Make It So: Meet the Klingons

by Charlie Plaine, Chairman

30th December 2009

Make It So: The Search For the Next Assistant Game Designer, will be getting started in early 2010. Contestants will have the chance to compete for an Assistant Game Designer spot for an upcoming Second Edition virtual expansion. The competition will feature challenges, themes, and contests designed to challenge preconceptions and expand the mind.

On their applications, each contestant was asked to design a card that is intended to be given away to new players at conventions and large tournaments. Instead of lore, the card will have basic information about The Continuing Committee. The card should be instantly recognizable as Star Trek. Below, find the five members of the Klingon Team, and their entries:

Benjamin Wynn (EL1TE) is 35 years old and calls Hazelbrook, NSW, Australia home. He's been playing STCCG since 1995, and submitted the following:

6 U.S.S. Enterprise (Going Boldly)

Constitution Class
Present this card to a Star Trek CCG tournament director to recive a 'Star Trek CCG: Boldly Go!' player starter pack.
Star Trek CCG is an entertaining strategy card game based in the Star Trek Universe. Come find us at www.trekcc.org
[RANGE 8] [WEAPONS 6] [SHIELDS 7]

Blake Mandalis (Devoras) is 27 years old and lives in Ada, Ohio. He's been playing STCCG since its debut, when he was just twelve years old! His entry:

1 •Warp Speed
Plays in your core. During your turn, you may choose to make one of your ships range +2 until the end of the turn. You may only do this once each turn.
Prepare to go to warp to at https://www.trekcc.org. The headquarters for The Continuing Committee, and your source for all information about Star Trek: CCG rulings, cards, and tournaments.

Dave Kuck (ikeya) is 29 years old and lives in Rochester, Minnesota. He has been playing STCCG for fifteen years and is the North American Organized Play Coordinator. His entry for this competition:

3 Spock (Vulcan Ambassador)

•Anthropology •2 Diplomacy •2 Honor •Science
[INTEGRITY 8] [CUNNING 8] [STRENGTH 6]

Jordan Smith (Mogor) is 23 years old and is from Rexburg, Idaho. He's been playing STCCG for six years, playing both First and Second Editions. His entry:

2 James T. Kirk (Youthful Captain)
•Anthropology •Leadership •Honor •Security
Trekcc.org Talking Points for TCC
[INTEGRITY 6] [CUNNING 6] [STRENGTH 6]

Torbjorn Lindquist (Linkan) is 34 years old and is from Ostersund, Sweeden. He has played STCCG since 2001, and his entry appears below:

3 •U.S.S. Enterprise

You may play this ships at cost +3 to destroy an event in your opponents core.
[RANGE 8] [WEAPONS 6] [SHIELDS 6]

The Klingon Team is competing against tomorrow's team - the Romulans - for the first phase of Make It So, while the Bajoran Team and the Cardassian Team vie for dominance. Join us in 2010 for the excitement and the fun of Make It So!