The Tunnel of Death

"The Tunnel of Death" was a board game printed within the comic omnibus Star Trek Annual 1977 by World Distributors. It contained a brief, in-universe adventure of the USS Enterprise.

Description[]

Captain Kirk and his crew have been imprisoned by the dreaded Karmen, three-eyed alien monsters from the planet Sacro. To escape their terrible clutches, Kirk and his crew must make their way through a fearful tunnel full of terrifying monsters and hallucinating anti-matter.

Summary[]

While traveling aboard a USS Enterprise shuttlecraft, Kirk, Spock, and a commander in the sciences division are captured on the inhabited planet Sacro by armed Karmen. The officers escape through a dangerous tunnel with various air shafts. Obstacles capable of blocking their escape include zombies, giant slugs, a force field, nerve gas, giant robot ants, and an alien brain capable of altering one's personality. At the end of the tunnel, the crew have to break through an airlock, and then they are clear to transport back to the Enterprise.

References[]

Races and cultures[]

Human • Karman • Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Starfleet (command division • operations division • sciences division)

Science and classification[]

airlock • force field • hallucinogen • pistol • transporter

Ranks and titles[]

captain

Other references[]

alien • ant • antimatter • beam • brain • crew • dimensional whirlpool • magnetic field • metal • moon • nerve gas • slug • time warp • zombie

Appendices[]

Related media[]

Other World Distributors board games
- "Voyage of Discovery" (Star Trek Annual 1969)
- "... Wild Goose Chase!" (Star Trek Annual 1978)
- "Escape from the Clinging Dags" (Star Trek Annual 1979)
- "Space Chase" (Star Trek Annual 1979)

Background[]

While a number of "terrifying monsters" could be encountered, the promised "hallucinating anti-matter" was not cited on the actual game board.
The game was printed in Star Trek Annual 1977 between reprints of "Sceptre of the Sun" and "The PsychoCrystals", suggesting a placement around the time of those stories.

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Connections[]

Gold Key Comics stories and publications
Issues	"The Planet of No Return" • "The Devil's Isle of Space" • "Invasion of the City Builders" • "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" • "The Ghost Planet" • "When Planets Collide" • "The Voodoo Planet" • "The Youth Trap" • "The Legacy of Lazarus" • "Sceptre of the Sun" • "The Brain Shockers" • "The Flight of the Buccaneer" • "Dark Traveler" • "The Enterprise Mutiny" • "Museum at the End of Time" • "Day of the Inquisitors" • "The Cosmic Cavemen" • "The Hijacked Planet" • "The Haunted Asteroid" • "A World Gone Mad" • "The Mummies of Heitius VII" • "Siege in Superspace" • "Child's Play" • "The Trial of Captain Kirk" • "Dwarf Planet" • "The Perfect Dream" • "Ice Journey" • "The Mimicking Menace" • "Death of a Star" • "The Final Truth" • "The Animal People" • "The Choice" • "The PsychoCrystals" • "A Bomb in Time" • "One of Our Captains Is Missing!" • "Prophet of Peace" • "Furlough to Fury" • "The Evictors" • "World Against Time" • "The World Beneath the Waves" • "Prince Traitor" • "Mr. Oracle" • "This Tree Bears Bitter Fruit" • "Murder on the Enterprise" • "A Warp in Space" • "Planet of No Life" • "Destination... Annihilation!" • "And a Child Shall Lead Them" • "What Fools These Mortals Be.." • "Sport of Knaves" • "A World Against Itself" • "No Time Like the Past" • "Spore of the Devil" • "The Brain-Damaged Planet" • "To Err Is Vulcan" • "The Empire Man!" • "Operation Con Game"
Additional stories	"James T. Kirk: Psycho-File" • "A Page From Scotty's Diary" • "Spock: Psycho-File" • "From Sputnik to Warp Drive"
Games	"Voyage of Discovery" • "The Tunnel of Death" • "... Wild Goose Chase!" • "A Hint of Life" • "Space Chase" • "Escape from the Clinging Dags"
Collections	Star Trek Annuals (1969 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1986) • The Enterprise Logs (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • The Key Collection (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Gold Key Archives (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Gold Key 100-Page Spectacular
Related media	"The Exile" • "The Red Hour" • "Colouring Book" • "Eye of the Beholder" • "The Menace of the Mechanitrons" • "Trial by Fire!"

Star Trek board games

Star Trek Game (1967) • "Voyage of Discovery" • Star Trek Game (1974) • Star Trek Game (UK, 1975) • "The Tunnel of Death" • "... Wild Goose Chase!" • "Space Chase" • "Escape from the Clinging Dags" • Star Trek Game (1979) • Starfleet Game • Make-A-Game Book • The Invasion of Klingon Empire • The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Game • Struggle for the Throne • Starship Duel I • Starship Duel II • The Adventure Game • The Enterprise⁴ Encounter • Star Trek III (The Kobayashi Maru • The Sherwood Syndrome • Free Enterpri$e) • TNG (BMI) • Star Trek: The Game • The Final Frontier • Game of the Galaxies • TNG (Classic) • A Klingon Challenge • Romulan Challenge • TNG: The Board Game • Red Alert! • TOS Monopoly (TNG Monopoly • Monopoly: Klingon Edition) • Fleet Captains • Star Trek: Expeditions • Catan (Federation Space) • Attack Wing • Road Trip • Five-Year Mission • Panic • Ascendancy • Star Trek 50th Anniversary Risk • Frontiers (Frontiers: The Return of Khan) • Conflick in the Neutral Zone • Black Alert • Away Missions

Timeline[]

published order
Previous comic: Voyage of Discovery	Star Trek board games	Next comic: ... Wild Goose Chase!
chronological order
Previous adventure: The Evictors	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The PsychoCrystals
Previous comic: The Evictors	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), Year Two	Next comic: The PsychoCrystals

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