Action and adventure in outer space – The Star Trek Game is a board game released in 1974 by Hasbro. It bears TAS and Gold Key Comics-inspired illustrations.
Description[]
- Be the first player to complete your Star Trek mission and return the USS Enterprise to the starting space!
Objective[]
The board provides four missions, each of which are undertaken by one of the players: Investigate unusual occurrences at an Earth colony, survey an unnamed star system, visit a strange moon, and respond to a distress signal from an alien spacecraft.
Game components[]
- game board
- instruction sheet
- 4 player tokens
- 2 spinners
References[]
Characters[]
- James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • unnamed humanoids • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Galileo (class F shuttlecraft) • unnamed spacecraft
Locations[]
- Earth colony • star system (moon)
Races and cultures[]
Science and classification[]
- distress signal • environmental suit • impulse speed • phaser • pistol • sensor • viewscreen • warp speed
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • communications officer • science officer • surgeon
Other references[]
- antennae • assignment patch • asternoid • beam • bridge • fish • life • sleep • space • Starfleet uniform
Appendices[]
Background[]
- The alien spacecraft design previously served as a Romulan starship in TOS comics: "The Mummies of Heitius VII", "The Perithees Alliance".
- Sulu's name was misspelled as "Sula" on the game board.
Connections[]
Star Trek board games | |
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Star Trek Game (1967) • "Voyage of Discovery" • Star Trek Game (1974) • Star Trek Game (UK, 1975) • "The Tunnel of Death" • "... Wild Goose Chase!" • "Space Chase" • "Escape from the Clinging Dags" • Star Trek Game (1979) • Starfleet Game • Make-A-Game Book • The Invasion of Klingon Empire • The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Game • Struggle for the Throne • Starship Duel I • Starship Duel II • The Adventure Game • The Enterprise4 Encounter • Star Trek III (The Kobayashi Maru • The Sherwood Syndrome • Free Enterpri$e) • TNG (BMI) • Star Trek: The Game • The Final Frontier • Game of the Galaxies • TNG (Classic) • A Klingon Challenge • Romulan Challenge • TNG: The Board Game • Red Alert! • TOS Monopoly (TNG Monopoly • Monopoly: Klingon Edition) • Fleet Captains • Star Trek: Expeditions • Catan (Federation Space) • Attack Wing • Road Trip • Five-Year Mission • Panic • Ascendancy • Star Trek 50th Anniversary Risk • Frontiers (Frontiers: The Return of Khan) • Conflick in the Neutral Zone • Black Alert • Away Missions |
Timeline[]
published order | ||
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Previous game: Voyage of Discovery |
Board games | Next game: Star Trek Game (UK) |
Previous game: first game |
Board games (Hasbro) | Next game: Star Trek 50th Anniversary Risk |
Appendices[]
External link[]
- Star Trek Game (1974) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.