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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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In July 2000, 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 Trek properties such as Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation.
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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 Fall 2000, the Reflections set
for Star Trek CCG, The First Five Year Mission 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 following The First Five Year Mission 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 fourth quarter 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.
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