Star Trek: Five-Year Mission

A cooperative Star Trek dice game where the bridge crew races through alerts before the ship breaks.

Designer: David E. Whitcher
Published by: Mayfair Games

Star Trek: Five-Year Mission puts you and up to six friends on the bridge as crew of the original USS Enterprise or the Enterprise-D from The Next Generation. It is a cooperative dice placement game: each crew member has a special ability, and the crews differ. Together you tackle blue, yellow and red alerts to score points, on one of six difficulty levels, and you lose by failing five alerts or losing the ship. Injuries lock dice out, ship damage forces harder alerts, urgent events must be done in three minutes, and the prime directive gets in the way. Communication is limited, so you cooperate through the dice, and real-time pressure adds chaos. A good fit for fans of the show.

Original Enterprise or Enterprise-D crewSix difficulty levels, blue to red alertsUrgent events with a three-minute timer

Who it's for

You love Star Trek or want a cooperative dice game for a bigger group of three to seven, with a bit of time pressure.

Not for you if…

You dislike real-time pressure or you need solo or two-player play. It starts at three players and gets frantic.

Vibe's take

Busy, collaborative and a little frantic. Dice go back and forth on the table, the timer ticks, and you feel like a bridge crew in trouble.