Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

16 A selection

ofFanSets’

Womenof

StarTrek

pins:Michael

Burnham...

17 ...Uhura...

18 ...theBorg

Queen...

19 ...andEdith

Keeler(from

“TheCityon

theEdgeof

Forever”).

A newcardgamefromLooneyLabs

givesplayersthechancetoexplorethe

history– andalternatehistory– ofthe

StarTrekuniverse,astheycompeteto

restoretheirspecific timelines.

Basedonthecompany’sexisting

Chrononautsgame,StarTrek:Chrono-

Tr e kallowsplayerstoadoptone

of 32 identities,includingstarship

crew-membersfromeveryiteration

ofTr e kuptoandincludingStarTrek:

Enterprise. Thirty-sixTimelinecards

arelaidoutina boardconfiguration,

fromwhichplayersdrawandplay

CollectiblepinscompanyFanSets

hasturnedthespotlightonthe

femaleoftheStarTrekspecies,with

a newlinedevotedtoTr e k’s women.

DebutingatStarTrekLasVegas 2019 ,

The WomenofStarTreksetcomprisesan

initialofferingof 10pins– plusa special

limitedconvention-onlyextrapin–

presentedona specialbackerboard.Each

ofthe 10 pinswasunveiledbyFanSets

cards,attemptingtolinksequences.

AccordingtoLooneyLabs,“Other

cardsincludeimportantArtifacts(such

as TribblesortheGuardianofForever)

andInverters,whichripplerealityand

changetheoutcomeofpivotalevents.

YoursecretIDcardtellsyouwhatparts

oftheTimelineyoumustchange– or

preserve– inordertowin.Butwatch

outforQ...hemightjusteraseall

ofreality!”

Aimedat ages 11 upward,Star

Trek:Chrono-Trekis availableinstores

andonlinefromAugust.

onsocialmediaonsuccessivedays

overthesummer,beginningwithDr.

BeverlyCrusher,thenLt.Uhura,Major

KiraNerys,CaptainJaneway,T’Pol,

MichaelBurnham,CounselorTroi,the

BorgQueen,andEdithKeeler.The

STLVexclusivewasanalternateUhura

designlimitedtojust 100 pieces.

Followingthebackerboardset’s

STLVdebut,theintentionwasto

makeit availableonlinefora limited

timeat fansets.com(sanstheSTLV-

exclusivepin).Individualpinsare

slatedtobeavailablefromOctober,

althoughtheseversionswillnothave

theglittereffectoftheinitialrun.

AccordingtoFanSets,theWomen

ofStarTreklineis ongoing,andis

projectedtoeventuallycomprise

approximately 50 pins.

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TIMELINETIMELINE

TROUBLEMAKINGTROUBLEMAKING

WOMENWOMEN OFOF

TREKTREK

Tamper with the Tr e k timeline in chrono card game

FanSets unveils female-focused pins

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