Star Trek: The Card Game

Star Trek the Card Game was released in 1996. There was only two series released, Basic and Star Fleet Maneuvers. A third series was rumored to be in the works, Alien Encounters, it was never released.

The Inquest Factor
Inquest #9 - January 1996 The Final Frontier The coolest Star Trek cards you'll never see. Not enough half-naked green chicks or extraneuos personnel who can be sucked dry by salt creatures. That's our biggest complaint about Decipher's Star Trek: The Next Generation Customizable Card Game. While it's pretty cool and all, it needs more of the hokey stuff that only the original Trek can provide. Since Skybox is working on a game based on the classic TV show ("Where No Game Has Gone Before," Notes & News, Inquest#8), we thought we'd clue them in to the kind of stuff we want to (but probably never) see in Star Trek card games. We think you'll fined that we've captured that special magic that made the TV show so...special. Are you taking notes, Skybox? Here we go!

Worn-Out Premise - All Space Roads Lead to Rome Plot Cliché - Red Shirt Syndrome Hackneyed Dialogue - Damn it I'm a Doctor Not a... Beefcake - Shirtless Kirk Hammy Acting - Get Off My Shirt, Mister! Familiar Scenery - Home Court Advantage Cheesy Camerawork - Direct Hit! Cheap Prop - Styrofoam Rock Weapon Interrupt - Commercial Break

Skybox took Notes
Skybox took what Inquest stated in their article and used several of the suggestions. They also created several cards based on their "suggested" cards. One of the funniest suggestions that was used was Shirtless Kirk. This became a promo that was given to Inquest which they distributed to subsribers and at the newstands in issue #19. What is even funnier is the abilities of the Shirtless Kirk cards is nearly identicle. Other suggested cards were changed to suit the game: Doctor Not a... - I'm a Doctor, Not a ... Cheesy Camerawork - Direct Hit! - Direct Hit Familiar Scenery - Home Court Advantage - Oddly Familiar Culture

The other are area Skybox took notes was with the crew card. They created a lot of crew cards. This included using unamed crewman pictures and giving them names. They also used employees of Paramount Pictures/Viacom and Fleer/Skybox. Steve Domzalski - Fleer/Skybox Lead Game Designer & Director of Card Games - Lieutenant Steve Domzalski Ron Perazza - Fleer/Skybox Main - assistant to Steve Domzalski at Fleer/Skybox Lieutenant Ron Perazza Karen Greene - Fleer/Skybox Fleer/Skybox Employee - Yeoman Karen Greene Cheryl Thomas - Paramount/Viacom Paramount/Viacom employee - Nurse Cheryl Thomas Thom Parham - Paramount/Viacom Writer for Paramount/Viacom TV shows - Lieutenant Thom Parham Chip Carter - Paramount/Viacom Approved comic book scripts between 1995 and 2000 - Lieutenant Chip Carter

Promos
Cryogenic Chambers - Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. Emergency Distress Call - Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. He's Dead Jim - Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. Organians - Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. Phaser Mishap - Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. Turbolift Doors - Star Trek 30th Anniversary Phase 3 packs. Ensign Pavel A. Chekov (Varient) - Gen-Con 1996(?) and a few other places. This is considered to be the hardest card to find in this set. Living in the Past - Combo Magazine Issue #22 Shirtless Kirk - Inquest Magazine Issue #19 - Subscription & Newstand Arena (W) - Wild Star Trek Communicator #109. This was available only to subscribers. A few were available to non-subscribers by request. The second rarest card in the set. Gorn Captain - The "promo" was available in Combo #20, Star Trek Communicator #109, Overstreet' Fan #15, Inquest #17. This card is identical to the card in the set.

Sell Sheets
Sell sheets exist for the Basic/Starter set and for the unproduced Alien Encounters Expansion Set. It is unknown is a sell sheet exists for Starfleet Maneuvers.

Box and Pack Breakdown
Set  Description    Qty          Price/Each  Price/Box Pack/Box Total   Fixed  Common  Uncommon   Rare  VeryRare Basic Starter Desks 12 Decks/box    $8.95     $107.40  65 cards/1 book   8      30        15       8      4 Basic Booster Pack  36 packs/box    $2.75      $99.00  15 cards          0       8         4       2      1 SFM Booster Pack    36 packs/box    $2.95     $106.20  15 cards          0       8         4       2      1

Set Composition
Series            Promo  Fixed  Common  Uncommon  Rare  VeryRare Total Basic               10     10     120       90     60      30     320 Starfleet Maneuvers  0      0      51       39     41      30     161
 * I may have a couple of cards listed incorrectly for Starfleet Maneuvers

Reference
Link to my Star Trek the Card Game Reference Site. It includes pictures of all of the cards, sell sheets and information for this game.