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Gimme That Star Trek: The Star Trek CCG Episode

Siskoid and the Irredeemable Shagg discuss their passion for the Star Trek Collectible Card Game - how it works, what their favorite elements are, and how it made them the geeks they are, including the secret origin of Siskoid!

Listen to the Episode by clicking HERE!

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Highlights of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game to illustrate the episode:

Siskoid's collection in 4 pics, starting with expansion boxes and packs:
Here are some of the specialty products:
Siskoid keeps one copy of every card in these long boxes, and here has opened the Fajo Collection:
Just rule sheets, the Players' Guide, and a big poster featuring all cards from the Basic Set:
The Borg, compared to the original affiliations:
Shagg's favorites...
...and the "dream cards" he made (with comparison with cards later made of the same concepts!):
Some of Siskoid's favorites:
The STCCG didn't mind going off-book to create NEW characters.
Some Tribbles, some Troubles:
Some second edition cards for comparison:
For a look at the complete collection of cards, both official, and crafted later, go to the Continuing Committee! Or, for more card-searchable options, the dedicated Wiki for 1st Edition, or 2nd Edition!

For Siskoid's Rolodex, go to siskoid.com!

Siskoid used the ST CCG as inspiration for two homebrew CCGs, the first AVAILABLE HERE, is based on competitive improv (and all in French).
The second is the Unauthorized Dr. Who CCG AVAILABLE HERE.
Credits:
"Star Trek Theme" by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: "Deep Space Nine Theme" by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek The Next Generation's "Cause and Effect", starring Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Michael Dorn; "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I", starring Patrick Stewart.

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  1. CradokFebruary 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM

    Have you got any close-ups of the rules? There's a couple of things there I don't recognise, which would make me sad because I thought I had everything.

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