There are definitely elements of randomness and a lot of turns the assignment of dice is quite clear. However, I had some interesting situations where I had to carefully think about doing extra damage or repairing a hull that was a little too close to destruction. I consider it to be a lighter game where you’re not spending a lot of time making decisions, which is what I need sometimes! It won’t work for everyone, yet if you thought the print-and-play version was mostly random and obvious, I don’t think the full game would make a drastic difference for you.