Me and my friends are playing for two months now and we think that although Starcraft The Board Game doesn't include any dice it still includes luck at the begining. I mean if you draw a favorable planet then you have big chances to win or not. For example The Queen of blades draws a planet with two zone containing conquest ponts then the player (if he can protect them) need's only one other conquest point zone to be controlled at the begining of the 3rd stage. On the other side if your Jim raynor and you draw too planets with only one mineral zone youre really disatvantaged beacause 1. you must attack a lot in order to control 6 of this zones, and 2. you have few minerals to expansion. (it seems like not so probable to draw like that with jim but it has happened). I know that the game tries to make player attack and not defend but in many scenerios there is a player that assures his survival and he blocks himself on two planets because ha has his special victory condition fullfiled and he awaits the 3rd stage, i this this damages the gameplay.
There are some other scenerios like this but I think that you got the point. I would also like to hear... actually read your argumented opinnion.