Board Game Arena

Trying to figure out what the winning approach is. Obviously it is somewhat dictated by what is available in terms of techs and company goals, but is going with smaller ships and running a bunch of quick cruises generally good? Is it getting holistic logistics early and then riding the bonuses from that as much as possible? Just played a game where I lost by over 100 points, so I'm clearly missing some things lol.

There is no approach that works best in the game. You can launch six times with small ships or two times with a big one and score the same amount of points for each. Certain upgrades like Holistic logistics might seem OP one game, but the next time you struggle to get reputation and it does nothing.

Also, do not focus on point totals, as they will be wildly different depending on the game lenght and skill of the players.

The key about GC is that you have to adapt every game to what your opponents are doing and do something at least equally as good.