A strange little side quest
Starfleet Wars has plenty of company in a long tradition of players chasing timing, patterns and better decisions. The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. That is only half the story. Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. So a round of Starfleet Wars is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer strategy games timeline.