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Well, more the former than the latter.
The idea for this thread is to share people's experiences of the Scenarios that come with the ships:

1) What ones have you tried?
2) What ones have you enjoyed, and why?
3) What ones have you not enjoyed, and why?

I firmly believe the way forward for this game is fun so bear that in mind. I'm going to hang fire with my thoughts just now, and let folk share.

graven

1) What ones have you tried?

None

2) What ones have you enjoyed, and why?

Not applicable

3) What ones have you not enjoyed, and why?

Not applicable

I got into STAW because I happened to be at my FLGS on a Sunday afternoon when a couple friends approached me and asked if I would like to make an even number for OP3. I told them I didn't know how to play the game, but my friend said "It's just like Wings of War, except instead of movement cards, you use a dial." I had nothing else going on, so I jumped in with a borrowed fleet. Imagine my surprise when at the end of the day, I got a bunch of free stuff just for playing! I was like "Is it always like this?" and they replied "yup."

The only missions I play are the ones me and my friends make up, or practice for an OP. To tell the truth, I'm pretty sure the only mission cards I read where the ones in the starter box. All the rest of my mission cards just go in a pile off to the side. I guess I'm a semi-competitive player.

There has been some rumblings around the clubhouse lately about missions, so I might have to take a second look at them...

The Kobayashi Maru scenario is a great one for demo / starter games.

You take the Enterprise, and get 2 new players to play the Klingon ships, you all have a far more interesting time than, say, trying some of the booklet scenarios.


Another good demo / starter game is the 'Destroy the Scimitar' coop scenario in the Valdore set. That way everyone gets to work together.


I found the 'Destroy The Outposts' scenario in the Kraxon set to be utterly horrible. The Dominion player gets maybe 2 cut down ships at most and there's pretty much nothing he can do to stop the Federation side flying up the flanks and destroying the outposts 1 at a time.


The scenario in the Equinox mission is good for a quick game, however I think the special rules are more interesting to apply to a normal game instead.

The Mutara nebula mission in the USS Reliant set is supposed to be pretty fun too.