Game news (The Duelist 23)

Game News & Updates in The Duelist #23 (March 1998, page 69) names Jabba's Palace and the 1997 Decipher World Championship.

The Duelist #23, March 1998, page 69.

The SWCCG item sits among other Decipher notices on the same Game News & Updates page.

Star Wars CCG (Decipher): Currently planned for late spring, Jabba's Palace (formerly Tatooine), the first of three 165-card expansions based on Return of the Jedi (go, Rancor!), will sell in 9-card boosters ($2.50). In late summer look forward to the Special Edition expansion based on last year's revised versions of the original trilogy. At year's end expect Endor.

Fifty-two players competed in the World Championships at Norfolk's Marriott Riverside hotel, December 6–7. In the "Decipher Swiss" format, competitors in each two-game round played one game as the Light player, the other as Dark. Of 208 games played on the first day, the Light side won 107, Dark 101. On the following day, Dark won more often and took both games of the final. There Phillipp Jacobs of Dortmund, Germany, a 24-year-old chemistry student, defeated runner-up Michael Riboulet (Bristol, England), 23. <CCGCustomerService@decipher.com>; <www.decipher.com>

See also

• Magazines · Media · The Duelist
• Jabba's Palace Limited · Special Edition · Endor Limited
• Decipher expansion names
• 1997 Decipher World Championship · Philipp Jacobs · Michael Riboulet

External links

• The Duelist #23, Internet Archive (Wizards of the Coast, March 1998)