Deck & Conn 1.2.4

The game is set 15 minutes into the future of 1989, in an alternate Cold War in which nuclear-powered warships patrol space. As the captain of a corvette, you take orders from HQ and respond to distress calls and unidentified contacts. The setting is a forever-war, and your decisions affect the crew and your ship's reputation as the campaign unfolds.

Deck & Conn is a turn-based tactical simulation focused on systems and resource management. Each turn requires balancing a limited power supply across propulsion, sensors, weapons, and defenses while acting on incomplete information. The campaign adds war patrols, upgrades, and crew promotions, and standalone scenarios offer shorter encounters. Capturing a ship can pay off but carries boarding risk, while destroying it brings its own costs.

Launch the game and begin a campaign or choose an individual combat scenario. Review your HQ orders, then set out on a patrol. Check your sensors and contacts, remembering that the information is often incomplete. Manage the ship's power budget between the reactor, batteries, fuel, sensors, propulsion, weapons, and defenses. Plan each turn, moving, scanning, and engaging only when the power and position allow. Decide whether to capture or destroy enemy ships, weighing rewards against damage and boarding risk. Return to upgrade the ship and promote your crew between patrols.

Mouse: select contacts, systems, and map elements Turn controls: plan and commit your actions each turn Power management: allocate power between ship systems Map viewer: inspect the tactical map Full bindings: see the community Controls guide for the exact scheme