I saw on Smorey Swamp that Commanders and Tactics WW2 Deck Building Game was played at Gencon. I have been trying to find the game on BGG with no luck. If anyone knows this game and can provide a link that would be awesome.
I haven’t played Star Trek Risk (I’m a Risk 2210 fan), but Star Trek Ascendancy is an instant classic in my opinion. It makes my all time top 7, and I recommend it if you like multi-player empire building games and you don’t mind the science fiction.
Apparently it was designed by a sub commander, Andrew Benford. I think that some of the components look interesting, like the acrylic sonar overlays. If anyone’s interested, I can try to give it a play and post a review of it here.
Battle Forces is similar, but a stripped down version (i.e. same units but no technology development or strategic air raid, just combat). No download required and you can play up to 3 games at once with a basic membership for free.