STAR TREK: Star Realms Game Review

The first board game review I ever wrote was a review of Star Realms, and I published it to BoardGameGeek with the breathless enthusiasm of someone who had just returned to hobby board gaming. I knew so little; yet, I still possessed the unshakeable certainty that my opinions were undoubtedly the right ones. Some things never change.

Now, it’s a million (8) years later, and I’m crusty, covered in barnacles, and still think that I know everything there is to know about what makes games good. I still think Star Realms is a fun time, though Shards of Infinity is more my cup of tea for the money.

That said, Star Trek: Star Realms is a shameless cash grab that doesn’t even attempt to address some of the issues of the core game, opting to paint STAR TRUNK all over everything instead.

From what I can tell, the game is a near-to-exact replica of the original Star Realms, I can point to you what one of our other writers has already written about it for more in depth writing about the game, but here is what it is in a nutshell:

Star Realms is a deckbuilder from the classical era of the form. It’s pretty simple: stomp…

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