Starter Pack
When you join, you will receive a "Starter Pack," which will include:
2 cards from the deck of your choice
8 regular cards
2 special cards
After that you can play games and trade with other members to attain cards and master decks.

Card Worth
All cards are worth one except for special decks. They count as two for trading and promotion purposes. An easy way to tell the difference: Regular cards have black name plates. Specials have red.

Promotion
The ranks and the card count required to reach them are as follows:
Crewman Recruit - 1-40
Crewman Apprentice - 41-80
Crewman - 81-120
Petty Officer 3rd Class - 121-160
Petty Officer 2nd Class - 161-200
Petty Officer 1st Class - 201-240
Chief Petty Officer - 241-280
Senior Chief Petty Officer - 281-320
Master Chief Petty Officer - 321-360
Master Chief Petty Officer of Starfleet - 361-400
Warrant Officer - 401-440
Chief Warrant Officer 3rd Class - 441-480
Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class - 481-520
Chief Warrant Officer 1st Class - 521-560
Ensign - 561-600
Lieutenant Junior Grade - 601-640
Lieutenant - 641-680
Lieutenant Commander - 681-720
Commander - 721-760
Captain - 761-800
Commodore - 801-840
Rear Admiral - 840-880
Vice Admiral - 881-920
Admiral - 921-960
Fleet Admiral - 961-1000

When you're promoted, you will receive:
3 regular cards
1 special card
1 regular card of choice

Mastering
When you master a regular deck you will receive:
5 regular cards
2 special cards
2 regular (OR 1 special) card of choice

When you collect any 20 cards of a 40 card deck you will receive:
8 regular cards
3 special cards
3 regular (OR 1 regular and 1 special) cards of choice

When you collect all 40 cards of a 40 card deck you will receive:
20 regular cards
5 special cards
5 regular (OR 3 regular and 1 special OR 1 regular and 2 special)
cards of choice.

Your Trading Post
You must include:
All your current cards categorized so that members will be able to tell what you won't trade and what you will (e.g., Collecting, Keeping, Favorites, Won't Trade, Will Trade, etc.) Cards that have been traded must be taken down ASAP so as not to confuse members offering trades.

All the extras you get (points, level badges, mastered banners, etc.)

Your awards for the contests.
You don't have to keep your mastered decks up; just make sure the graphics that say you have mastered them are there.

An up-to-date log.

A link back here. Make sure it points to:
http://vince.ardfamilyco-op.net/toboldlygo.html
A convenient way of linking is through your pip, but text links or our link buttons are fine, too.

Your Log
You must include:
The date.

All your trades (e.g., Traded Idontliketolose01 for Gene's logic20.)

All your rewards (e.g., Adoctornota27, WarpSpeed03 and AssimilateThis20 from Game Name or Leveling Up or Mastering...)

Referrals
If you tell someone about this TCG or they get to us through the link on your site/trading post -- once they type your name in the Referral box and join up, both of you will receive:
2 regular cards
1 special card
1 card of choice

Make sure you put your member name near the link so that they'll know who sent them!

Pips
You must display one of these somewhere on your trading post to indicate your current rank.

Crewman Recruit