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The History of Star Trek CCG: 2003

Updated April 23, 2004

The year 2003 began with the first Star Trek CCG Maiden Voyage tournaments, championship-level events allowing participants to earn premier points. I've asked DGMA to put together a summary of the 2003 events and winners to include with the timeline; I'll add it to this page as soon as it's available.

In March, Decipher announced a nine-card foil subset of Second Edition base set rare cards. Tournament winners soon began receiving these foils as prizes, and they were also available as an incentive for pre-ordering the Energize expansion.

The first expansion to the Second Edition base set, Energize, released in May. Although it introduced no new affiliations or mechanics, it expanded and enhanced the existing themes begun in Second Edition and added Maquis and Kahless themes to the mix. Around the same time, Decipher announced the long-postponed All Good Things set for First Edition, which resolved all the outstanding "broken links" – including some which had already been resolved in a preliminary fashion with a First Edition-compatible Second Edition card. All Good Things debuted and sold out in July.

July was also notable for the earliest-ever-in-the-con-season DecipherCon/World Championships, as DecipherCon was held for the first time as a "con-within-a-con" at Gen Con Indy, which in turn was held uncharacteristically early (Gen Con has typically been an August event). Matthew Frid became the first Star Trek CCG Second Edition World Champion in a final face-off with Hayes Hunter, while Brian Schrader took the Star Trek CCG First Edition World Champion title. Also at DecipherCon, two of the ten new (non-retailer) inductees to the Decipher Hall of Fame earned their place on the plaque for their Star Trek CCG contributions: two-time World Championship runner-up Todd Soper and Ambassador Tristan Marsman. Check out the DecipherCon 2003 photo galleries for a look back at last year's festivities.

September brought the Star Trek CCG two new affiliations (Borg and Dominion), eight new keywords, modal missions, and no new rules in the Call to Arms expansion set. With both starters and boosters, Call to Arms was positioned for sealed deck play as well as constructed.

Have more 2003 highlights? Send them in to me at webmaster@decipher.com for consideration.

Kathy (Major Rakal) McCracken
Star Trek CCG Intelligence Officer and Tal Shiar Agent