Changes: Star Trek III - Three Solitaire Games In One!

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Star Trek III was one of three Star Trek games released in 1985 by West End Games. It was a set of three solitaire games based on the Star Trek universe, set presumably between the end of the Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

The Games

Each game has its own tokens and descriptive short story to lead the player into the game's back story. Contributors to each game are listed along with play summaries.

Kobayashi Maru

Design & Development: Douglas Kaufman
Contributing Design: John M. Ford
Development Assistance: Ken Rolston, Greg Costikyan
Graphic Design: Stephen Crane and Kevin Wilkins
Map Art: Kevin Wilkins
Editing: Jeffery L. Briggs

This game allows you, as Saavik, to re-take the opening Starfleet Academy test from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in its "reprogrammed" and "winnable" form for which Cadet James T. Kirk was responsible, or in its original "no win scenario" version.

Free Enterprise

Design & Development: Greg Costikyan with Doug Kaufman and John M. Ford
Story: John M. Ford
Graphic Design: Stephen Crane and Kevin Wilkins
Map Art: Kevin Wilkins
Editing: Jeffery L. Briggs

This game pits the USS Enterprise crew against the crew of the Klingon D7 class Cruiser Storm Walker in a two-week-long race to see which group can best service the Glista, a system of seven commerce-heavy planets (apparently, with VERY fickle tastes in supplies), and thus recruit them for the Federation or the Klingon Empire.

The Sherwood Syndrome

Design & Development: Greg Costikyan
Story & Contributing Design: John M. Ford
Development Assistance: Doug Kaufman
Graphic Design: Stephen Crane and Kevin Wilkins
Map Art: Kevin Wilkins
Editing: Jeffery L. Briggs

In this game, the Enterprise crew visits a Prime Directive-protected planet in its "Arthurian age" called Syngreal. A Federation sociologist has betrayed the Prime Directive and elevated a feudal lord to planetary dictator. You must lead the Enterprise crew in a combined mission to (a) rescue the rest of the sociologist's observation party and (b) depose the dictator. You must accomplish both objectives WITHOUT breaking the Prime Directive yourself.

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-'''''Star Trek III''''' was one of three ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[games]] released in {{y|1985}} by [[West End Games]]. It was a set of three solitaire games based on the ''Star Trek'' universe:
+'''''Star Trek III''''' was one of three ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[games]] released in {{y|1985}} by [[West End Games]]. It was a set of three solitaire games based on the ''Star Trek'' universe, set presumably between the end of the {{s|TOS}} and {{film|3}}.
-*'''[[Kobayashi Maru scenario|Kobayashi Maru]]''' allows you, as [[Saavik]], to re-take the opening [[Starfleet Academy]] test from {{film|2}} in its "reprogrammed" and "winnable" form for which Cadet [[James T. Kirk]] was responsible, or in its original "no win scenario" version.
+==The Games==
-*'''Free Enterprise''' pits the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} crew against the crew of a [[Klingon]] [[D7 class]] in a two-week-long race to see which group can best service the Glista, a system of seven commerce-heavy planets (apparently, with VERY fickle tastes in supplies), and thus recruit them for the [[Federation]] or the [[Klingon Empire]].
+Each game has its own tokens and descriptive short story to lead the player into the game's back story. Contributors to each game are listed along with play summaries.
-*'''The Sherwood Syndrome''' has the ''Enterprise'' crew visiting a [[Prime Directive]]-protected planet in its "King Arthur" age called Syngreal. A Federation sociologist has betrayed the Prime Directive and elevated a feudal lord to planetary dictator. You lead the ''Enterprise'' crew in a combined mission to (a) rescue the rest of the sociologist's observation party and (b) depose the dictator WITHOUT breaking the Prime Directive.
-Each game has its own tokens and descriptive short story to lead the player into the game's back story. Two of the stories were written by [[John M. Ford]].
+==='''[[Kobayashi Maru scenario|Kobayashi Maru]]'''===
+*Design & Development: Douglas Kaufman
+*Contributing Design: [[John M. Ford]]
+*Development Assistance: Ken Rolston, Greg Costikyan
+*Graphic Design: Stephen Crane and Kevin Wilkins
+*Map Art: Kevin Wilkins
+*Editing: Jeffery L. Briggs
+This game allows you, as [[Saavik]], to re-take the opening [[Starfleet Academy]] test from {{film|2}} in its "reprogrammed" and "winnable" form for which Cadet [[James T. Kirk]] was responsible, or in its original "no win scenario" version.
+==='''Free Enterprise'''===
+*Design & Development: Greg Costikyan with Doug Kaufman and John M. Ford
+*Story: John M. Ford
+*Graphic Design: Stephen Crane and Kevin Wilkins
+*Map Art: Kevin Wilkins
+*Editing: Jeffery L. Briggs
+This game pits the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} crew against the crew of the [[Klingon]] [[D7 class|D7 class Cruiser]] ''Storm Walker'' in a two-week-long race to see which group can best service the Glista, a system of seven commerce-heavy planets (apparently, with VERY fickle tastes in supplies), and thus recruit them for the [[Federation]] or the [[Klingon Empire]].
+==='''The Sherwood Syndrome'''===
+*Design & Development: Greg Costikyan
+*Story & Contributing Design: John M. Ford
+*Development Assistance: Doug Kaufman
+*Graphic Design: Stephen Crane and Kevin Wilkins
+*Map Art: Kevin Wilkins
+*Editing: Jeffery L. Briggs
+In this game, the ''Enterprise'' crew visits a [[Prime Directive]]-protected planet in its "Arthurian age" called Syngreal. A Federation sociologist has betrayed the Prime Directive and elevated a feudal lord to planetary dictator. You must lead the ''Enterprise'' crew in a combined mission to (a) rescue the rest of the sociologist's observation party and (b) depose the dictator. You must accomplish both objectives WITHOUT breaking the Prime Directive yourself.
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