Joe Alread

Joe Alread appears on Radio Free Decipher as a Decipher SWCCG design guest for late-era sets (Tatooine, Coruscant / Theed playtest, Reflections III / Defensive Shields) and later on Decipher WARS Radio.

This page is a thin fan encyclopedia stub. Roles below are labeled only from RFD / WARS index descriptions — not from invented official titles.

RFD / WARS appearances (index labels only)

Show / ep	Date	Index / upload label	Link
RFD 42	2000-07-14	Clint Hays and Joe Alread (as Open champs; pre-staff per research notes)	YouTube Hka-uN7UE68
RFD 82	2001-05-25	Joe Alread Talks Tatooine	YouTube W-ktDatiJnM
RFD 86	2001-06-22	Theed Palace playtest / Coruscant	YouTube by6JCy_7WRw
RFD 94	2001-08-31	Reflections III / Defensive Shields	YouTube j5MXdb5EVWI
RFD 105	2001-11-16	First Look at Theed Palace	YouTube uwtsFJu3Q8s
WARS Radio 12	2004-09-10	Joe Alread (Gongen)	YouTube NGl8AMbtMis
WARS Radio 14	2004-09-24	Joe Alread (Shi)	YouTube iGx04maSe9s

A TheOneRing / Gaming Havens archive chat also lists Alread with Tom Lischke.

Alread is not on Wikipedia's founding SWCCG designer line. RFD 42's "Open champs" billing is pre-staff context per the research pack — do not backdate a Decipher staff title from that episode alone.

See also

• Creators of SWCCG
• Justin Pakes · Tom Lischke · Chuck Kallenbach · Jerry Darcy
• Decipher · Star Wars CCG

Gaps

• Hire date / primary Decipher employment record not located this pass.
• Packaging bylines for Tatooine – Theed not transcribed here.
• No modern long-form interview catalogued in the 2026-09-23 research pack.

Sources

• Radio Free Decipher episode index (LOTR-TCG PC wiki)
• RFD YouTube playlist (Player's Council)
• Decipher WARS Radio playlist (per index)
• Gaming Havens — Lischke and Alread (archive)
• Star Wars Customizable Card Game (Wikipedia; for contrast)