The monotonous calm order of the flag bridge was broken with a crisp exclamation, “Energy signatures detected! Classified as Federation Dayton-class heavy cruisers. Contact count is sixteen vessels. Contact bearing 165 Red, Mark Zed 55! Alarms sounded throughout the ships of 3rd Frontier fleet as the men and woman of the Rhinelander Confederation Sterne-Marine moved purposefully to their battle stations. An oppressive foreboding permeated the atmosphere of the ships that the air handlers could not clear. The next few hours might well be their last… Battleline 2250 is a table top card game designed for two players. Each player fills the role of a space fleet commander for a faction engaged in conflict. Over the course of a game the players will form battle fleets, decide how to engage in combat and then resolve the action of the ensuing battle. —description from the publisher