Avid readers of this blog will know that I bought Star Trek Frontiers this year as an alternative to the rather expensive Mage Knight. I have managed to learn the rules and even play several games¹, winning many. The biggest obstacle to overcome was actually staying up late enough to complete the game. Frequently, that is the main challenge in board gaming; putting your children to bed, tidying up the house, setting up the game, and spending those remaining eight minutes before bed hunting down borg cubes.

I realised shortly after buying the game that there was a popular expansion called The Return of Khan, which is virtually essential as a solo-gamer². I obviously needed to have this expansion, as I am never going to be playing this game with others, and those that have actually say the game suffers for it. Where to look?

Everywhere, apparently. This thing is out of stock and out of print.

The above image is what I see on every normal online store.

Oh, but what about ebay?

I mean, Noble Knight Games are a massive rip-off store, especially if you have to factor in shipping, but ~£240 for some goddamn cards is on another level.

There was a lower priced one on ebay £195 which I did not pay, but some idiot did, and that is why these prices remain so high. People like to be fleeced.

These listings aren’t even for a new game, they’re all in a used condition.

Crazy, so anyway I’ve decided that maybe I should have to bought Mage Knight in the first place to avoid this ridiculous situation where only half the game exists. This is all WizKids fault, of course. Surely if they can see that idiots are paying upwards of £200 per expansion, there must be a lot of demand for this game?

I’ve acquired the base game of Mage Knight now, and am looking at getting hold of the Lost Legion expansion, which I think is the equivalent of the Return of Khan³ expansion from Star Trek, but for a far more reasonable, though still far too expensive, price⁴.

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29th August 2024