# Star Trek: Captain's Chair

Star Trek: Captain's Chair is a board game for 1–2 players. It plays in 60–120 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 1. It is rated 8.6 out of 10 by 4 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $44.94 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–2 (best with 1)
- **Playing time:** 60–120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 4.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2025
- **Categories:** Card Game, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Movies / TV / Radio theme
- **Mechanics:** Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Area Majority / Influence, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Market, Move Through Deck
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.6 out of 10, from 4 reviews
- **Owned by:** 12 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 31
- **Unique players:** 14

**Designers:** Dávid Turczi, Nigel Buckle

**Artists:** Kurt Komoda, Gong Studios

**Publishers:** WizKids (I)

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 44.94 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/star-trek-captains-chair |
| Atomic Empire | 47.99 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/356066 |
| Miniature Market | 50.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/star-trek-captains-chair-wzk87601.html |
| Cardhaus Games | 54.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/star-trek-captains-chair/ |
| World of Board Games | 625 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/star-trek-captain-s-chair |
| Zatu Games | 49.29 £ | https://zatu.com/products/star-trek-captains-chair-card-game |
| Spelexperten | 695 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/kortspel/star-trek-captains-chair.html |
| Alphaspel | 699 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/228254-star-trek-captains-chair |
| Dragons Lair | 729 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/star-trek-captains-chair |
| Milan Spiele | 69.9 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/star-trek-captain-s-chair-p-38776.html |
| Fantasiapelit | 77 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_245845 |

## Expansions

- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair – Second Contact](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captains-chair-second-contact)
- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair – Promo Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captains-chair-promo-pack)
- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair – Promo Pack 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captains-chair-promo-pack-2)
- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair – Duty and Honor](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captain-s-chair-duty-and-honor)
- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair – Resistance is Futile](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captain-s-chair-resistance-is-futile)
- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair – Promo Pack 3](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captain-s-chair-promo-pack-3)

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## Rules questions

### When can I take control of a neutral Location, and what happens when I do?

A neutral Location is secured if you have at least 3 tokens there and at least 2 more than your opponent; during the Control step you may take one secured neutral Location. When you take control your opponent first gains 1 Glory per token there, all Away Teams are returned to their captains and all Ships are dismissed, then you move the Location to your Location Area and immediately resolve its CONTROL operation (page 9).

### How do I know if resolving an operation costs one of my actions? What if I have no actions left?

If an operation starts with the action icon it requires spending one of your three available actions and you must place an action token on the card as a reminder; if you have no available action tokens you cannot resolve that operation (page 10).

### Can I use a card’s Activation/Reaction/Passive (table) operations while it’s in my Staging Area or beamed under another card?

No — table operations can only be used for cards that are actually on the table (deployed ships, controlled Locations, Duty Officers, etc.); cards in your Staging Area or beamed (tucked under another card) do not have their operations available (pages 11 and 19).

### When I gain or scan a Market card, where do I put the card and do I get tokens on it?

When you gain from the Market you may take the faceup Market card or the top card of that suit’s deck and place it either on top of your Draw deck or into your Discard pile; if you take a faceup Market card you also collect any resource tokens on it and then reveal the next card to refill the Market (page 16).

### Do beamed cards count for missions, and what happens to them if the host ship leaves or the mission completes?

Beamed cards are considered in play and can contribute to mission goals, but their operations are not available; if the host Ship leaves the Fleet Area its beamed cards leave the same way (e.g., are dismissed), and when you complete a mission you dismiss all beamed cards that contributed to that mission (pages 19–20).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-trek-captains-chair)
- [Star Trek: Captain's Chair in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/star-trek-captains-chair)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422541)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._