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'''Rollie Tesh''' is a game designer credited as a designer of Decipher's ''Star Wars'' Customizable Card Game (SWCCG).<ref name="wp-swccg">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game], Wikipedia (designer credit line)</ref>

This page is a '''fan encyclopedia''' stub focused on SWCCG. It does not invent titles beyond sourced credits.

== Name note ==

Wikipedia's SWCCG and Tom Braunlich articles use '''Rollie Tesh'''.<ref name="wp-swccg" /><ref name="wp-braunlich">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Braunlich Tom Braunlich], Wikipedia</ref> Some Decipher-era audio indexes and fandom mirrors use close spelling variants. This wiki uses '''Rollie Tesh''' to match Wikipedia's SWCCG designer line.

== SWCCG role ==

Wikipedia lists Tesh among SWCCG's designers with [[Tom Braunlich]], [[Warren Holland]], and [[Jerry Darcy]].<ref name="wp-swccg" /> With Braunlich, Tesh co-originated Decipher's licensed collectible-card-game approach and co-designed ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' CCG before SWCCG.<ref name="wp-braunlich" /><ref name="wp-decipher">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipher,_Inc. Decipher, Inc.], Wikipedia</ref>

Former Decipher staffer Mark Tuttle called SWCCG "Tom and Rollie's &hellip; game."<ref name="fantha">[https://www.fanthatracks.com/interviews/guest-interview-mark-tuttle/ Guest Interview: Mark Tuttle], Fantha Tracks, 15 March 2018</ref> Decipher's contemporary Radio Free Decipher series included episodes with Tesh and Braunlich billed as game creators.<ref name="rfd-index">[https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index], LOTR-TCG PC wiki</ref>

== ''Pente'' and Decipher contact ==

Tesh and Braunlich were world champions of ''Pente'', a game later marketed by Decipher.<ref name="wp-braunlich" /><ref name="wp-decipher" /> In November 1993 they approached Decipher with a media-license CCG concept, leading to the ''Star Trek'' CCG (1994) and then SWCCG (December 1995).<ref name="wp-decipher" /><ref name="st-timeline">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821113824/http://decipher.com/content/2004/st10/sttimeline.html The History of Star Trek CCG: The Timeline], Kathy McCracken, Decipher (Wayback)</ref>

''Pente'' sources also credit Tesh with proposing the Keryo-Pente variant while world champion; that abstract-game work is outside SWCCG scope but helps identify the same designer.<ref name="wp-pente">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pente Pente], Wikipedia</ref>

== Interviews ==

=== Radio Free Decipher (with Tom Braunlich) ===

Player's Council YouTube uploads; episode index on the LOTR-TCG PC wiki:<ref name="rfd-index" /><ref name="rfd-yt">[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYLMRQ0b_feBmwx60mQf1kO7fv09DfnrE Radio Free Decipher YouTube playlist], Player's Council</ref>

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJ-sWiL1Iw RFD Broadcast 14] (16 April 1999) &mdash; Rollie Tesh and Tom Braunlich (Part 1); billed as "genius game creators" in the index narrative.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy8IGS_I1UI RFD Broadcast 16] (30 April 1999) &mdash; Rollie Tesh and Tom Braunlich (Part 2).

No modern (2020s) solo Rollie Tesh interview (podcast, YouTube long-form, or article) was found when this page was expanded. RFD Broadcasts 14 and 16 remain the primary readily available audio/video of Tesh discussing Decipher CCG design with Braunlich.

== See also ==

* [[Creators of SWCCG]]
* [[Tom Braunlich]] &middot; [[Jerry Darcy]] &middot; [[Warren Holland]]
* [[Decipher]] &middot; [[Star Wars CCG]] &middot; [[Premiere Limited]]
* [[History of the Players Committee]]

== Gaps ==

* No standalone Wikipedia biography for Tesh was found this pass; SWCCG credits are taken from the SWCCG and related Decipher/Braunlich articles.
* Primary Premiere packaging credit line not yet transcribed here.
* BoardGameGeek designer page not fetched (host 403).
* Spelling variants in fan indexes should be reconciled if a Decipher primary byline is recovered.
* No modern solo interview located (2026 research pass).

== Sources ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game] (Wikipedia)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Braunlich Tom Braunlich] (Wikipedia)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipher,_Inc. Decipher, Inc.] (Wikipedia)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pente Pente] (Wikipedia)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080821113824/http://decipher.com/content/2004/st10/sttimeline.html Decipher ''Star Trek'' CCG timeline] (Wayback)
* [https://www.fanthatracks.com/interviews/guest-interview-mark-tuttle/ Fantha Tracks interview with Mark Tuttle] (2018)
* [https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index] (LOTR-TCG PC wiki)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJ-sWiL1Iw RFD Broadcast 14] / [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy8IGS_I1UI RFD Broadcast 16] (Player's Council YouTube)

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