What is a NERD SEARCH? It is a puzzle book but not as you know it. We are giving you the chance to enjoy
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION all over again—by ruining it with mistakes! We all love finding errors in our favorite shows, and we have added to the fun by inserting errors of a quirky kind.
This is not a simple 21st-century search-and-find book, it is more of a 24th-century, next-level challenge, with goofs in it that only a true TREK fan can spot! And along the way, we’ll be saving the universe too.
And before we go any further, it’s important to say that the whole book is one big continuity error, as none of the scenes, as we have depicted them, ever happened. Well, not quite like this. We have taken classic scenes and loaded them with extra action and hidden guest-stars for you to find ... and prove you are the greatest
STAR TREK nerd ever.
TYPES OF PUZZLEThere are four types of puzzle in this book. They are contained in eight spreads based on classic episodes of
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
1. CATCH THE CUBESpot the Borg Chaos Cube before it does too much damage!
2. NERD ALERTEach spread has five continuity errors. It could be something subtle like a character in the wrong scene or the wrong costume. Or it could be an obvious blunder like a crew member from the wrong series, or a big name from a movie appearing! It might just be something that didn’t happen, or something that would never happen in TREK.
3. THE ARTIFACT ANOMALYEvery scene contains 10 elements—characters, gadgets, weapons or some other item, from other episodes of the series. They are all themed to make them easier. In “The Big Goodbye” for example, all elements are from holodeck-related stories.
4. SUPER QUIBBLESA special talking point that only true fans would know about. Maybe an item that was only mentioned in dialogue that never actually appeared on the screen. Or it could involve behind-the-scenes knowledge. Hard-core fans will know it when they see it!
THE SCORING SYSTEMUse your scorecard to keep track of your progress
CATCH THE CUBE: 10 points each.
NERD ALERT: 4 points each.
ARTIFACT ANOMALY: 2 points for spotting the out-of-context element and 3 points for naming the episode it comes from, so a maximum of 5 for each.
At this stage you can score a possible 80 points per spread.
BUT WAIT! We have set our Super Quibbles at an incredible 215.5 points each. This brings your possible top score across the whole book to the magic number
of 2364—the year that the adventures of Jean-Luc Picard and his crew started.
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