Kevin Reitzel
Kevin Reitzel (Bravo Leader; anagram Velken Tezeri) finished 4th at the 1996 Decipher World Championship in Vail, Colorado. He later worked in Decipher's marketing department.[1][2] He was Tradeshow & Event Coordinator from 1999 to 2005.[3] In 2001 he was Product Champion Coordinator for The Lord of the Rings TCG.[4] The published fan Squadron table marks the slot Retired after Decipher's SWCCG run. Winfried Sommerfeld named him among the friends he made through Star Wars CCG.[5]
Service
| Dates | Service |
|---|---|
| Decipher era | Squadron Member Bravo Leader (Decipher Inc.)[6] |
| 1999 – 2005 | Tradeshow & Event Coordinator, Decipher Inc. marketing department[3][2] |
| 2001 | Product Champion for game and demo support, Jedi Knights Trading Card Game team[7] |
| October 2001 | Product Champion Coordinator, Decipher marketing department (The Lord of the Rings TCG Product Champion applications)[4] |
Decipher recruited volunteer Squadron Members in the 1990s to promote SWCCG locally (tournaments, demos, player support). "FL" is printed on some slots in the surviving tables; the tables do not spell out the abbreviation.
Tournament Results
| Date | Event | Format | Finish | Dark | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2000 | RamapoCon II | Premiere - Endor | 52nd, 4 (−40) after six games[8] | ||
| 5 May 2000 | RamapoCon II Constructed (5 May, 7 pm) | Premiere - Endor | 18th, 4 (−19)[9] | ||
| 1996 | 1996 Decipher World Championship | Premiere - A New Hope | 4th[10] | Death Star | Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room |
| 19 October 1996 | 1996 Tatooine Regionals (Las Vegas) | 1st[11] | |||
| summer 1996 | Las Vegas regional | — | 1st[12] | — | — |
Deck designs
- Kevin Reitzel Yavin 4 Occupation Deck (DS, August 1999)
- Kevin Reitzel Search and Attack Deck (LS, July 1999)
Anagrams
- Velken Tezeri — Kevin Reitzel
Other sourced notes
Bravo Leader at Decipher Inc. RFD broadcast 3 (18 December 1998) interviewed him with Kyle Heuer as a new marketing-team member. A fan world-finals history page lists Kevin Reitzel among the 1996 Vail world-final field (Joe Alread 3rd, Reitzel 4th). He published the 1996 pair he kept, 29 years and then 30 years on.
The anagram list unscrambles Velken Tezeri as Kevin Reitzel.
Photographs
Photographs from Reitzel's own collection (Decipher Days 1996–2006) and Decipher's DecipherCon 1999 album. Each file page gives its source.
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With Raphael Asselin at 1996 Worlds -
At a Decipher Inc. table -
At a Young Jedi / Star Trek CCG display -
Decipher Comic-Con booth -
Star Wars CCG trophies at Cafe Brujah -
Cafe Brujah group -
DecipherCon 1999 tournament hall -
DecipherCon 1999 staff tables -
Young Jedi play at a convention -
A gymnasium SWCCG tournament -
A local SWCCG tournament hall -
Later SWCCG play at a convention -
Star Wars CCG trophies -
A player with a trophy at a Star Wars CCG display -
DecipherCon 2000 hallway gaming -
On the beach at DecipherCon 1999. Photo: Decipher. -
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STAR WARS CCG COLORADO · 1996
Jedi Knights TCG
Reitzel is credited on Decipher's Jedi Knights Trading Card Game team. As Product Champion for game and demo support he supplied the Product Champions with product.[7][13]
See also
- Squadron Members · Anagrams · Creators of SWCCG · Radio Free Decipher
- 1996 Decipher World Championship
- DecipherCon 1999
- DecipherCon 2000
- Corellian Engineering Corporation (fan site)
External links
- Squadron Members (geocities.ws/plarathas, Corellian Engineering fan site)
- Decipher SWCCG Squadron Members, starwarsccg.org (Players Committee reprint). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- Anagramed Decipherians, geocities.ws. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Mirrors: oocities.org (Preserved copy: Internet Archive); reocities (Internet Archive, 6 April 2016)
- SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2, p. 200. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- History of the World Finals, Trandosite (Wayback)
- Kevin Reitzel, Facebook post, 29 April 2026 (his 1996 Worlds Light and Dark lists). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
References
- ↑ Corran on the Horn - 29 - Kevin Reitzel, KendallCast, 14 December 2023 (interview with "the former Decipher employee"). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bill Bisco, confirmation that Reitzel worked for Decipher, 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kevin Reitzel, LinkedIn profile, 14 October 2026 (Experience: "Tradeshow & Event Coordinator, Decipher Inc., 1999 – 2005"). Preserved copy: Internet Archive (PDF)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Decipher still seeks more The Lord of the Rings Product Champion volunteers, TheOneRing.net, 29 October 2001 (signed "Kevin Reitzel, Decipher Inc. Marketing Dept., Product Champion Coordinator"). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ Star Wars CCG Squadrons: Red 41, decipher.com (page last modified 28 June 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ Squadron Members, Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (geocities.ws/plarathas). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jedi Knights Trading Card Game rulebook (credits), Decipher (2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ ramapocon-ii-day-2-director-s-report, DeckTech (Scott "CRingwell" Lingrell, 13 May 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ rcon-ii-day-1-and-before-director-s, DeckTech (Scott "CRingwell" Lingrell, 10 May 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ Michael Mikaelian, "Star Wars World Championships", InQuest #22 (February 1997), p. 14. Scan: InQuest Magazine Issue 22, Internet Archive.
- ↑ Regional Championship Finalists, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ Kevin Reitzel, Facebook post, 29 April 2026 ("In the summer of 1996, prior to the championships in the fall, I won a SWCCG regional championship in Las Vegas to qualify"). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ Design Diary: Dramatis personae, decipher.com (2000–2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive