Welcome to Fill in the Blank Season 2: Chain of Command!

Each week I will post the collector’s information for one of the cards in the set’s cardlist. Contestants are free to create whatever card they see fit for that slot in the cardlist, keeping in mind the surrounding cards. As the contest progresses, the cardlist will become more and more defined, guiding the contests’ choices.

The theme of our set is Chain of Command. Not every card has to fit the theme, of course, but it’s something to keep in mind when voting. Speaking of voting, as per normal each contestant will vote for one of the previous week’s entries (with the exception that as the contest runner, I will vote ONLY in the case of a tie).

This week’s winner is… nalan bal!








Here are this week’s entries:


















Please remember to vote for one of these entries in your post, referencing the entry’s letter.



This week’s contest is...

Card #5! This card must come between By the Book (Dilemma - Card #1) and Data’s Head (Equipment - Card #9). Most likely a dilemma, but could be an equipment.

Dilemmas:

1. By the Book


2.
3.
4.
5. *in creation*
6.
7.
8.

Equipment:

9. Data’s Head


10.
11.
12.

Events:

13. Captain Picard Day


14.
15.
16.
17.

Personnel - Bajoran

18. Rinnak Pire


19.
20.
21.

Personnel - Cardassian:

22. Radshert


23.
24.
25.
26.

Personnel - Federation:

27. Edward Jellico, Experienced Commander


28.
29.
30.
31.
32. *in voting*
33.
34.
35.

Ships - Starfleet:

36. Enterprise, Trailblazer

Vote: This is a tough one! G.



Not physical damage so much as an emotional bond to the ship. Only the most heartless crew can avoid it, and it makes everyone else more vulnerable to other damage cards.

A

(0) Nowhere To Run
Dilemma
Place this in an opponent's core. He or she now commands this card.
Pursuit.
Order- Place your ship at a mission where your opponent commands a ship. Remove this card from the game.
"We are now at warp nine point six five."
"The Borg are still gaining."

Vote: F (I do like a good Tomalak. )

My Entry:

1 Potent Beverage

Dilemma

Place this dilemma on this mission. Each of your personnel (except Androids and Holograms) is attributes -1 while facing a dilemma. When this mission is completed, place this dilemma beneath your incomplete, non-headquarters mission.

"It is... it is... It is green."

All the Best,

Mattgomery Scott.

Vote C

Vote B

(2) Temper Tantrum
Each player discards a random card from hand. If the total cost of those cards is odd, return this dilemma to its owner's dilemma pile. If the total cost of those cards is even, your opponent chooses a personnel to be stopped.
"We have no time for chess problems. Beam me aboard!"

I really like the concept, but I think it's got some potential for a big negative play experience, as you could basically strand a lot of people on the ship with no means to get off. I think the card would be more balanced if you have a way to remove it from the ship without having to destroy it and kill everyone on board. Doesn't have to be the normal damage removal, but maybe a heroic sacrifice? Something like "at the end of your turn, you may kill one such personnel aboard this ship to remove this dilemma from the game?" Or "at the beginning of your turn you may kill any number of such personnel with a cost of 4 or more to remove this dilemma from the game?"

Just a thought.

All the Best,

Mattgomery Scott.

New installment tonight!

Yeah in hindsight I think you're right. It'd be a bit too complex to include the "kill a personnel" ability, so I've just removed the "can't be removed" ability entirely.