With
a brand new century opening up ahead of it, the Star Trek Customizable Card Game
is preparing to boldly go where no CCG has gone before - and to take its fans
along for the adventure. We have a truly packed year planned for Star Trek CCG
players and collectors, and it starts right here...
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Releasing in March 2000, the Second Anthology will offer
a retrospective of the last few years of Star Trek CCG history. Packaged in a
beautiful and sturdy 800-card-capacity storage box, the Second Anthology will
contain 6 new black-bordered premium cards not available anywhere else, 2 copies
of Starter Deck II, 2 expansion packs from the First Contact set, 2 expansion
packs from the Deep Space Nine set and two expansion packs from the Dominion set.
The First Contact set has been out of print for more than a year now, but Decipher
had put some of it aside for special products such as the Second Anthology.
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Star Trek CCG enthusiasts will be treated to The Trouble With Tribbles, the game's
first major expansion set of the century - and the first set to include material
from the original Star Trek series (yes, the famous Captain Kirk made a randomly
scheduled guest appearance in the Dominion set, but he's about to become part
of the permanent crew). This set will contain a total of 131 cards, one of which
will be an ultra-rare. A new entry point into Star Trek CCG, The Trouble With
Tribbles will be packaged in two different preconstructed starter decks as well
as the traditional expansion packs. One deck will be designed for the Federation
affiliation, while the other will be awaiting Klingon players. Each of these two
decks will be ready to play right out of the box and will include two randomly
selected rare cards from the Trouble With Tribbles set as well as a special premium
card. The set will feature plenty of classic Star Trek material from the Deep
Space Nine episode "Trials & Tribble-ations" as well as elements from other Star
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a new game mechanic, players will be able to "collect" Tribbles and potentially
use an unlimited number of the furry little critters in their decks. 1-Tribble
cards, 5-Tribbles cards, 100-Tribbles cards...
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Scheduled
for release in July 2000, the Reflections set for Star Trek CCG will be out just
in time for the shiny summer season. This product will be presented in a format
similar to that of the Star Wars CCG Reflections set, with a hefty selection of
foil versions of the most popular Star Trek CCG rare cards. Each $5 pack will
contain one foil card along with 17 other cards chosen at random. This means that
while the average pack will be composed of a mix of common, uncommon and rare
cards, you could conceivably open a pack containing 17 commons - or 17 rares.
Current components for the random mix include cards from the following sets: Premiere,
Alternate Universe, Q-Continuum, First Contact, Deep Space Nine and The Dominion.
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next major expansion set, releasing in September 2000, will be Mirror, Mirror.
This set will contain 131 cards, including an ultra-rare. In addition to expansion
packs, the cards will be packaged in two preconstructed starter decks, following
a format similar to the one used for The Trouble With Tribbles. Material from
the original Star Trek series will compose a large part of Mirror, Mirror, with
other Star Trek properties being featured in the set as well, including several
Alternate Universe-related elements. An exciting new game mechanic will allow
players to go into the mirror universe and come out again (and vice-versa), hoping
to find their native side of the looking glass like they remember it.
Enhanced
Premiere, set for a November 2000 release, will conclude this year's list of additions
to the Star Trek CCG game universe. Just enough time for players to enjoy a relaxed
holiday season before embarking on a new wild ride for 2001. Interested
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