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The Star Trek Game was a board game released in the UK in 1975 by Palitoy, licensed through the BBC rebroadcasts of Star Trek: The Original Series in the 1970s.
Description[]
- Help the crew of Enterprise defeat the dreaded Klingons.
Log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 30.26.5
- The Enterprise is menaced by a deadly Klingon War Ship. Only Zithium and Beton crystals from the Planet of Fire, and the Ice Planet can destroy it.
Game components[]
- 1 game board
- Paper figures for four Klingons, Kirk, Spock
- Figurines for the Blurg, Spider
- 6 playing pieces
- 6 bue Beton crystal pieces
- 6 orange Zithium crystal pieces
- 1 "Baroom" card
- 1 die
Manual contents[]
- Preparation
- Mission briefing
- The blurg and the spider
- The Klingons
- Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock
- Contact Enterprise
- Refuge square
- Capture on the planets
- Boarding the Klingon war ship
- Closed Circuit TV
- "Alarm" squares
- Capture by Klingon aboard the war ship
- Klingon bridge
- Playing the "Baroom" card
References[]
Characters[]
- Blurg • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spider • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • unnamed Klingons • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (landing party)
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • unnamed D7 class starships (Klingon battlecruiser)
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- airlock • communicator • computer • decontamination • phaser • radar • closed circuit TV
Occupations and titles[]
Other references[]
- animal • assignment patch • beam • beton crystal • bridge • brig • captain's log, USS Enterprise, 2267 • crystal • dinosaur • cosmic rays • impact crater • meteorite • planet • space • spider web • star • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • transporter room • zithium
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- Star Trek Game – Milton Bradley's 1979 board game included a mission to search for Klingon outposts.
- The Adventure Game – West End Games' 1985 TOS board game involved Starfleet and Klingon players exploring while avoiding outright combat, as the Organian Peace Treaty was enforced.
- A Klingon Challenge – In Decipher's 1993 TNG board game featuring Gowron and William T. Riker on video, a Klingon hijacked the USS Enterprise-D from Starbase 74.
- Panic – This 2016 TOS strategy game involved Klingon, Romulan, and Tholian starships.
Background[]
- The cited stardate was also used in TOS comic: "The Mummies of Heitius VII".
Connections[]
| 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 | |
External link[]
- Star Trek Game (UK) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek Game (UK) article at the Collecting Trek blog.
- Star Trek Game (UK) article at the Board Game Geek website.