Jerry Darcy

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Jerry Darcy in 2020. Still: SWCCG Holotheatre.

Jerry Darcy was the lead designer of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game (SWCCG) from A New Hope (1996) through Endor (1999). He created Objectives.[1][2]

The credits page of the Premiere Two-Player Introductory Game rules booklet (1995) thanks Jerry Darcy "for believing you have the best job in the universe".[3]

Service

Dates Service
From 14 April 1995 Designer, Decipher, through Technical Game Services[4]
1996–1999 Lead designer, SWCCG, Decipher; title from Hoth[1][5]

SWCCG work

Darcy came to Decipher through Technical Game Services, the company of Tom Braunlich and Rollie Tesh. He moved from Cincinnati and started on 14 April 1995, during Premiere, to work out card details.[4][6] In the nightly card sessions, Braunlich proposed functions and Darcy set the numbers.[7] Braunlich credits Darcy with most of the names Decipher invented for background characters, and Jason Winter recalls that he wrote much of the cards' lore.[8][9] As lead designer he reviewed card ideas from Chuck Kallenbach, Tom Lischke and Mike Reynolds. He set the themes and mechanics of Endor before moving to Young Jedi.[10] Darcy discussed the early expansions in a series of KendallCast interviews.[11][12][13]

Objectives

Darcy created Objectives, introduced in Special Edition, because numbers decks had come to dominate. He wanted movie storylines, such as freezing Han in carbonite or destroying a planet with the Death Star, to become deck strategies. His first version stretched the Epic Event layout across the whole card, which left no room for art. The fix came at a mall food court, when he saw a pepperoni stuck under a pizza slice: cards have two sides.[2]

Krayt Dragon

While Decipher worked on Premiere, West End Games identified the bones seen in A New Hope as a krayt dragon's, which inspired Krayt Dragon Howl. Darcy then pushed for a dragon card of its own, and artist Joe Boulden built the image for Krayt Dragon in Special Edition.[14] Darcy has not worked on Star Wars since 2000.[15]

Other

Darcy is thanked in the credits of the Jedi Knights Trading Card Game rulebook (2001).[16] The GeoCities anagram table maps Rayc Ryjerd and Rycar Ryjerd to Jerry Darcy, Djas Puhr to his cat Jasper, and Laudica to Claudia Darcy.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars CCG – 11/11/20 Holotheatre – Interview: Jerry Darcy, Star Wars CCG (Players Committee) (11 November 2020), 27:11–29:12. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Holotheatre/11 November 2020 transcript.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars CCG – 11/11/20 Holotheatre – Interview: Jerry Darcy, Star Wars CCG (Players Committee) (11 November 2020), 29:43–33:21. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Holotheatre/11 November 2020 transcript.
  3. ↑ Introductory Two-Player Game Rules Booklet, Decipher / Parker Brothers (1995), credits page. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Broadcast 12 – Radio Free Decipher (2 April 1999): Bill Martinson, Jerry Darcy on PD (Part 1), Decipher; posted by Player's Council (aired 2 April 1999), 22:41–23:41. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 12 transcript.
  5. ↑ Radio Free Decipher episode index, LOTR-TCG PC wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ The Booster Pack #28 — The making of the Star Wars CCG with Tom Braunlich, The Booster Pack Network (24 August 2022), 13:09–14:12. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: The Booster Pack/Episode 28 transcript.
  7. ↑ The Booster Pack #28 — The making of the Star Wars CCG with Tom Braunlich, The Booster Pack Network (24 August 2022), 21:23–23:57. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: The Booster Pack/Episode 28 transcript.
  8. ↑ The Booster Pack #28 — The making of the Star Wars CCG with Tom Braunlich, The Booster Pack Network (24 August 2022), 56:43–57:43. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: The Booster Pack/Episode 28 transcript.
  9. ↑ Inside the Star Wars CCG: Secrets from Decipher (Jason Winter interview), Imperial Remnant (23 November 2025), 39:16–40:16. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Inside the Star Wars CCG: Secrets from Decipher (transcript).
  10. ↑ Broadcast 12 – Radio Free Decipher (2 April 1999): Bill Martinson, Jerry Darcy on PD (Part 1), Decipher; posted by Player's Council (aired 2 April 1999), 1:28–2:28. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 12 transcript.
  11. ↑ KendallCast: Jerry Darcy on Premiere, A New Hope, and Hoth (3 May 2021). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  12. ↑ KendallCast: Jerry Darcy on Dagobah (2 November 2021). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  13. ↑ KendallCast: Jerry Darcy on Special Edition (10 October 2022). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  14. ↑ Star Wars CCG – 11/18/20 Holotheatre – Jerry Darcy interview, Star Wars CCG (Players Committee) (18 November 2020), 20:08–23:11. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Holotheatre/18 November 2020 transcript.
  15. ↑ Star Wars CCG – 11/18/20 Holotheatre – Jerry Darcy interview, Star Wars CCG (Players Committee) (18 November 2020), 23:11–24:44. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Holotheatre/18 November 2020 transcript.
  16. ↑ Jedi Knights Trading Card Game rulebook (credits), Decipher (2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  17. ↑ Anagramed Decipherians, geocities.ws. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
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