Federation Commander series 
This game was created as a simpler, faster version of Star Fleet Battles. The goal was to design a game that could be played "out of the box" with laminated ship diagram cards, color counters. etc., and that was "clearer, faster, and cleaner" than Star Fleet Battles.
Federation Commander is essentially Star Fleet Battles with easier rules and a faster play time. Star Fleet Battles Captain's Edition also remains in print alongside Federation Commander.
Part of the Star Fleet Universe.
Base Sets
Federation Commander: Klingon Border and Federation Commander: Romulan Border are the main base sets. Each is a complete game. The base sets have everything needed to play, including the complete rulebook, laminated ship diagram cards for 16 ships, 1" color counters, 1/2" color counters, double-sided map boards (one side for 1/2" counters, and one side for 1" counters or miniatures), etc. Federation Commander: Klingon Border originally only had the rules needed to play the ships included in that product, but it now has the same rulebook as Federation Commander: Romulan Border.
Amarillo Design Bureau does sell products (Klingon Space and Romulan Space) to add the non-duplicated parts of the base sets. IE: If you own Klingon Border, you can buy Romulan Space to get the Ship Cards and Ship Counters introduced in Romulan Border.
Federation Commander: Academy was desgined as lower-cost introductory product. It includes the complete rule book, but with only four ship cards, and a paper map. The idea was to create a product half the price (by reducing the ship cards, and not including the 1" counters and double-sided map boards) of a full base set to allow customers to determine if they liked the game.
Booster Packs
These small expansions provide additional laminated ship cards for use with the base sets or large expansions. Each base set and large expansion generally has three booster pack small expansions.
Miniatures
There are miniatures for each Federation Commander product.
Squadron Boxes contain 5-6 ships each and come in groups of 3 designed to replace the counters in the corresponding Base sets and Expansion modules.
Klingon Border = Squadron Boxes #1, #2, #3.
Klingon Attack = Squadron Boxes #4, #5, #6.
Romulan Border = Squadron Boxes #7, #8, #9.
Romulan Attack = Squadron Boxes #10, #11, #12.
Tholian Attack = Squadron Boxes #13, #14, #15.
Battleships Attack - In a break from the standard, the miniatures for this module are contained in Border Box #6 (see below). Squadron Boxes #16, #17, #18, instead match the dreadnoughts and dreadnought variants in Boosters #16, #17, #18.
Distant Kingdoms = Squadron Boxes #19, #20, #21.
Orion Attack = Squadron Boxes #22, #23, #24.
Border Boxes include 24 ships and have ships for the Boosters.
Border Box #1 = Boosters #1, #2, #3 associated with Klingon Border.
Border Box #2 = Boosters #4, #5, #6 associated with Klingon Attack.
Border Box #3 = Boosters #7, #8, #9 associated with Romulan Border.
Border Box #4 = Boosters #10, #11, #12 associated with Romulan Attack.
Border Box #5 = Boosters #13, #14, #15 associated with Tholian Attack.
Border Box #6 - In a break from the standard, these miniatures match the Battleships Attack expansion module. Boosters #16, #17, #18 are catered for with Squadron Boxes #16, #17, #18 (see above).
Border Box #7 = Boosters #19, #20, #21 associated with Distant Kingdoms.
Border Box #8 = Boosters #22, #23, #24 associated with Orion Attack.
Megahex
The Federation Commander series can also be used with larger 1-1.25" (or larger) hex maps and their full-sized (1" square) counters. Amarillo Design Bureau has released a product with extra counters of those in the game, titled "Megahex", which can be used to expand player's fleets.
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