Star Trek: The Next Generation – Interactive VCR Board Game – A Klingon Challenge Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• 1: SET UP
• 2: OBJECTIVE
• 3: HOW TO WIN
• 4: MEDAL OF VALOUR CEREMONY
• GAMEPLAY
• KAVOK'S COMMANDS
  • Klingon words when the translator malfunctions
• MOVEMENT
• ISOLINEAR CHIPS

1: SET UP

• Shuffle each individual deck and place them face down (repeat with the Rank Tokens and the Bridge tokens).
• Place the Bridge Tokens on the Bridge spot.
• Place a Phaser for each player on the phaser spot.
• Each player then draws a Rank Token.
• Players select a Crew Figurine, take the Tricorder the same colour as the Crew Figurine's base, place the Figurine at any of the Computer Access spaces, then draw one Computer Access card.
• Players then stick a communicator badge sticker on their shirt. (Optional is a rank sticker too.)
• Synchronize Streaming Video by everyone hitting play at the same time.

2: OBJECTIVE

• Defeat Kavok's challenge: Gain access to the five levels of the Computer by collecting Isolinear Chips to place in your Tricorder, get a Phaser from Security and crawl through the Jefferies tubes to win by regaining control of the Enterprise.

At Warp 9 the Enterprise will reach the Klingon homeworld in 60 minutes. You must win before the timer counts down to 00:00.

3: HOW TO WIN

• Collect a Phaser and 5 Isolinear Chips.
• Remove your Communicator.
• Crawl through a Jefferies tube to the Bridge. At the end of the tube you will land on the Bridge access space.
• Draw a Bridge Token. If it reads Malfunction then you can try again next turn. If it reads Stun, then you have defeated Kavok by stunning him, and won.
• Stop the Streaming Video.

4: MEDAL OF VALOUR CEREMONY

• The winner is then awarded the Medal of Valour sticker and one of the others reads the following: "For services above and beyond the call of duty, and for saving our lives, we proudly award you [NAME], the United Federation of Planets' Medal of Valour. Congratulations. Live Long and Prosper."

GAMEPLAY

• Start the video and watch the introduction.
• Once play begins there will be moments that are deliberately confusing.
• If anyone loses track of who or what is to be done next then pick someone and proceed! (You are racing the clock!)

KAVOK'S COMMANDS

Whenever Kavok appears on screen everyone must stop what they are doing and respond as ordered.

• Whenever Kavok appears, gameplay must stop and you must do as he commands.
• When he speaks to a player they must touch their communicator and say "Yes Captain Kavok!" (If only using audio chat, must imitate the sound of tapping a Comm Badge!)
• If you are not wearing your communicator, or if you fail to respond when Kavok speaks to you specifically then if another player notices they may take a random card from you!

Klingon words when the translator malfunctions

• Qo'nos = ("kronos") Klingon homeworld

• BIJ = ("beej") Punishment

• Mev = Stop

• If Kavok says "The crew member who is moving now!" this refers to the player who last touched the die.

• If Kavok says "Experience BIJ!" then draw a BIJ card and do what the top part of the card instructs. (But if the screen flashes LOW-LEVEL MALFUNCTION then do what the bottom part of the card instructs) then return it to the bottom of the deck.

• When instructed to "Take the Challenge of the Klingon Sword!" spin the spinner for a chance for a BIJ or a Computer Access card.

• If Kavok gives you a name then you must answer to it for the rest of the game.

MOVEMENT

• On your turn roll the die and move FORWARD that many spaces. Movement is always clockwise and more than one player may occupy a space.
• Rooms count as spaces and you must roll the exact movement needed to enter a room. (You are not required to enter a room though.)
• Computer Access spaces: Draw a Computer Access card if you land on this space.
• Room cards can be traded in a room for the next needed level of Isolinear chip.
• Clock cards have a time on them. When this time comes you must perform the action even if it is not your turn. Each clock card has two times on it. If you miss the first one you can try for the second. If used or both expire then return to bottom of deck.
• Other cards will grant actions as indicated.
• Holodeck spaces: If you have a level 1 Isolinear Chip then you may access the Holodeck for advice. Draw one Holodeck card. It is returned to the bottom of deck after it is played.
• Turbolift spaces: If you have a level 2 Isolinear Chip then if you end your move on a Turbolift then you can move to any other Turbolift space.
• Move Again spaces: Take another turn.
• Lose a Turn spaces: Miss your next turn.
• Report to Sickbay spaces: Move immediately to Sickbay room and miss your next turn.
• Brig Room: you are detained and cannot act for 1 minute.
• Security Room: you need a Level Three Isolinear Chip to access this room. (Malfunctions and some cards may allow you to bypass this requirement.) Enter to collect a phaser.
• Jefferies Tubes: Only accessible if you have all 5 levels of chips. If you are in a tube and lose a chip or phaser while there. Then you must back out and collect these items again before attempting to use the tubes again.
• Stasis Fields: You're trapped where you are by a force field. A player in stasis cannot move or act on their turns until released. There are only two Stasis fields at a time, so if a third player is trapped then they get to choose one of the two already trapped crew to free.

ISOLINEAR CHIPS

You collect them in order and gain the bonus when you gain that level.

• LEVEL 1: Can draw a Holodeck card when you land on a Holodeck space.
• LEVEL 2: Can access Turbolifts when you land on those spaces.
• LEVEL 3: Can access Security room.
• LEVEL 4: Automatically frees you from Stasis Fields.
• LEVEL 5: Can access the Jefferies tubes and the Bridge Access Panel.

If you are required to lose an Isolinear Chip, then it is always the highest level one you have.