '' Ares Magazine'' #8 and commented that "What has been published so far goes well beyond ''Star Trek'' the TV show, but like ''Squad Leader'' and its offspring, it presents a basically playable system onto which layers of minute detail can be heaped ."

References

Star Fleet Battles Wargames introduced in the 1980s {{wargame-stub