Bread and Circuses (Star Trek: The Original Series) entertainment. In the episode, Captain Kirk and his companions are forced to fight in gladiatorial games on a planet resembling the Roman Empire, but possessing mid-20th century Earth technology. The Federation starship USS "Enterprise" is on routine patrol when it finds wreckage of the SS "Beagle". The "Beagle" was under the command of Captain R. M. Merik (William Smithers), whom Captain Kirk (William Shatner) knew during his academy days. First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) traces the path of debris back to a planet in the previously unexplored system 892. The "Enterprise" picks up a 20th-century-style television news broadcast, reporting in
Starship: The Game of Space Contact skill and bluff, outmanuver and good planning rather than luck and certainly one of the better science fiction tactical systems around." Starship: The Game of Space Contact Starship: The Game of Space Contact is a 1975 board wargame published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. "Starship" is two-player game in which each player controls one starship in a situation governed by one of four different scenario orders with goals kept secret from the opponent. One player is the Interceptor and the other is the Intruder, and mission orders range from peaceful contact to total destruction of the opposing vessel. Tony Watson reviewed