Comments on: Rules

By: Alex Bykov

Alex Bykov — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:28:36 +0000

Non-basic Starships have no special rules. You remove the damage from the ship and end your turn. Nothing else different happens. Q can resurrect any ship in the players points area aside from their flagship.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:01:43 +0000

We are playing the TNG game. Great game. We’ve played it a few times now and I have a couple questions.

When battling or fighting a ship from the Star Deck, the rules are a bit unclear about what happens if you are using a non-basic flagship. Aside from shuffling an Ensign card into your deck, are there any other loses suffered? For example, do you lose your ship? Do you lose any cards on your deck? If you lose your ship in a battle with another player, do they move your flagship into their points section?

There is a Q card that gives the lowest scoring person a flag ship from someone’s “garage”. Is that only for ships that were diplomacied, or can Q resurrect destroyed ships?

Thanks!

By: Alex Bykov

Alex Bykov — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:50:29 +0000

Yes you can buy any number of cards.

By: Allen Shock

Allen Shock — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:52:05 +0000

Played this for the first time tonight. Is there a limit on buying Basic Characters (and you actually buy them?) If you buy a Ensign for 1 XP do you then get to spend another to buy another Ensign etc.?

By: Alex Bykov

Alex Bykov — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:56:47 +0000

Both characters have a cost of 5+ each.

By: J Hughes

J Hughes — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:20:56 +0000

In the new TOS game, question on the ‘Energize’ card. It states,

“If you have 2+ Characters with a cost of 5+ in your bridge, draw one
card”

Does this mean that the total cost is 5+ between the cards, or both Character cards have to individually have a cost of 5+?

Thanks for the help.

By: Alex Bykov

Alex Bykov — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:35:07 +0000

One way to remove the ships is to swap them out for the Standard Missions from the TOS game. If you prefer not to mix games, grab 15 other Missions/Events from the 2nd TNG game to replace the 15 Starships.
As you mentioned you can also make the starship battle only.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:06:39 +0000

Hi, Love this game, I’ve played both TNG and TOS versions. I really like the TOS rules without the starship upgrades much better. How can I play the TNG game without upgrades? Should the ship cards be left in for combat or taken out entirely?

This question was asked in the forums but the answer wasn’t very complete. I wondered if there were “official” rules about it.

Thanks!

By: Alex Bykov

Alex Bykov — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:38:41 +0000

1) The new card goes to your discard area unless the effect specifically state otherwise.
2) Correct, as long as the Mission is face-up in the Mission Area its effect will be active. That effect will stop once the Mission is completed OR moved to the bottom of the Space Deck.
3) Flipping a Draft Mission does not take an explore, but completing it does.
4) All except the turn player, who will continue his turn after the battle and will replenish when he finishes his turn.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:29:50 +0000

Thanks for the quick response and for clearing up those issues. I have a few more questions.

When I “upgrade” a character does the new character go to my discard area, or does it go to where the old character came from? For example, Memory Alpha lets you upgrade a character in your hand or bridge.

Some missions seem to have ongoing effects such as “when you play a character your flag ship gets 1 damage.” Do those stay in effect until the mission is completed?

Does flipping a draft mission count as your explore? Or do you get to attempt to complete it as well?

At the end of a battle do all “undeafeated” players get to replenish their hands too?