The Ferengi Alliance is the second in a series of player expansions for GF9’s Star Trek: Ascendancy. A player expansion contains everything you need to add a new civilization and another player to your games. Negotiate, exploit and profit from alien cultures to grow the fortunes of the Alliance. Enforce the Trade By-Laws and sound fiscal policies of the Ferengi with a flotilla of Marauders and Trading Vessels, overwhelming lesser civilizations with under-performing investment portfolios. Do you have the lobes for profit?

 

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“That's who I am. That's what I do, I'm a businessman, and more than that, I'm a Ferengi businessman. Do you know what that means? It means that I'm not exploiting and cheating people at random. I'm doing it according to a specific set of rules - the Rules of Acquisition." -- Quark In the second player expansion for Star Trek: Ascendancy your financial acumen guides the growth of the Ferengi Alliance from the Tower of Commerce. As the leading business authority it’s your duty to seek out opportunity, exploit new customers and grow the bottom line until your economy dwarfs the so-called “culture” of other civilizations. Beyond that, a flotilla of Marauders, commanded by profit-hungry DaiMons, stand ready to enforce your mergers and acquisitions across the quadrant. To a Ferengi, profit is everything and the special rules for the ...

One of the most exciting things a Player Expansion adds to Star Trek: Ascendancy is a new sense of adventure and discovery in the form of new Exploration Cards. The Cardassian Union Player Expansion adds ten new cards to the deck, introducing new challenges for civilizations as they explore the Galaxy. The Cardassians are an aggressive people; their hunger for vital resources puts them in conflict with species across the quadrant. That aggressiveness theme carries through to the new Exploration Cards in the form of "Confrontations". A Confrontation is a Crisis Card that immediately puts rival players into conflict, forcing a choice between immediate hostilities, gunship diplomacy, or surprise annexation. If the Confrontation occurs in the early days of a civilization’s expansion, it could lead to a long and fruitful peace or decades of interstellar war. If a Confrontatio ...

The Cardassian Union Player Expansion adds new worlds and phenomena to discover. Review our data banks on some of new System Discs found in the expansion.

 

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A Player Expansion for Star Trek: Ascendancy not only adds a new civilization to the game it also adds new System Discs for players to discover. In addition to new civilization’s Home World there are nine other worlds and phenomena to explore. In addition, a Player Expansion also comes with new space lanes to connect these locations to your Galactic Map and Resource Nodes to harvest the mineral, scientific and cultural wealth of these new worlds. The Cardassian Union will always be linked to the planet Bajor after their decades-long occupation of that verdant world. Bajor is home to one of the oldest civilizations in the quadrant. Drawing upon centuries of history, Bajor is one of the first planets in the game that can support up to two Culture Nodes, in this case by way of a dedicated Culture Capacity and an Open Capacity. Such potential is sure to make Bajor a flashpoint in your games when it is ...

The Cardassian Union is the first of a series of player expansions for GF9’s Star Trek: Ascendancy. A player expansion contains everything you need to add a new civilization and another player to your games. Brutalize your rival and dominate worlds! Bring the military might of the Cardassians to bear in the game and learn how they combine cunning and ruthlessness to defeat their enemies.

 

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“A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness." -- Gul Dukat In the first player expansion for Star Trek: Ascendancy your disciplined hand will guide the Cardassian civilization to galactic dominance. As the head of Central Command, conquer and occupy other worlds that hold the precious resources required to expand your rule; planting the flag of Cardassia Prime on the rubble of vanquished empires. Or demonstrate to your rivals that your ordered society is superior and set the Cultural example for the Galaxy. Conquest and occupation drive the great engine of the Cardassian Union. This relentless hunger affects the Cardassian player’s game in the form of two Special Rules displayed on the player’s Control Console. ...

Star Trek: Ascendancy uses an expandable map allowing the game to be played on any size or shape of table. Before the game begins, players must agree on how much of the table is usable, establishing the boundaries of their galaxy and determine the starting locations of their Home Systems.     The Star Trek: Ascendancy Play Mat takes all the guess work out of your galaxy building.  This beautiful 3’ x 3’ game surface depicts the spiral arms of the galaxy which encompasses both the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, home to the game’s great civilizations.  While providing an obvious border for your game map, the mat also indicates where you should place your Home System in both a three- and a four-player game. The mat is perfect for an evening of exploration and expansion. ...

Explore and shape your galaxy on the Star Trek: Ascendancy Play Mat. Glowing nebulas mark recommended starting points for three- and four-player games. Find out more about the play mat. Coming soon to a replicator near you!

 

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Over the weekend thousands of gamers descended on Gen Con, the biggest 4 days in gaming! A couple of them even took the time to interview John and Sean about how the game works.

 

Team Covenant get a demo from John...

Dawn from Beasts of War talk to Sean...