Star Trek: Away Missions feels like a no-brainer at first glance, and it's surprising we don't have a wargame like it already. Given its widespread popularity, Star Trek is an under-served franchise in the board gaming world; it has fewer games than many other well-known sci-fi settings, and those it does have tend to be lower quality. Witness the wild success of Star Wars: X-Wing compared to its cousin Star Trek: Attack Wing, for example.
One of the many gaps that games have yet to boldly go is skirmish combat in the setting. But Star Trek: Away Missions aims to solve all these problems with its new core box offering. Does it manage to take its rightful place amongst the best board games?
