I started playing Trek in 2003 after the debut of 2nd Edition. When 1E was out, I'd collected the cards like mad but I'd never been able to play anyone, so I'd eventually stopped. With the debut of 2E, I was in college and in Columbus, and I was able to find a group of players. From there, I moved into running tournaments, becoming an Ambassador and then a dAgent, and finally a Level 4 Judge. I love this game and I am passionate about it's future.

Part Man, Part Pizza, James Hoskin was introduced to Star Trek TNG CCG by his brother, Will, shortly after it was released. At the time he wasn't a fan of Star Trek at all, but the pretty pictures on the cards began to fascinate him. James started watching the Next Generation, looking for a scene that matched the cards, and before long was a huge fan of the television show. For many years, James only had his brother to play against, and he likes to tell people that he was undefeated by Will. The accuracy of that claim cannot be verified.

Things changed in the year 2000, when James discovered Star Trek CCG was being played at Gen Con UK. The convention had moved to a venue about 30 minutes travel from where he lived, and he felt he could no longer use travel time as an excuse for not attending. Despite using a supposedly good deck that he found on the Internet, he was soundly beaten. The experience changed him though, and he wanted to play on a more regular basis.

With the introduction of Second Edition, James started playing a lot. He began by organising local tournaments in his desire to play more often. When that wasn't enough, he started travelling to tournaments. First, to other parts of the United Kingdom; then to parts of Europe; and finally, to parts of the United States. He still plans to visit Australia at some point in the future, and complete the trifecta of continental championships. To date, James has travelled the equivalent of three and a half times around the world to play Star Trek CCG. No, he does not own an airline.

When he is playing, he'll sometimes win the coin toss to see who goes first. Sometimes, he'll win a game. Sometimes, he'll even win a tournament. Once in a while, he'll also forget who took the first turn. Yes, he still has issues about that one.

As the years have passed, James has become more involved with the game. In 2004, he began judging the UK nationals. In 2005, he wrote his first multi-page tournament report. In 2006, he started writing articles for Decipher's website; and later that year, became a playtester. In 2007, he began making statements that were not true, and then he legally changed his middle name to "RedDwarf". In 2008, he helped design the Raise the Stakes expansion. In 2009, he was made an offer that he couldn't refuse, and took the position of Director of Organised Play in the Continuing Committee. In 2010, he helped design the Infinite Diversity and Peak Performance expansions, and he was head judge at the European Championships and the World Championships. In 2011, he was head judge at the European Championships again.

James often can't believe how lucky he has been to be involved with this fantastic game for such a long period of time. He is honoured to be the Director of Organised Play, and he spends a lot of time thinking up creative ways to abuse power by disqualifying Will from tournaments.

I started playing STCCG shortly after the release of 1E. But I would take up to the beginning of 2E to play my first tournament outside of my home town. Starting from there, I got involved in the German scene more and more as a player, and in the last years also as a member of the European organized play team and a tournament director for my home town.

When Thorsten had to retire from his position, he and Charlie asked me to become his successor as European OP coordinator and I was happy to accept.

Dave Kuck was born and raised in the great state of Minnesota. He was introduced to Star Trek: The Next Generation at a young age by his parents, who made it a Saturday tradition to order Pizza Hut and watch the show. He was introduced to Star Trek: The Next Generation CCG in 1994 by friends attending the local Junior High School. In his first booster pack, he pulled a Jean-Luc Picard, and his love of the game hasn't stopped since, although he took a brief hiatus in collecting new cards between high school and college. While attending North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota -- to get his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science -- he stumbled upon a local STCCG player group by accident while dabbling in some other CCGs. He got re-introduced to 1E and played that until 2E came out. Dave has been heavily involved with 2E from the get-go, playing in Fargo, then playing with the Twin Cities group once he moved to Rochester, MN to take a Software Engineer position at IBM.

Dave enjoys playing games for the fierce competition coupled with the close camaraderie that results. That is why STCCG 2E is his game of choice. He's played competitively, making it to the top 16 at the World Championships once and running a variety of tournaments, most notably the first Draft Regional and the US West National tournaments. Dave was humbled to be asked to join the Continuing Committee as the North American Organized Play Coordinator and will do his best to serve the players of North America and players of STCCG 2E and continue the legacy of the best CCG ever produced.

Rogue has been playing Star Trek CCG since 1E WB Premiere, and has run tournaments up and down California. Rogue became a Decipher product champion upon the release of Star Wars, but returned to playing Trek as well after the release of First Contact, and has been playing ever since. Despite moving to Boston briefly while his wife finished school, Rogue continued to be active in the Trek scene by driving to tournaments in Hartford, CT, and later teaching friends to play when 2E was released. He has been an active member of the 2E scene since moving to San Diego in 2003, and has been gathering intelligence for you on Star Trek CCG since 2008 as one half of the on-air team of the Section 31 podcast.

A native Floridian and life-long Star Trek and games enthusiast, Darren Lacoste was introduced to the Star Trek: Customizable Card Game on a blind date. Love blossomed immediately... starting with a passion for the First Edition product Rules of Acquisition. Along his journey from player, to tournament director, to "Ambassador" (and the eventual dAgent) and finally Content Coordinator, Darren established his voice within the playing community. He now expresses great gratitude at being the voice of The Continuing Committee, to both the players and the world at large.

Well, I first discovered the ST:TNG CCG shortly after its release, back in December of 1994. A couple guys in my classes at school played, and as soon as I saw them playing and learned that the game existed, I was hooked. It was just the three of us at that time, and we played for the rest of our Grade 11 time and part of Grade 12 before they dropped it. So although I was really interested, I was forced to set it aside at that point, for lack of anybody to play with. A couple years later (Spring of 1997), I found a website called "STCCG Online Headquarters" being run by a "Wesley Crusher." It became a new place to hang out in the evenings and chat, make some great friends, and get back into the game. I also found the Decipher website, the BBSs, and the great people, articles and conversations that took place there. That all got me re-energized into the game. A few months later, in the fall of that year, I moved to university and starting chatting online at any time of the day, and it was great. I managed to apply this new energy to start to build a player community at my university, even to the point of getting sanctioned tournaments. I remember following the 1997 Worlds coverage (what there was of it, at least), and cheering for the few players that I knew (one from local, a few more from the "Online HQ" or the BBSs). The following spring (1998) I applied to become, and was accepted as, an Ambassador.

The next fall (1998), although I didn't return to the same university, I continued to make the one-and-a-half-hour drive once a month to run the tournaments there, and loved it. I also found a local player base nearer to where I lived, and started attending tournaments there as well. Then, in November of 1998, with the help of some other nearby Ambassadors (Kim Burns/Logie in Michigan and Sean O'Reilly in New York), I managed to organize and run my first BIG event. One week before the Worlds of that year, I held a 50-player tournament with the players there including World Champ Defender David Bowling, and six or seven other "contenders" who had played in the 1997 Worlds and qualified for the 1998 Worlds. These powers that be were preparing their decks for the next weekend. All in all, it was a huge success, and the pinnacle of my "Trek career" up to that point.

That Christmas, I made another big jump for the game, flying to Germany for a week over the new year to take part in a huge "week of Trek:CCG" being organized by the same "Wesley Crusher" of the Online HQ. It was a lot of fun, and I got to meet seven other players from Ireland, Germany, and the US. I managed to place 3rd, which was strange considering I didn't count myself as a "good player" at that point. Over the next year, I continued to become more involved in my local scene (running a year-long promotional raffle for our tournaments and organizing other big events), and even more so involved in the online scene (posting constantly on the Decipher BBS, taking on larger roles in the Online STCCG HQ which soon became "Kedanya").

The following summer (August 1999) I managed to get to my first big convention, GenCon. I was thoroughly blown away by the size and scope of it, and delighted to meet all the great Decipher folks that were there as well as all of the other players. That fall, I managed to get to my first DecipherCon, and again met tons of great people there too... some of whom I'd already known online, and some who became completely new friends. That winter (Dec 1999), I managed to top my previous "bright points". I organized an international event in the local area, known as "Kedanyathon Y2K", inviting 20 players from around the world with the common bond being that we all played Trek, and we all met online. The event ran for two weeks, saw 20 players from Germany, Sweden, England, Ontario, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Illinois... and possibly others I forget now (sorry anybody I forgot!). We all had great fun at it, and made a lot of new friends.

Over the next few years, the trend generally continued. Lots of trips to GenCon and DecipherCon, lots of meeting people, and lots of time spent chatting with fellow enthusiasts online. But the best memory of my entire time in Trek has to be in the summer of 2001. That was when a long-time friend and fellow Trek player became even more than that. We'd met through the Online HQ years before, stayed in close contact since then, and in the summer of 2002, we were married. We continued to travel to GenCon/DecipherCon every year, and in both 2003 and 2004 I was proud to have been asked to run the World Championships. In 2005, they decided they needed my talents elsewhere instead (running the Trek RPGs for the weekend), and then in 2006 my first son was born the weekend right before GenCon (which, obviously, made it a lot harder to travel that year). Unfortunately since then (and especially since his brother was born a couple years later) I've been unable to travel for Trek anymore. So instead I've reimmersed myself in the online Trek community, first as a message board moderator for Decipher, and later becoming a moderator (and eventually programmer) here for The Continuing Committee. I'm proud to keep serving the community in any way I can, and happy to continue doing so for as long as my free time allows me.

I've played 1E since White Border Premiere, 2E from day one. I entered the "Design the Continuing Committee Logo" Contest, won, and became the Art Director for The Continuing Committee. My dream (volunteer) job. Pretty cool.

I've been a member of the Trek community for quite a while (and still have my first white border '94 set). I've been an Amabssador, a dAgent, and a tournament director all over California: Irvine, Modesto, Turlock, Fresno, San Francisco, and now San Diego and Carlsbad.

I volunteered to take the Shipping position so Charlie can focus on other important things, and to get the level of trust back up so that players and tournament directors can order with confidence.

Been playing since '95, online since about the same time. Along the way I've been the backup writer for Wesley's COTD, ran the first ST:CCG card database (and then did Tribblenomicon a few years later), did some playtesting, a ton of article writing (either solo or with my lovely wife), and probably a few other projects I'm forgetting. As an Ambassador, I've run the majority of 1E tournaments in Edmonton over the years (ranging from regionals to a fifteen hour all-nighter spanning five formats). Never won any major events, but I'm happy to be the guy that major-event playing people check with to see if their deck works.

I pulled a white-border (Premiere Unlimited Alpha, I think) Deanna Troi in my first pack back in 1994 or 1995 and I've been playing casually ever since. I've been working with the Continuing Committee since its formation, doing proofing, article editing, card lore, and some design work (usually proposing off-the-wall solutions while not actually solving anything). I'm a librarian in the USA.

A life-long Star Trek fan, Matt has been semi-professionally involved with STCCG 1E and 2E for almost fifteen years. Based in San Diego, he has served the community in several capacities; as a tournament director, Ambassador, dAgent, volunteer, interviewer, writer, playtester, Level 4 Judge, and designer, Matt has striven for excellence in his efforts to promote the game we all love.

With a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education, Matt's commitment to thoroughness and elegance is now being put to use as the Second Edition Creative Manager. He was an original member of the Continuing Committee, and is pleased to be able to serve again in a different position.