Alien Space Battle Manual

[3] In 1972, Lou Zocchi designed and released Star Trek Battle Manual, a space combat game based on the Star Trek television show that featured an illustration of the iconic USS Enterprise on the cover.

Zocchi revised the rules to omit all references to Star Trek, increased the number of ship models from 3 to 8, and released Alien Space Battle Manual through his publishing company Gamescience in 1973.

[3] Several years later, Zocchi identified a loophole in Paramount's trademark and successfully acquired a license through Franz Josef Designs to utilize Star Trek ship designs and certain Star Trek races, including the Klingons.

"[1] In the inaugural issue of Ares Magazine, Greg Costikyan was not overly enthusiastic but admitted "Alien Space is not for the hard-core simulations freak, but it's certainly a pleasant way to kill an afternoon."

[4] In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer commented that even without overt reference to Star Trek, Alien Space was still a "small Star Trek-based game."