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'''Chuck Kallenbach''' is a Decipher game designer and former SWCCG playtester who later worked full-time on Decipher card games including ''Young Jedi'', ''Jedi Knights'', and ''The Lord of the Rings'' TCG.<ref name="tor-lotr1">[https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/05/17/26593-decipher-talks-lotr-part-1-chuck-kallenbach/ Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1: Chuck Kallenbach], TheOneRing.net, 17 May 2002</ref>
'''Chuck Kallenbach''' was a Decipher [[Squadron Members|Squadron Member]] (Gold 2) who became a full-time game designer in 1997. He playtested Premiere-era ''Star Wars'' CCG, then designed cards through the later printed sets, and went on to Decipher's ''Young Jedi'', ''Jedi Knights'', and ''The Lord of the Rings'' TCG. Printed SWCCG titles hide his family name, his wife's name, and his dog Raven as anagrams.<ref name="tor-lotr1">[https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/05/17/26593-decipher-talks-lotr-part-1-chuck-kallenbach/ Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1: Chuck Kallenbach], TheOneRing.net, 17 May 2002</ref><ref name="pc-sm">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/decipher-swccg-squadron-members/ Decipher SWCCG Squadron Members], starwarsccg.org (Gold 2, Overland, Mo)</ref><ref name="ana">[https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/anagrams.html Anagramed Decipherians]</ref>


This page is a '''fan encyclopedia''' stub focused on SWCCG-related, sourced roles. It does '''not''' treat Kallenbach as a founding SWCCG designer (see [[Creators of SWCCG]] and Gaps).
The [[Players Committee]] Star Wars CCG Facebook page announced on 1 October 2024 that he had passed away.<ref name="fb-death">[https://www.facebook.com/starwarsccg/posts/chuck-kallenbach-former-designer-of-star-wars-ccg-has-passed-awaychuck-was-a-des/885436517128015/ Star Wars CCG], Facebook, 1 October 2024; archive [https://archive.ph/jbfZk archive.ph/jbfZk]</ref>


== Path into Decipher / SWCCG ==
He is '''not''' 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</ref> His own interviews describe Premiere playtest first, then a 1997 hire.


TheOneRing's May 2002 interview states that Kallenbach was a playtester for the premiere ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Wars'' CCGs and joined Decipher full-time in 1997, later helping develop ''Young Jedi'', ''Jedi Knights'', and the ''Lord of the Rings'' TCG.<ref name="tor-lotr1" /> An October 2001 TheOneRing chat bio likewise places him on STCCG, SWCCG, Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, and LOTR TCG work (including LOTR rules editing).<ref name="tor-chat">[http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html TheOneRing Chat &mdash; Tom Lischke and Chuck Kallenbach], 20 October 2001 (archives)</ref>
== Squadron Member ==


Wikipedia's SWCCG designer line lists [[Tom Braunlich]], [[Rollie Tesh]], [[Warren Holland]], and [[Jerry Darcy]] &mdash; not Kallenbach.<ref name="wp-swccg">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game], Wikipedia (designer credit line)</ref> An old CardGuide-derived listing that named him among SWCCG designers is treated on [[Creators of SWCCG]] as a '''conflict / likely error''' unless a primary Decipher credit sheet is cited.<ref name="creators">[[Creators of SWCCG]] (wiki note on CardGuide conflict)</ref>
The published [[Squadron Members]] roster lists him as '''Gold 2''', Overland, Missouri, on both the GeoCities fan table and the Players Committee reprint.<ref name="pc-sm" /><ref name="sm">[https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/SMs.html Squadron Members], geocities.ws/plarathas</ref> Gold 2 is the first numbered slot under Gold Leader [[Kendrick Summers]] at Decipher Inc.


The published [[Squadron Members]] roster lists him as Gold 2, Overland, Missouri (Retired).<ref name="sm">[https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/SMs.html Squadron Members], geocities.ws/plarathas</ref><ref name="pc-sm">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/decipher-swccg-squadron-members/ Decipher SWCCG Squadron Members], starwarsccg.org</ref> The GeoCities anagram table (Encyclopedia 3.2 p.200) maps [[Chall Bekan]] and [[Imperial Helmsman]] (Bachenhall) to the Kallenbach family, [[Chyler]] to [[Cheryl Kallenbach]], and [[Blizzard 2]] (Nevar) / [[Nevar Yalnal]] to Raven, Kallenbach's dog.<ref name="ana">[https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/anagrams.html Anagramed Decipherians]</ref>
== Playtester, then designer ==


TheForce.Net Flashback interview (bylined Red 84 / [[Josh Radke]]) is Kallenbach on Premiere-era playtest: Sandy Wible won the Genie internet-representative job over him, then asked him to playtest SWCCG; unopposed battles were dropped for Force drain during the first Virginia playtest; he went 9–1 with a Star Destroyer deck that day (nickname "Devastator Chuck"); Gravel Storm was his title suggestion, with the easter egg added in-house.<ref name="tfn">[http://www.theforce.net/ccg/flashback/article.asp TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach]</ref>
Kallenbach was on the Genie Decipher boards as a ''Star Trek'' CCG playtester. [[Sandy Wible]] won the internet-representative job over him, then asked him to playtest SWCCG.<ref name="tfn">[http://www.theforce.net/ccg/flashback/article.asp TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach] (Red 84 / [[Josh Radke]])</ref> At the first Virginia playtest, unopposed battles were dropped in favor of [[Force drain]]; he went 9–1 with a Star Destroyer deck that day and picked up the nickname "Devastator Chuck." He suggested the title [[Gravel Storm]]; the hidden-image easter egg was added in-house.<ref name="tfn" />


== Decipher design appearances (sourced labels) ==
TheOneRing's May 2002 interview states he playtested premiere ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Wars'' CCGs and joined Decipher full-time in 1997, then helped develop ''Young Jedi'', ''Jedi Knights'', and the ''Lord of the Rings'' TCG (including LOTR rules editing).<ref name="tor-lotr1" /><ref name="tor-chat">[http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html TheOneRing Chat &mdash; Tom Lischke and Chuck Kallenbach], 20 October 2001</ref> A 2021 May the 4th recording has him describing Cloud City as already designed when he arrived, then working with [[Jerry Darcy]] on [[Jabba's Palace]] alien mechanics.<ref name="may4">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuiSGxtUuaY May The 4th Be With Chuck], 3 May 2021</ref>


Radio Free Decipher episode indexes place Kallenbach with Darcy and [[Tom Lischke]] on early SWCCG-related broadcasts, and later as a guest on Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, and LOTR topics.<ref name="rfd">[https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index], LOTR-TCG PC wiki</ref> Decipher WARS Radio later billed him in a WARS Brand Manager capacity.<ref name="wars">[https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher / Decipher WARS Radio index notes], LOTR-TCG PC wiki (WARS Radio playlist cross-refs)</ref>
[[Radio Free Decipher]] placed him with Darcy and [[Tom Lischke]] from Broadcast 2 (11 December 1998) onward, later on Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, and LOTR episodes. Decipher WARS Radio billed him as WARS Brand Manager.<ref name="rfd">[https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index], LOTR-TCG PC wiki</ref>


Modern interviews (Booster Pack, KendallCast / Corran on the Horn, BoardMatt) discuss his Decipher career across SWCCG, ''Star Trek'', Young Jedi, LOTR, and later titles; those shows do not replace primary packaging bylines.<ref name="booster07">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVRth2CIwQ THE BOOSTER PACK #07 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach PART 1], YouTube</ref><ref name="booster08">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uupsqSIY9U THE BOOSTER PACK #08 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach PART 2], YouTube</ref><ref name="kendall16">[https://www.kendallcast.ninja/2022/11/corran-on-horn-15-chuck-kallenbach.html Corran On The Horn - 16 - Chuck Kallenbach], KendallCast, 22 November 2022</ref><ref name="boardmatt">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00zEbUKIGRQ Interview with Game Designer Chuck Kallenbach], BoardMatt, YouTube, 28 January 2024</ref>
== Cards named for him and his family ==
 
The GeoCities anagram list (copied onto Encyclopedia 3.2 p.200) maps these printed titles:<ref name="ana" /><ref name="encyc">[https://res.starwarsccg.org/Resources/Star_Wars_CCG_Collecting_Encyclopedia_3.2.pdf SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2] (p.200)</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Card
! Unscrambled
! Relation
|-
| [[Chall Bekan]]
| Kallenbach
| family
|-
| [[Imperial Helmsman]] (Bachenhall)
| Kallenbach
| family
|-
| [[Chyler]]
| Cheryl
| [[Cheryl Kallenbach]]
|-
| [[Blizzard 2]] (Nevar)
| Raven
| his dog
|-
| [[Nevar Yalnal]]
| Raven
| his dog
|}
 
Those anagrams have no effect on play. See [[Anagrams]] and [[Easter eggs]].
 
== After SWCCG ==
 
Later interviews cover ''Star Trek'' CCG, Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, LOTR TCG (InQuest / Origins awards for that game), WARS, ''.hack//ENEMY'', Sony's ''Star Wars Galaxies'' TCG, and other titles. The Booster Pack series (2021) called him a designer of thousands of cards across more than two dozen collectible games and used the "Devastator Chuck" playtest nickname.<ref name="booster07">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVRth2CIwQ THE BOOSTER PACK #07 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach PART 1]</ref><ref name="booster08">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uupsqSIY9U THE BOOSTER PACK #08 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach PART 2]</ref>
 
== Death ==
 
On 1 October 2024 the official Star Wars CCG Facebook page posted: "Chuck Kallenbach, former designer of Star Wars CCG, has passed away." The post said he was a designer at Decipher during the later years of SWCCG and on other games including ''Lord of the Rings'' TCG, and offered thoughts to his family and friends.<ref name="fb-death" /> The working copy of that post is [https://archive.ph/jbfZk archive.ph/jbfZk]. The announcement does not give a calendar date of death.


== Interviews and audio (selected) ==
== Interviews and audio (selected) ==
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! Link
! Link
|-
|-
| Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1: Chuck Kallenbach (TheOneRing)
| TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere
| 2002-05-17
| 2002 (posted)
| [https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/05/17/26593-decipher-talks-lotr-part-1-chuck-kallenbach/ theonering.net]
| [http://www.theforce.net/ccg/flashback/article.asp theforce.net]
|-
|-
| TheOneRing Chat &mdash; Tom Lischke and Chuck Kallenbach
| TheOneRing Chat &mdash; Lischke and Kallenbach
| 2001-10-20
| 2001-10-20
| [http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html archives.theonering.net]
| [http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html archives.theonering.net]
|-
| Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1
| 2002-05-17
| [https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/05/17/26593-decipher-talks-lotr-part-1-chuck-kallenbach/ theonering.net]
|-
|-
| RFD Broadcast 2 &mdash; Darcy / Lischke / Kallenbach
| RFD Broadcast 2 &mdash; Darcy / Lischke / Kallenbach
| 1998-12-11
| 1998-12-11
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ao759YJlk YouTube <code>w2Ao759YJlk</code>]
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ao759YJlk YouTube]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 7 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach
| 1999-01-29
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7OxVn3HP_k YouTube <code>Y7OxVn3HP_k</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 39 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach (Young Jedi)
| 2000-06-23
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5SfiJExRV0 YouTube <code>D5SfiJExRV0</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 68 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach (Young Jedi Reflections)
| 2001-02-16
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NJHt-PIes YouTube <code>10NJHt-PIes</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 85 &mdash; Tom Lischke &amp; Chuck Kallenbach (Jedi Knights)
| 2001-06-15
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbU2GxNNcd4 YouTube <code>CbU2GxNNcd4</code>]
|-
| RFD Broadcast 97 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach (LOTR / Reflections III spoilers)
| 2001-09-21
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1O9ux-aHhw YouTube <code>T1O9ux-aHhw</code>]
|-
| Decipher WARS Radio 21 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach
| 2004-12-10
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJN_3q0vhYA YouTube <code>mJN_3q0vhYA</code>]
|-
|-
| Decipher WARS Radio 22 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach
| May The 4th Be With Chuck
| 2005-01-07
| 2021-05-03
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT1ZvdscXa8 YouTube <code>hT1ZvdscXa8</code>]
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuiSGxtUuaY YouTube]
|-
|-
| THE BOOSTER PACK #07 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach PART 1
| THE BOOSTER PACK #07 / #08
| ~2021-05
| 2021
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVRth2CIwQ YouTube <code>BvVRth2CIwQ</code>]
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVRth2CIwQ Part 1] · [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uupsqSIY9U Part 2]
|-
|-
| THE BOOSTER PACK #08 &mdash; Chuck Kallenbach PART 2
| Corran On The Horn 16
| ~2021-06
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uupsqSIY9U YouTube <code>1uupsqSIY9U</code>]
|-
| Corran On The Horn - 16 - Chuck Kallenbach
| 2022-11-22
| 2022-11-22
| [https://www.kendallcast.ninja/2022/11/corran-on-horn-15-chuck-kallenbach.html KendallCast] &middot; [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HPpgtakUTjkpcAqD7VHYt Spotify]
| [https://www.kendallcast.ninja/2022/11/corran-on-horn-15-chuck-kallenbach.html KendallCast]
|-
|-
| Interview with Game Designer Chuck Kallenbach (BoardMatt)
| BoardMatt interview
| 2024-01-28
| 2024-01-28
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00zEbUKIGRQ YouTube <code>00zEbUKIGRQ</code>]
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00zEbUKIGRQ YouTube]
|}
|}
Episode titles and guest labels above follow the Radio Free Decipher index and the research pack YouTube ID list; do not invent additional episode titles.


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Creators of SWCCG]] &mdash; related Decipher people (not founding SWCCG designer)
* [[Squadron Members]] · [[Anagrams]] · [[Easter eggs]] · [[Radio Free Decipher]]
* [[Jerry Darcy]] &middot; [[Tom Lischke]]
* [[Sandy Wible]] · [[Cheryl Kallenbach]] · [[Jerry Darcy]] · [[Tom Lischke]] · [[Josh Radke]]
* [[Tom Braunlich]] &middot; [[Rollie Tesh]]
* [[Creators of SWCCG]] · [[Jabba's Palace]] · [[Force drain]]
* [[Justin Pakes]] &middot; [[Joe Alread]] &middot; [[Sandy Wible]] &middot; [[Cheryl Kallenbach]] &middot; [[Josh Radke]]
* [[Decipher]] · [[Star Wars CCG]]
* [[Squadron Members]] &middot; [[Anagrams]] &middot; [[Radio Free Decipher]]
* [[Decipher]] &middot; [[Star Wars CCG]]
* [[History of the Players Committee]]
 
== Gaps ==
 
* Primary Premiere packaging / rulebook byline naming Kallenbach (if any) not transcribed here.
* Exact SWCCG set-by-set design credits beyond playtest &rarr; 1997 staff path remain secondary (TOR + RFD/interview corpus).
* BoardGameGeek / Wookieepedia person pages not fetched (host 403 this research pass).
* CardGuide ''founding designer'' listing conflicts with Wikipedia and with Kallenbach's own TOR playtester timeline &mdash; not copied as fact.


== Sources ==
== Sources ==


* [https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/SMs.html Squadron Members] (Gold 2)
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/decipher-swccg-squadron-members/ Decipher SWCCG Squadron Members] (Players Committee; Gold 2)
* [https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/SMs.html Squadron Members] (geocities.ws)
* [https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/anagrams.html Anagramed Decipherians]
* [https://www.geocities.ws/plarathas/anagrams.html Anagramed Decipherians]
* [http://www.theforce.net/ccg/flashback/article.asp TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere] (Red 84 / Josh Radke interview)
* [https://res.starwarsccg.org/Resources/Star_Wars_CCG_Collecting_Encyclopedia_3.2.pdf SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2] (p.200)
* [https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/05/17/26593-decipher-talks-lotr-part-1-chuck-kallenbach/ Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1: Chuck Kallenbach] (TheOneRing, 2002)
* [http://www.theforce.net/ccg/flashback/article.asp TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere]
* [http://archives.theonering.net/events/logs/201001.html TheOneRing Chat &mdash; Lischke and Kallenbach] (2001)
* [https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2002/05/17/26593-decipher-talks-lotr-part-1-chuck-kallenbach/ Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1] (TheOneRing, 2002)
* [http://archives.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1021686000 Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1] (archive mirror)
* [https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game] (Wikipedia designer line)
* [https://www.facebook.com/starwarsccg/posts/chuck-kallenbach-former-designer-of-star-wars-ccg-has-passed-awaychuck-was-a-des/885436517128015/ Star Wars CCG Facebook], 1 October 2024
* [https://wiki.lotrtcgpc.net/wiki/Radio_Free_Decipher Radio Free Decipher episode index] (LOTR-TCG PC wiki)
* [https://archive.ph/jbfZk archive.ph/jbfZk] (working copy of that Facebook post)
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYLMRQ0b_feBmwx60mQf1kO7fv09DfnrE RFD YouTube playlist] (Player's Council)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVRth2CIwQ Booster Pack #07] · [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uupsqSIY9U #08]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVRth2CIwQ Booster Pack #07] &middot; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uupsqSIY9U Booster Pack #08]
* [https://www.kendallcast.ninja/2022/11/corran-on-horn-15-chuck-kallenbach.html KendallCast]
* [https://www.kendallcast.ninja/2022/11/corran-on-horn-15-chuck-kallenbach.html KendallCast / Corran on the Horn 16]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00zEbUKIGRQ BoardMatt] (28 January 2024)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00zEbUKIGRQ BoardMatt interview] (2024)
* [http://jadecrusades.blogspot.com/2011/08/chuck-kallenbach-interview.html Jade Crusades: Chuck Kallenbach Interview] (~2011; secondary)


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Revision as of 12:13, 27 September 2026

Chuck Kallenbach was a Decipher Squadron Member (Gold 2) who became a full-time game designer in 1997. He playtested Premiere-era Star Wars CCG, then designed cards through the later printed sets, and went on to Decipher's Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, and The Lord of the Rings TCG. Printed SWCCG titles hide his family name, his wife's name, and his dog Raven as anagrams.[1][2][3]

The Players Committee Star Wars CCG Facebook page announced on 1 October 2024 that he had passed away.[4]

He is not on Wikipedia's founding SWCCG designer line (Tom Braunlich, Rollie Tesh, Warren Holland, Jerry Darcy).[5] His own interviews describe Premiere playtest first, then a 1997 hire.

Squadron Member

The published Squadron Members roster lists him as Gold 2, Overland, Missouri, on both the GeoCities fan table and the Players Committee reprint.[2][6] Gold 2 is the first numbered slot under Gold Leader Kendrick Summers at Decipher Inc.

Playtester, then designer

Kallenbach was on the Genie Decipher boards as a Star Trek CCG playtester. Sandy Wible won the internet-representative job over him, then asked him to playtest SWCCG.[7] At the first Virginia playtest, unopposed battles were dropped in favor of Force drain; he went 9–1 with a Star Destroyer deck that day and picked up the nickname "Devastator Chuck." He suggested the title Gravel Storm; the hidden-image easter egg was added in-house.[7]

TheOneRing's May 2002 interview states he playtested premiere Star Trek and Star Wars CCGs and joined Decipher full-time in 1997, then helped develop Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, and the Lord of the Rings TCG (including LOTR rules editing).[1][8] A 2021 May the 4th recording has him describing Cloud City as already designed when he arrived, then working with Jerry Darcy on Jabba's Palace alien mechanics.[9]

Radio Free Decipher placed him with Darcy and Tom Lischke from Broadcast 2 (11 December 1998) onward, later on Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, and LOTR episodes. Decipher WARS Radio billed him as WARS Brand Manager.[10]

Cards named for him and his family

The GeoCities anagram list (copied onto Encyclopedia 3.2 p.200) maps these printed titles:[3][11]

Card Unscrambled Relation
Chall Bekan Kallenbach family
Imperial Helmsman (Bachenhall) Kallenbach family
Chyler Cheryl Cheryl Kallenbach
Blizzard 2 (Nevar) Raven his dog
Nevar Yalnal Raven his dog

Those anagrams have no effect on play. See Anagrams and Easter eggs.

After SWCCG

Later interviews cover Star Trek CCG, Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, LOTR TCG (InQuest / Origins awards for that game), WARS, .hack//ENEMY, Sony's Star Wars Galaxies TCG, and other titles. The Booster Pack series (2021) called him a designer of thousands of cards across more than two dozen collectible games and used the "Devastator Chuck" playtest nickname.[12][13]

Death

On 1 October 2024 the official Star Wars CCG Facebook page posted: "Chuck Kallenbach, former designer of Star Wars CCG, has passed away." The post said he was a designer at Decipher during the later years of SWCCG and on other games including Lord of the Rings TCG, and offered thoughts to his family and friends.[4] The working copy of that post is archive.ph/jbfZk. The announcement does not give a calendar date of death.

Interviews and audio (selected)

Title / episode Date Link
TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere 2002 (posted) theforce.net
TheOneRing Chat — Lischke and Kallenbach 2001-10-20 archives.theonering.net
Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1 2002-05-17 theonering.net
RFD Broadcast 2 — Darcy / Lischke / Kallenbach 1998-12-11 YouTube
May The 4th Be With Chuck 2021-05-03 YouTube
THE BOOSTER PACK #07 / #08 2021 Part 1 · Part 2
Corran On The Horn 16 2022-11-22 KendallCast
BoardMatt interview 2024-01-28 YouTube

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Decipher Talks LOTR Part 1: Chuck Kallenbach, TheOneRing.net, 17 May 2002
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Decipher SWCCG Squadron Members, starwarsccg.org (Gold 2, Overland, Mo)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Anagramed Decipherians
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars CCG, Facebook, 1 October 2024; archive archive.ph/jbfZk
  5. ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Wikipedia
  6. ↑ Squadron Members, geocities.ws/plarathas
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 TheForce.Net Flashback Premiere — Chuck Kallenbach (Red 84 / Josh Radke)
  8. ↑ TheOneRing Chat — Tom Lischke and Chuck Kallenbach, 20 October 2001
  9. ↑ May The 4th Be With Chuck, 3 May 2021
  10. ↑ Radio Free Decipher episode index, LOTR-TCG PC wiki
  11. ↑ SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2 (p.200)
  12. ↑ THE BOOSTER PACK #07 — Chuck Kallenbach PART 1
  13. ↑ THE BOOSTER PACK #08 — Chuck Kallenbach PART 2
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