This history has been reconstructed from Decipher archives (sadly, most
of the pages from the early years of decipher.com no longer exist), my personal
files, interviews with members of the community, and various other sources.
Some events have been dated only very approximately (marked ~), and I welcome
more precise information from anyone who can provide it. I also welcome
corrections, additions, and contributions of additional content such as
personal STCCG reminiscences and jpg photos (though I can't promise to use
every submission). Please send any communications to me at webmaster@decipher.com.
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Milestones and Events
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Products and Promos
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details for 2004 so far
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Dec
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• Reflections:
The Second Five-Year Mission
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Nov
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Oct
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Sep
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Aug
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The 2004 World Champion – who will it be?
DecipherCon 2004 at Gen Con Indy
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Fractured Time
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Jul
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Jun
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• Product plans into 2005 announced
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May
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Apr
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Tenth Anniversary Collection
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Mar
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Necessary Evil
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Feb
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Tenth Anniversary celebration launches
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Jan
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Dec
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Nov
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Oct
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Sep
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Call to Arms
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Aug
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Jul
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Matthew Frid wins first Second Edition World Championship
Brian Schrader wins final First Edition World Championship
DecipherCon 2003 at Gen
Con Indy, Indianapolis, Indiana
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All Good Things
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Jun
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May
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The long-postponed All Good Things set is announced
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Energize
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Apr
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Second
Edition Foil Subset
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Mar
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Feb
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Jan
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STCCG Second Edition Maiden Voyage Tournaments begin
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Dec
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Second Edition Premiere
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Nov
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Franklin Kenter wins 5th World Championship
DecipherCon 2002, Chesapeake,
Virginia
First appointments to Decipher
Hall of Fame
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Oct
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Worlds Apart launches "face-lifted" Star Trek Online CCG
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Sep
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Aug
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Jul
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Second Edition announced
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Jun
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May
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"Project Trek" begins
to explore a possible new ST TCG
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Apr
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Brad DeFruiter joins STCCG design team
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The Motion Pictures
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Mar
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Feb
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Jan
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Dec
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Holodeck Adventures
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Nov
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DecipherCon 2001 and World Championships cancelled in wake of 9/11
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Oct
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Olav Rokne becomes first STCCG player to break 2000 (sealed deck)
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Sep
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The Borg
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Aug
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Kathy "Major Rakal" McCracken joins the web group
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Jul
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Voyager Demo Tour begins (through September)
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Jun
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Ian Vincent becomes first STCCG player to break 2000 (constructed deck)
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May
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Mirror, Mirror scenario tournament series ends
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Voyager
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Apr
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Mar
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Scrye readers name STCCG #3 Greatest CCG of All Time
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Feb
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DigitalDeck launches Star Trek Online CCG
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Jan
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Mirror, Mirror scenario tournament series begins
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details for 2000 |
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Dec
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Mirror, Mirror
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Nov
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Enhanced Premiere
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Oct
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Eric Johnfauno wins 4th World Championship
DecipherCon 2000, Orlando, Florida
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Reflections
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Sep
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Aug
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The Tribbles CCG launches along with STCCG expansion
Kathy McCracken (Major Rakal) returns to rules guru position
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The Trouble With Tribbles
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Jul
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Jun
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May
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Apr
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Mar
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Second Anthology
U.S.S. Jupiter
(in Star Trek: Armada)
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Feb
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Jan
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Dec
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Rules of Acquisition
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Nov
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Mike Harrington wins 3rd World Championship
First DecipherCon, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Evan Lorentz joins STCCG design team
License is expanded to include Original Series and all movies, extended
through 2005
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Oct
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Sep
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Aug
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Blaze of Glory pre-release at Gen Con is largest STCCG event to date with
100 players
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Blaze of Glory
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Jul
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Jun
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Evan Lorentz (Mot the Barber) becomes STCCG rules guru
Return to Farpoint tournament series ends
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May
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Apr
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Mar
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Regional designations revised (21 regions + Neutral Zone)
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Feb
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Return to Farpoint tournament series begins
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Jan
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Michel Albert launches Siskoid Space website and begins the AtoZ series
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The Dominion
Enhanced First
Contact
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details for 1998
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Dec
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Starter
Deck II
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Nov
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Bill Chien wins 2nd World Championship, Virginia Beach, VA
Michel Albert begins Siskoid's Rolodex series
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Oct
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Sep
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Aug
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Jul
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Deep Space Nine
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Jun
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OTSD tournament event series begins, with Fajo Collection prizes
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May
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Official Tournament Sealed Deck
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Away Team Pack
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Apr
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Mar
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David Bowling wins first ISOWC
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Feb
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STCCG Regional structure expanded and renamed
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Jan
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Kyle "The Traveler" Heuer joins Decipher as STCCG's "on
the road" promoter
First Contact Demo Tour begins
Kathy McCracken (Major Rakal) becomes STCCG rules guru
~Chris Heard launches Star Trek CCG Academy website (becomes Unicomplex
Computer Core ~Aug 1998)
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Dec
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~Evan Lorentz starts his series of Borg articles
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First Contact
The Fajo Collection
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Nov
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David Bowling wins 1st World Championship, Las Vegas, NV
~"Copernicus" founds Where No One Has Gone Before, STCCG online
gaming magazine
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Oct
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Sep
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Chuck Kallenbach joins STCCG design team
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Aug
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Jul
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Tim Ellington joins STCCG design team
Marcus "The Emissary" Certa joins Decipher, managing Ambassadors
and in-house STCCG promotion
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Jun
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STCCG gets its own full suite of message boards
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First Anthology
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May
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Decipher Exhibition Tournament Weekend, Rochester, NY
Silver-border Collector's Tin cards become tournament-legal
First Independent STCCG Online World Championships (ISOWC) begin on Wesley
Crusher's STCCG Online Headquarters
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Apr
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~Sanctioned tournament structure implemented with 8 regions
First "fly-in" playtest for STCCG (First Contact)
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Mar
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Feb
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Helge Blohmer founds Wesley Crusher's STCCG Online Headquarters (becomes
Kedanya Station May 1998)
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Jan
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First 18 accepted to Ambassadors program
William "Sandy" Wible joins STCCG design team
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Introductory Two-Player Game
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Dec
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Kathy McCracken founds Major Rakal's Romulan ST:CCG Home Page (later becomes
Major Rakal's Tal Shiar headquarters)
Evan Lorentz begins Mot's Useless Card Reviews series
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Nov
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New license with Paramount announced
Ambassador program announced
Kathy McCracken begins Major Rakal's Romulan Reviews series
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Oct
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Q-Continuum
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Sep
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David Bowling wins first National Championship
Star Trek 30th Anniversary Celebration, Huntsville, AL
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Aug
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Jul
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Jun
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May
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decipher.com redesign includes first message boards (some shared with Star
Wars CCG)
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Apr
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Mar
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Feb
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STCCG gets in-house rules expert Jason "Q" Winter
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Jan
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Allen Gould founds The Ultimate STCCG Reference website (becomes Tribblenomicon
~Dec 1999)
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Dec
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Alternate
Universe – Dec 8
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Nov
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Bill Martinson joins STCCG design team
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Oct
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Production planned to cease at end of 1997
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Collector's
Tin (silver border Premiere) – Oct 18
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Sep
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~BradyGames Player's Guide published
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~Data Laughing
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Aug
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Jul
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Jun
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~Premiere Unlimited Edition
"beta"
(3rd printing) – exact date unknown
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May
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~Helge Blohmer begins Wesley Crusher's Card of the Day series
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Warp Pack – May 26
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Apr
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www.decipher.com launches
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Mar
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Feb
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Jan
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Dec
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Premiere Unlimited Edition
"alpha" (2nd printing) – Dec 12
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Nov
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Star Trek: The Next Generation CCG launches
DAnswerMan begins answering rules questions online
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Premiere Limited Edition (1st
printing) – Nov 10
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Oct
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Sep
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Aug
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Star Trek:TNG CCG previews at Gen Con
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Jul
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Jun
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May
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Apr
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Mar
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Feb
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Star Trek: The Next Generation CCG debuts at Toy Fair
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Jan
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Dec
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Decipher acquires license from Paramount to create and publish Star Trek:
The Next Generation CCG
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Nov
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Game designers Tom Braunlich and Rollie Tesh begin exploring a media license-based
CCG, eventually approaching Decipher CEO Warren Holland with their concept
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