Compared to the previous expansions, I do not have many cards which have "First Contact" on them. I DO have some cards, however, and one of them is the one you see on this page, the Enterprise-E. What a card!!
And what is great is that I recently traded for three personnel who have the staffing icon--including Jean-Luc Picard himself. Now I have a chance against the Borg.
Can you find Waldo?
Another rare card I have is the Phoenix, the first human faster-than-light space ship. It requires two staff and the OCD, which only one person has-- can you guess who?? (I have him too, now.) Any way, it's worth 10 point while in orbit, so that can boost you over the top if you can make it happen.
>This expansion, "First Contact," is a great add-on to the Star Trek Customizable Card Game. It does SO many new things to the game, and truly creates an evironment for the expansion set. The cards selected to represent the movie greatly reflect the mood and style of the movie, efeectively transfering that to the game.
>The most important add-on in this set is the new affiliation of the Borg. These drones are nasty. They will assimilate anything they can get their hands on, or do their best to destroy it. And with 9/24/24, the Queen's Borg Cube is one tough cookie.
>The cards available in this set are primarily for the Federation and Borg, though most of the event/interrupts are useful to anyone. This is the best and almost only way to get the cards needed for a Borg deck, but one such deck will be powerful. Also, the Federation cards represented here are very balanced and can be valuable to any Federation deck.
>Personnally, I like the dark mood portrayed by these cards, as the pictures below demonstrate. Many other examples are in the set, including the Ready Room Door, Assimilate This!, some of the personnel cards, and others. The foreboding and death-like nature of the Borg makes me want the Federation to triumph even more! And the cards are in this deck for that to happen, too.
>Another advance in the set is the addition of the senior staff. These cards are different than the originals in pictures, descriptions, skills, and usefulness. Although I am still unsure if these are personas--though I wouldn't bet against it--their new skills are certainly beneficial, especially in combination with the first crew. (The Enterprise-E icon also has effects with other cards in this expansion.) In addition to this, the changes of each person form the series to the movie is noticeable and helpful.
>The expansion set is a huge step in keeping the Federation defensively strong, especially against the Borg. Who else is going to stop them?? :)
Card Highlights
I am beginning a site on highlights of cards in the expansion. I hope to expand my highlights soon to have helpful information on how to use to cards. For now, these are valuable cards to include in your decks. The current Federation hightlight is William T. Riker. The Borg highlight is Assimilate Planet. If you would like a card to be highlighted, please send suggestions to my e~mail, honestal@rocketmail.com.
>The emergence of the Borg affiliation has had a great effect on the Star Trek CCG game. The Borg have become a real threat to other decks while the set has brought many new elements which have strengthened non-Borg affiliations, especially the Federation.
~~Decipher has come out with a new version of First Contact, entitled "Enhanced First Contact," which will contain brand-new cards to add to your Borg decks. Somehow, they got away with making up characters that were never seen or even mentioned on the series or movie, but are going on the thought that in another parrallel, the Borg nearly took over the Alpha Quadrant. Thus, they have made very awesome additions to the counterparts for the Borg affiliation, and a card that will make one for other affilations nearly as useful. You can go to Decipher's Enhanced First Contact card list to view them for yourself. They are all very cool cards!
~A new card type, an incident, is included with these premium cards. It is played at the same time as events or objectives and usually has long-lasting effects similar to an event. However, it cannot be nullified by cards that normally nullify events, plus can't be closed like doorways, and so they are even more powerful in these way. Everyone watch out for the Borg!
Related Links
Back to My STCCG Page (Menu)
New Rules for First Contact, dealing with Borg
my BORG drones page (many pictures)
