2023Giacomo Cimini, Sónia Gonçalves
- Videos
- 55
- Creators
- 44
1 - 4 players50 - 120 minMedium weight

2022Peter B. Hoffgaard
Mainly reviews. Starship Captains is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 39 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 14 recorded sessions, 16 unboxings, and 13 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Welcome aboard and congrats on the promotion! Your "new" starship is ready to embark on its first big voyage. Just scrape off some of the rust, and she'll do fine. And that crew? Might look a little green around the edges, but they're your crew now. Make us proud. The stars are calling...and adventure awaits! As newly promoted Starship Captains, players are in command of their first starship and hungry to prove themselves in a galaxy full of space pirates, grumpy old androids, ancient artifacts, and interplanetary adventures. In this 1-4 player Eurostyle game, which mixes action selection and engine building, you'll manage a diverse crew of cadets, ensigns, androids, and officers - each with different special roles and capabilities. By earning medals, you can promote and train your crew for even greater effectiveness. Similarly, you can upgrade your ship with powerful engine building technology for maximum synergy. What will you do with this enhanced crew and ship? Explore an ever-shifting galaxy full of dangerous pirates and interplanetary missions in order to boost your reputation with three distinct galactic factions for bountiful rewards. Do you have what it takes to deftly command your crew and become the best captain in the cosmos? We'll see! -description from the publisher
Starship Captains has 90 videos from 62 creators: 39 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 14 playthroughs, 16 unboxings and 13 other videos. They date from 2022 to February 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Starship Captains (Official Rules Explanation)" by Czech Games Edition, which runs 22 min. For a quicker teach, "SOLO mode of Starship Captains - How to Play!" by Czech Games Edition runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Starship Captains Review: Star Trekkin’ Across the Universe" by The Dice Tower. 36 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Starship Captains Round 1 Playthrough - UKGE 2022" by Tabletop 24, one of 14 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Age of Comics: The Golden Years, Parks, Parks (Second Edition) or Lorenzo il Magnifico, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2022, Spiel Essen 2022 and UK Games Expo 2022.
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2023Giacomo Cimini, Sónia Gonçalves
1 - 4 players50 - 120 minMedium weight
2025Henry Audubon
1 - 5 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
2016Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Simone Luciani
2 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Welcome aboard and congrats on the promotion! Your "new" starship is ready to embark on its first big voyage. Just scrape off some of the rust, and she'll do fine. And that crew? Might look a little green around the edges, but they're your crew now. Make us proud. The stars are calling...and adventure awaits! As newly promoted Starship Captains, players are in command of their first starship and hungry to prove themselves in a galaxy full of space pirates, grumpy old androids, ancient artifacts, and interplanetary adventures. In this 1-4 player Eurostyle game, which mixes action selection and engine building, you'll manage a diverse crew of cadets, ensigns, androids, and officers - each with different special roles and capabilities. By earning medals, you can promote and train your crew for even greater effectiveness. Similarly, you can upgrade your ship with powerful engine building technology for maximum synergy. What will you do with this enhanced crew and ship? Explore an ever-shifting galaxy full of dangerous pirates and interplanetary missions in order to boost your reputation with three distinct galactic factions for bountiful rewards. Do you have what it takes to deftly command your crew and become the best captain in the cosmos? We'll see! -description from the publisher
Designer
Peter B. Hoffgaard
Artists
Roman Bednář, Mergen Erdenebayar, Alena Kubíková, Jiří Kůs, Jiří Mikovec, Radim Pech, Jakub Politzer, František Sedláček
Publisher
Czech Games Edition (CGE)
Categories
Mechanics