New Allies
New Allies is a modern Star Wars CCG playtest team. Holotheatre called it "one of the largest and probably the best known team in Star Wars ccg."[1] Players Committee wraps use the name on individual major wins. The team has a Slack channel; Holotheatre guests have talked about camaraderie there and at live events.
Members[edit]
Sources that print "New Allies" / "teammate" next to a name:
| Player | Notes |
|---|---|
| Sam Tashima | GEMP Yoshi / Tashi_station; Holotheatre S5 E7; Indy Eclipse wrap "New Allies team member" |
| Mike Kessling | GEMP troop1023; Holotheatre S5 E7; presented Brian Fred's Hall of Fame as "New Allies teammate" |
| Bill Kafer | forum TacoBill; 2021 U.S. Nationals Friday team with Lutz, "part of the New Allies team/conglomerate" |
| Matt Lutz | Same 2021 Friday pair |
| Brian Fred | 2022 U.S. Nationals Swiss 1st (8–0) |
| Charlie Arlandson | 2022 U.S. Nationals Swiss 2nd |
| Greg Shaw | 2022 U.S. Nationals; 2025 Worlds wrap "hall-of-famer and New Allies team member"; 2025 World Champion |
| Matt Scott | 2025 U.S. Nationals wrap "New Allies' member Matt" |
Holotheatre S5 E7 also named Jeremy, Chris Gogolen, MHT (Matthew Harrison-Trainor), and Drew as people around the Indianapolis weekend. Barry Alperstein is not New Allies (Holotheatre S5 E1).
Results[edit]
At the 2021 U.S. Nationals in Denver, Kafer and Lutz won the Friday team tournament as part of New Allies.[2]
At the 2022 U.S. Nationals the Swiss 1–4 were all New Allies (Fred 8–0, Arlandson 7–1, Shaw, Kessling) before Joe Olson of Team 5 won the match-play title.[3]
Hayes Hunter said after the 2023 U.S. Nationals that New Allies also had three in the Top 8, with a first-round team-kill against Team 5.[4]
Tashima won the 2024 Indianapolis Eclipse major. Scott won the 2025 U.S. Nationals. Shaw won the 2025 World Championship.
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- 2021 U.S. Nationals wrap
- 2022 U.S. Nationals wrap
- Holotheatre S5 Ep 7
- 2025 U.S. Nationals wrap
- 2025 Worlds wrap
References
- ↑ Holotheatre S5 Ep 7: The New Allies Take Indy, Star Wars CCG (19 April 2024)
- ↑ SWCCG Returns to Live Major Events; Olson wins US Nationals, Players Committee (19 July 2021)
- ↑ 2022 US Nationals wrap, Players Committee
- ↑ Holotheatre S4 E14: Nationals Recap with Hayes