I've played the table game and played this version and I like this version so much better for all the things it brings to the 'table', especially turn based playing over a longer timeframe. I do wish we could get GMT to do/authorize an expansion
of the digital game that would bring a few elements in to really get the most out of this existing version. Things like adding a few more player seats, adding in different maps with interesting features i.e. smaller home sectors with larger deep space areas, different home planet layouts that aren't random, layouts with impassable areas etc. There is enough meat on this bone to support a lot more play even without digging into the actual game mechanics as implemented.