“Star Trek Deck Building Game: The Original Series”, the next game from Bandai in the series, finally made its way into my household.  I’d tell you to buckle your seatbelts, but for some reason they did away with those in the twenty-third century.  I just chalked it up to William Shatner’s love for flinging himself across the bridge during a ship battle while conveniently ripping his tunic in the process.  At any rate, this game will give players a ship, some equipment, and a very basic crew compliment.  It’ll be your job to grow that crew compliment and form an unstoppable deck, capable of completing missions and events as they come up in order to reach your point goal.  Let’s take a quick moment to check out the components and briefly see how the game is played before warping into the review.

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