Premiere Two-Player Introductory Game

Premiere Two-Player Introductory Game
Game/Set	Star Wars CCG
Expansion	Premiere Two-Player Introductory Game
Publisher	Decipher / Parker Brothers
Country	USA
Date	February 1996
Language	English
Cards Total	6
Card Size	63x88mm

Premiere Two-Player Introductory Game is the third Star Wars CCG product, published in February 1996 by Decipher with Parker Brothers. It contains six exclusive white-border premium cards (3 Light, 3 Dark), two 60-card preconstructed white-border decks, a rules booklet and one Premiere booster pack. Its MSRP was $19.95. The first ~50,000 boxes had a Limited Premiere pack; later boxes had Unlimited. Europe used a Waddingtons flip-top box, and Takara published a Japanese version.

A Spanish-language rules booklet was prepared for a Spanish SWCCG release that was later cancelled; see Spanish Premiere Two-Player Game rules booklet and Translations of SWCCG. A German-language two-player rulebook printed by Modern Graphics is among the surviving artifacts of a planned German SWCCG release that was later cancelled; see Cancelled German release of SWCCG.

The rules booklet thanks Richard Borg "for rogue design in an elegant system".

Packaging

Two-player box

Rules booklet

Decipher promotional image

According to former Decipher volunteer Jim Colson, the packaging was the same everywhere, but the booster packs inside depended on where the box was sold. Copies sold through Kmart and Walmart held white-border packs; copies sold through hobby shops held black-border packs. Decipher advertised the game on television with the tagline "The galaxy in a box".

The card list below covers the six exclusive premiums; the randomized Premiere booster in the box is a reprint.

Credits

The credits page of the rules booklet gives special thanks to the people and companies below, in the order printed.

Credited	Thanked for
Warren Holland	"an unreasonably high standard of excellence"
Dan Burns	"once again creating the impossible against improbable odds"
Ross Campbell	"holding it all together with enormous grace under pressure"
Rollie Tesh	"creating an amazing structure, one solitary rule at a time"
Tom Braunlich	"countless details and creativity only a true fan could provide"
Richard Borg	"rogue design in an elegant system"
Jerry Darcy	"believing you have the best job in the universe"
Cindy Thornburg	"spending her vacation on the phone"
Leslie Burns	"countless hours of pulls, frame by frame"
Keith Skipton	"countless hours of design, line by line"
Rob Burns	"countless hours of enhancement, byte by byte"
Germaine Clair	"hours of formatting, word by word"
Joe Boulden	"hours of retouching, stroke by stroke"
Lucasfilm Ltd.	"understanding that shared respect for a property, and mutual respect between a licensee and licensor, yield extraordinary products"
Howard Roffman	"understanding the concept of partnership and for believing the rebels are the good guys & giving us the chance to prove it"
Julia Russo and Stacy Mollema	"every concept, word, line, punctuation mark and frame you efficiently reviewed and approved from the four corners of the globe (and every ounce of encouragement along the way)"
André Lake Mayer	"altering your universe and creating a new alliance"
Louise Riley	"every pound, peso, lira, drachma and non-penny"
Kathleen Scanlon	"being you, helping us and making sure we feel part of something very special"
Bill Smith (West End Games)	"lovingly creating the lore that breathes life into the myth"
Richard Hawran	"joining the effort and praising the game"
Tom Dusenberry	"being a blue-suited Jedi Knight with an unwavering belief in the dual nature of the Force"
Rich Cleveland	"guiding an unwieldy starship through the turbulence, and into the starry night"
Megan Luciano	"helping Rich steer"
Playtesters (listed below)	"contributing for love what cannot be bought with money, and asking only that it be paid for with cards"
Mike Gray and Carol Wisely	"turning a million instructions into fewer rules"
Carta Mundi	"making it happen at the other end"
George Lucas	"creating the Star Wars universe and inspiring us to create a product worthy of the property"
The Fans	"keeping Star Wars alive in their hearts, minds and vivid imaginations for almost 20 years"
Richard Garfield	"a brilliant and inspiring new game genre"
The CCG players	"embracing collectible card games and giving us the support and encouragement necessary to test the limits of our creativity"

The booklet names 26 playtesters: Bill Martinson, Mark Tuttle, Darrell Budic, Reg Schmeichel, Sandy Wible, Bob Madison, Will Madison, Sandy Borg, Craig VanNess, Chuck Kallenbach, Cheryl Kallenbach, Paul Sudlow, Scott Willhelm, Gary Mockus, Shawn Smallman, Rick Thomas, Dick Heinz, Dan Van Horn, Jim Berhalter, Peter McCarthy, Kyle Roth, Troy Pope, Lance Campbell, Brad Toney, Don Cory and Suzy Wolf.

The game is dedicated to Joseph Campbell, "whose vision and guidance inspired a young writer to explore the depths of his imagination and create a myth for a generation in desperate need of heroes". The booklet credits the gameplay to Technical Game Services. Parker Brothers of Beverly, Massachusetts distributed the game, and Carta Mundi printed its cards in Belgium.

See also

• Richard Borg
• The Empire Strikes Back Introductory Two-Player Game
• Premiere Limited
• Spanish Premiere Two-Player Game rules booklet
• Cancelled German release of SWCCG
• Translations of SWCCG

Card list

Light Side

Character

Image	Card	Type	Rarity	Destiny	Game text
	Luke	Character	PM	1	Must deploy on Tatooine, but may move elsewhere. May not be deployed if two or more of opponent's unique (•) characters on table. Your warriors at same site as Luke, or adjacent sites are forfeit +1.

Interrupt

Image	Card	Type	Rarity	Destiny	Game text
	Run Luke, Run!	Interrupt	PM	6	At any time, move Luke as a regular move (using landspeed for free) to a battle just initiated at an adjacent site. Luke is power +2 during that battle, unless Vader is present or adjacent to the battle site. OR You may cancel Vader's Obsession.

Location

Image	Card	Type	Rarity	Destiny	Game text
	Death Star: Level 6 Core Shaft Corridor	Location	PM	0	Light: If you control, Luke and Obi-Wan are power +2 on Death Star. Dark: If you control, opponent needs 2 ability to control each Death Star site.

Dark Side

Character

Image	Card	Type	Rarity	Destiny	Game text
	Vader	Character	PM	1	Must deploy on Death Star, but may move elsewhere. May not be deployed if two or more of opponent's unique (•) characters on table. If in a losing battle, draw destiny. If destiny > 4, 'choke' (lose) one Imperial present (your choice).

Interrupt

Image	Card	Type	Rarity	Destiny	Game text
	Vader's Obsession	Interrupt	PM	6	During your move phase, if Vader moves to Luke's site from an adjacent site, begin a duel between them. Each adds two destiny to power. Winner retrieves lost Force equal to the difference. Loser loses same amount of Force, plus the character.

Location

Image	Card	Type	Rarity	Destiny	Game text
	Death Star: Docking Control Room 327	Location	PM	0	Dark: If you control, may deploy a docking bay directly from your Reserve Deck. Reshuffle deck. Light: If you control, with a Rebel with ability > 2 present, Force drain +2 here.