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'''Tom Lischke''' is a Decipher product / game designer who appeared on contemporary Radio Free Decipher with [[Jerry Darcy]] and [[Chuck Kallenbach]] on SWCCG topics, and later on ''Jedi Knights'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' TCG design broadcasts.<ref name="rfd">[https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index], LOTR-TCG PC wiki</ref><ref name="tor-chat">[http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html TheOneRing Chat — Tom Lischke and Chuck Kallenbach], 20 October 2001 (archives)</ref>

This page is a '''fan encyclopedia''' stub focused on SWCCG-related, sourced roles. It does not invent unpublished job titles beyond what cited indexes and interviews state.

== SWCCG and Decipher design roles (sourced labels) ==

The Radio Free Decipher index lists Lischke with Darcy and Kallenbach on Broadcast 2 (11 December 1998), in the same episode that bills Darcy as Star Wars CCG Lead Game Designer.<ref name="rfd" /><ref name="rfd2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ao759YJlk RFD Broadcast 2], YouTube <code>w2Ao759YJlk</code> (Player's Council upload)</ref> Broadcast 51 (22 September 2000) indexes him on the Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck product.<ref name="rfd51">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQmFqhsx74 RFD Broadcast 51 — Tom Lischke (Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck)], YouTube <code>2tQmFqhsx74</code></ref>

Those RFD index labels support Decipher design / product-design work adjacent to late SWCCG products. They do '''not''', by themselves, place Lischke on Wikipedia's founding SWCCG designer line ([[Tom Braunlich]], [[Rollie Tesh]], [[Warren Holland]], [[Jerry Darcy]]).<ref name="wp-swccg">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game], Wikipedia (designer credit line)</ref>

== Jedi Knights / LOTR / WARS ==

RFD indexes and TheOneRing materials bill Lischke on ''Jedi Knights'' and LOTR TCG design topics (including a joint 2001 chat with Kallenbach as LOTR designers).<ref name="rfd" /><ref name="tor-chat" /><ref name="tor-lotr">[https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/02/14/26785-decipher-talks-lotr/ Decipher Talks LOTR], TheOneRing.net, 14 February 2002</ref> Decipher WARS Radio later featured Lischke on WARS TCG design segments.<ref name="wars02">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikcgtmhuhbc WARS Radio 02 — Tom Lischke], YouTube <code>Ikcgtmhuhbc</code></ref>

== Interviews and audio (selected) ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Title / episode
! Date
! Link
|-
| RFD Broadcast 2 — with Darcy & Kallenbach
| 1998-12-11
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ao759YJlk YouTube <code>w2Ao759YJlk</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 51 — Tom Lischke (Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck)
| 2000-09-22
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQmFqhsx74 YouTube <code>2tQmFqhsx74</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 67 — Tom Lischke (Jedi Knights)
| 2001-02-09
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJUdxzmdhQ YouTube <code>bbJUdxzmdhQ</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 85 — Lischke & Kallenbach (Jedi Knights)
| 2001-06-15
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbU2GxNNcd4 YouTube <code>CbU2GxNNcd4</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 87 — Early Look at LOTR TCG
| 2001-06-29
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xal3sJdiUyQ YouTube <code>Xal3sJdiUyQ</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 88 — LOTR Origins playtest
| 2001-07-13
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xLGIcvYKFM YouTube <code>7xLGIcvYKFM</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 92 — Dive Into the Twilight Pool
| 2001-08-17
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcB9gjah96k YouTube <code>fcB9gjah96k</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 100 — Tom Lischke (LOTR status)
| 2001-10-12
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUpf9ge3x5U YouTube <code>OUpf9ge3x5U</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 143 — The Two Towers development
| 2002-09-20
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-8Wy_MT6Q YouTube <code>lA-8Wy_MT6Q</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 162 — Online LOTR TCG
| 2003-04-25
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNRI4QTHZlk YouTube <code>yNRI4QTHZlk</code>]
|-
| TheOneRing Chat — Tom Lischke and Chuck Kallenbach
| 2001-10-20
| [http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html archives.theonering.net]
|-
| Gaming Havens — Tom Lischke and Joe Alread
| (archive)
| [http://haven.theonering.net/events/logs/decipher001.html haven.theonering.net]
|-
| WARS Radio 02 — Tom Lischke
| 2004-07-01
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikcgtmhuhbc YouTube <code>Ikcgtmhuhbc</code>]
|-
| WARS Radio 05 — Tom Lischke
| 2004-07-23
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUZg14CmK4o YouTube <code>WUZg14CmK4o</code>]
|-
| WARS Radio 11 — Tom Lischke
| 2004-09-03
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxylvGWZnD4 YouTube <code>fxylvGWZnD4</code>]
|-
| WARS Radio 13 — Tom Lischke
| 2004-09-17
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YfodG9YTkA YouTube <code>0YfodG9YTkA</code>]
|}

Episode titles follow the RFD / WARS index descriptions; do not invent additional titles.

== See also ==

* [[Creators of SWCCG]] — related Decipher design staff (not founding SWCCG designer)
* [[Jerry Darcy]] · [[Chuck Kallenbach]]
* [[Joe Alread]] · [[Justin Pakes]]
* [[Tom Braunlich]] · [[Rollie Tesh]]
* [[Decipher]] · [[Star Wars CCG]]
* [[History of the Players Committee]]

== Gaps ==

* No dedicated modern long-form Lischke podcast found this research pass (classic TOR + RFD / WARS corpus only).
* Primary Decipher employment dates / packaging bylines not transcribed here.
* Exact SWCCG set-by-set credit share vs. Darcy / later staff remains index- and interview-based.
* BoardGameGeek person page not fetched (host 403).

== Sources ==

* [https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index] (LOTR-TCG PC wiki)
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYLMRQ0b_feBmwx60mQf1kO7fv09DfnrE RFD YouTube playlist] (Player's Council)
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYLMRQ0b_feAbpbNVQwlw3y8XH30ZQS1U Decipher WARS Radio playlist] (per index)
* [http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html TheOneRing Chat — Lischke and Kallenbach] (2001)
* [https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/02/14/26785-decipher-talks-lotr/ Decipher Talks LOTR] (TheOneRing, 2002)
* [http://haven.theonering.net/events/logs/decipher001.html Gaming Havens — Lischke and Alread] (archive)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game] (Wikipedia designer line; for contrast)

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