Evan Lorentz

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Head judge, Star Trek CCG Worlds, DecipherCon 2002. Photo: Decipher.

Evan Lorentz ("Mot the Barber") was a Decipher game designer. He is credited on Decipher's Jedi Knights Trading Card Game team (2001): the rulebook credits list him by name, with no role, under "The Decipher Jedi Knights Team".[1] He also designed for Decipher's Star Trek CCG and Austin Powers CCG, and co-hosted Radio Free Decipher.

Service

Dates Service
From December 1996 Star Trek CCG Ambassador, Vulcan region[2]
31 October–3 November 2002 DecipherCon 2002 Star Trek CCG World Championship head judge[3][4]

Star Trek CCG player and Ambassador

Lorentz, of Littleton, Colorado, became a Star Trek CCG Ambassador in December 1996, one of the first. He was known in the Star Trek CCG community as "Mot the Barber", author of the "Useless" Card Reviews and a Borg specialist.[2] He won the 1998 GenCon Open and was the only player that year to qualify for the Star Trek CCG World Championships with a Borg deck. He said he had written over 100 strategy articles on the game.[5] Decipher published his 1998 World Finals deck, "The Killer B's".[6]

DecipherCon 1999

DecipherCon 1999 ran 11–14 November 1999. Decipher's Radio Free Decipher feeds there included "Evan Lorentz, AP designer, tells all" (Thursday) and "Evan's thoughts on Round 1 of ST finals" (Saturday).[7][8] A Decipher photograph shows him and Super Vol Kim Burns briefing Star Wars Insider writer Richard Handley on the Star Trek CCG World Finals.[9]

DecipherCon 2000

At DecipherCon 2000 (5–8 October 2000) Lorentz, Bill Martinson and Tim Ellington ran the Star Trek CCG Design-a-Card seminar, as reported by Francis Lalumiere.[10] Decipher's soundbytes for 5 October included Lorentz on the deck lists in the Star Trek CCG World Finals.[11]

Star Trek CCG design

In 2000 Lorentz wrote "The Amazing Morphing Icon" for Decipher's The Trouble With Tribbles expansion pages, on the history of the original-series icon.[12] In August 2000 Decipher reported that Lorentz, who had answered Star Trek CCG rules questions, had moved to another position at Decipher.[13] In 2002 he wrote design logs for the Star Trek CCG Second Edition as "Evan Lorentz, Game Designer".[14] The Second Edition rulebook (2002) credits "Second Edition Design: Evan Lorentz, Brad DeFruiter, Tim Ellington".[15] The Call to Arms rulebook (2003) credits "Second Edition Design: Evan Lorentz, Brad DeFruiter".[16]

At DecipherCon 2002 he and Tim Ellington were billed for the Star Trek CCG Design-a-card Seminar. The Daily News report has Lorentz and Brad De Fruiter, "Star Trek CCG's intrepid designers", presenting it for Second Edition.[17][18] He gave Second Edition demos,[19] and he judged the Star Trek CCG World Championship final.[4]

Radio Free Decipher

Lorentz co-hosted Radio Free Decipher with Kyle Heuer in 2002 and hosted later episodes himself. As a Star Trek CCG designer he discussed the Motion Pictures expansion, and he helped proofread the foreign-language Lord of the Rings TCG press sheets.[20][21]

Austin Powers CCG

On a March 2002 episode of Radio Free Decipher, Lorentz said he had "a pretty heavy hand in the design" of Decipher's Austin Powers CCG. The same episode previewed the Star Trek CCG Motion Pictures expansion, for which he explained the renaming of the Excelsior icon as the Classic Films icon.[22][23] Decipher had already billed him as "AP designer" at DecipherCon 1999.[7]

Photographs

  • Head judge, Star Trek CCG Worlds, DecipherCon 2002. Photo: Decipher.
    Head judge, Star Trek CCG Worlds, DecipherCon 2002. Photo: Decipher.
  • Evan Lorentz, Star Trek CCG Ambassador portrait (1998). Photo: Decipher.
    Evan Lorentz, Star Trek CCG Ambassador portrait (1998). Photo: Decipher.
  • Lorentz watches a Second Edition demo, DecipherCon 2002. Photo: Decipher.
    Lorentz watches a Second Edition demo, DecipherCon 2002. Photo: Decipher.
  • Evan Lorentz, Kim Burns, and Richard Handley. Photo: Decipher.
    Evan Lorentz, Kim Burns, and Richard Handley. Photo: Decipher.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jedi Knights Trading Card Game rulebook (credits), Decipher (2001). Credits: "THE DECIPHER JEDI KNIGHTS TEAM: Tom Lischke (lead game designer); ... Dean Irwin; Evan Lorentz; Rich Loftus; ..." Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ambassador Program: Evan Lorentz, Decipher (1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  3. ↑ DecipherCon 2002 photo PANA0035, Decipher (2002). Caption: "Star Trek CCG World Championship, Day Three Head Judge Evan Lorentz". Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Trek CCG World Championship Day Three, Decipher, DecipherCon 2002 Daily News (2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ Star Trek CCG World Championships 1998 finalists: Evan Lorentz, Decipher (1998). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  6. ↑ The Killer B's, by Evan Lorentz, Decipher, Star Trek CCG 1998 World Finals deck lists. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 DecipherCon 1999 audio feeds: Thursday, Decipher (1999). Listing: "Evan Lorentz, AP designer, tells all (M. Tuttle, E. Lorentz) 4:40mins". Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 audio feeds: Saturday, Decipher (1999). Listing: "Evan's thoughts on Round 1 of ST finals (M. Tuttle, E. Lorentz) 0:50mins". Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  9. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 Friday photo fri26, Decipher (1999). Caption: "Evan Lorentz and Super Vol Kim Burns tell Star Wars Insider writer Richard Handley what's happening with the Star Trek CCG World Finals". Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  10. ↑ Design a Card, Any Card, Francis K. Lalumiere, Decipher, DecipherCon 2000 reports (2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  11. ↑ DecipherCon 2000 soundbytes, Decipher (2000). Listing, 5 October 2000: "Deck Lists in Star Trek CCG World Finals (Evan Lorentz, 02:22)". Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  12. ↑ The Amazing Morphing Icon, Evan Lorentz, Decipher (2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  13. ↑ News Bullets, TrekToday (22 August 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  14. ↑ How CCGs Are Like Ice Cream Parlors, Evan Lorentz, Decipher (2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  15. ↑ Star Trek CCG Second Edition rulebook, Decipher (2002), p. 30. Credits: "Second Edition Design: Evan Lorentz, Brad DeFruiter, Tim Ellington." Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  16. ↑ Star Trek CCG Second Edition Call to Arms rulebook, Decipher (2003). Credits: "Second Edition Design: Evan Lorentz, Brad DeFruiter." Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  17. ↑ DecipherCon 2002 event descriptions: non-tournament events, Decipher (2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  18. ↑ Star Trek CCG Design-a-card Seminar: Part 1, Decipher, DecipherCon 2002 Daily News (2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  19. ↑ Boldly Going Into Second Edition: Star Trek CCG Demos, Decipher, DecipherCon 2002 Daily News (2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  20. ↑ Broadcast 112 - Radio Free Decipher (25 January, 2002): Scott Gaeta on the SWCCG PC, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 00:36. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 112 transcript.
  21. ↑ Broadcast 110 - Radio Free Decipher (11 January, 2002): SWCCG Player's Committee, ST/LOTR News, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 19:08. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 110 transcript.
  22. ↑ Broadcast 119 - Radio Free Decipher (15 March, 2002): Chris and MaryGail Coffee on SWCCG Open, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 12:30. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 119 transcript.
  23. ↑ Broadcast 119 - Radio Free Decipher (15 March, 2002): Chris and MaryGail Coffee on SWCCG Open, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 05:45. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 119 transcript.
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