RADIO FREE DECIPHER - 22/06/2001

DECIPHER'S SUMMER CONVENTIONS
Decipher will be at five important Summer Shows in the United States, with special guests at each convention. These guests will be:

ORIGINS
Shannon Baska (Mara Jade)
Michael A. Stackpole (Corran Horn)

SAN DIEGO
Michael A. Stackpole (Corran Horn)
Shannon Baska (Mara Jade)
Timothy Zahn (Talon Karrde)
Michonne Bourriague (Aurra Sing)
Vaughn Armstrong (various Star Trek roles)

GENCON
Shannon Baska (Mara Jade)
Michael A. Stackpole (Corran Horn)
Timothy Zahn (Talon Karrde)

WIZARD WORLD
Richard LaParmentier (Admiral Motti)
Paul Blake (Greedo)

DRAGONCON
Michonne Bourriague (Aurra Sing)
Shannon Baska (Mara Jade)
Richard LaParmentier (Admiral Motti)
Paul Blake (Greedo)

Decipher will make available a special oversized card for fans to get Shannon, Michael and Tim's autographs:

Corran Horn & Mara Jade & Talon Karrde Destiny: 3
Power: 8 Ability: 5 Deploy: 8 Forfeit: 9
Pilots & Warriors
No Game Text (you'll need room for autographs!)

STAR WARS CCG Playtesting for Theed Palace was done during the past week, and the playtesters were especially keeping an eye on the closed Episode I environment. The playtesting resulted in a need for a few tweaks with Coruscant so that some of the forthcoming Coruscant cards blend well into the Theed Palace situation. Destroyer Droids are on the way in Coruscant and will have their own unique strategy that has never been tried before. By the time of Theed Palace, both the Light Side and the Dark Side will have two Episode I Objectives, related to the Tatooine and Coruscant expansions. Both Destroyer Droids and Gungans will be powerful cards in these coming expansions, and we have been warned to watch out for the Galactic Senate. Information on Coruscant - including card images and articles - should be start appearing on the website early next month.

YOUNG JEDI CCG
Reflections is just around the corner, with the release of images on the website coming soon. Besides reminding us about TheForce.Net's own YJR spoilers (Aurra Sing, TC-14, Jira, Kitster and Wald), another combo card was revealed.

Brave Little Droid & Counterparts
ooo [add two destiny] Use with R2-D2 and C-3PO. They fight together (without a Weapon card).

JEDI KNIGHTS TCG
The first images from Scum And Villainy were released on Friday, including the amazing-looking 2-1B. From now until the release date on 11 July, Decipher will release four new card images from Scum And Villainy each day, along with strategy articles and contests. Scum And Villainy introduces the new Force Powers, allowing players to create more focus on their favourite Sith and Jedi. This expansion will also include new Theme cards for the Premiere expansion's Heroes - Vader, Luke, Tarkin and Han - as well as new versions of these Heroes.