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GEN CON INDY / DECIPHERCON
Indianapolis, Indiana, July 24–27, 2003

Updated July 18, 2003

Gen Con not only has a new venue this year – moving from Milwaukee to Indianapolis – but it's also the new host of DecipherCon 2003! That means lots of extra special Decipher activities at Gen Con Indy. Here's a quick rundown of what's in store at Gen Con; for more information on the DecipherCon experience, check out the DecipherCon 2003 pages.

Special Guests

Lord of the Rings fans will be in Middle-earth seventh heaven at GenCon, as Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, and Brad Dourif join Decipher for autograph sessions at the Decipher booth! Be sure to bring your Sam, Gimli, and Gríma cards, or pick up a special oversized collectible Gríma, Chief Counselor; Sam, Proper Poet; or Gimli, Dwarf of the Mountain Race card for them to autograph (for details, see "The Decipher Convention Store" below).

In addition to their Lord of the Rings roles, Dourif and Rhys-Davies are also both well-known to Star Trek fans for recurring roles on Star Trek: Voyager. Bring along your Star Trek CCG card of psychotic Maquis Lon Suder (Voyager expansion) or the holographic Leonardo da Vinci (Holodeck Adventures expansion) and turn it into an autographed First Edition souvenir.

For complete details of the stars' appearance schedules and special benefits for fan club members, check here.

The Decipher Convention Store

Looking for the perfect souvenir of both your favorite card game and your summer convention fun? Look no further than the Decipher booth. This year, we'll have eight brand-new collectible oversized versions of cards from The Lord of the Rings TCG's Tower Block and Star Trek CCG's Second Edition! With each $20 purchase at the Decipher booth, you can choose any one of these fabulous oversized cards to add to your collection: Legolas, Dauntless Hunter; Gollum, Stinker; Gríma, Chief Counselor; Treebeard, Guardian of the Forest; Aragorn, Defender of Free Peoples; Merry, Impatient Hobbit; and Jean-Luc Picard, Explorer. (Limited quantities of our 2002 oversized cards, including Sam, Proper Poet and Gimli, Dwarf of the Mountain Race, will also be available.) What's more, an oversized The One Ring card, with a calendar of the 2004-2007Lord of the Rings TCG releases, is free! Just come by the Decipher booth and ask for one. (Limited to one per customer, while supplies last.)

There'll be plenty to choose from for your qualifying purchases, too, like The Lord of the Rings TCG Fellowship and Tower Block, international-language Fellowship of the Ring, Quick Start Tutorial sets, Fellowship of the Ring Anthologies, and Star Trek CCG Second Edition, Energize, and All Good Things. Spice up your Lord of the Rings roleplaying with a Fellowship or Two Towers Sourcebook, Narrator's Screen, Maps of Middle-earth, or Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic. Explore the Star Trek roleplaying universe, from the Player's and Narrator's Guides to the latest Creatures and Worlds supplements. Or sample a selection of lithographs, action figures, posters, and replicas from The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek Fan Club Stores.

Members of The Lord of the Rings Fan Club or Star Trek Fan Club will receive 10% off all purchases at the convention store. Please bring your fan club ID for quickest service. Members without ID cards can have their membership verified at the Decipher convention store. If you are not already a fan club member, you may sign up at lotrfanclub.com or startrekfanclub.com, or at the Decipher convention store. A one-year U.S. membership to either fan club is available for $29.95 plus tax.

Learn to Play

Interested in learning The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game or Star Trek CCG Second Edition? Take the Decipher TCG deck challenge! Participate in a demo of either game at our booth, and if you like the gameplay, you'll get a FREE starter deck for that game. (If you don't, you can instead choose a booster pack of one of several popular non-Decipher TCGs.) Then head for one of the many tournament events we have scheduled throughout DecipherCon!

If roleplaying is your game, we'll also have non-stop on-booth demos of our popular The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek Roleplaying Games, using brand-new Quick-Start sample adventures specially developed for each game. Participate in a demo of "The Road to Henneth Annûn" or "Ordeal on Gamma Elster IV" and take home a free pair of exclusive dice featuring Lord of the Rings runes or Klingon numbers. Once you've gotten your feet wet, sign up for one of our full RPG adventures!

TCG Tournaments

Already know how to play our TCGs? DGMA will be running a blockbuster schedule of tournaments at DecipherCon/Gen Con, including Premier Series qualifiers, booster drafts, and Arwen, Junior, and Multiplayer championships for The Lord of the Rings TCG; Maiden Voyage, Highlander, team, and sealed deck events for Star Trek CCG; and of course, the World Championships for both games (including a Star Trek CCG First Edition championship)! Get full event schedules at the links.

Can't get enough Lord of the Rings TCG in the regular tournament schedule? Stop by the Decipher booth and sign up for a booster draft to be held on the booth!

Roleplaying Games

Roleplayers will be able to participate in a range of exciting adventures at DecipherCon/Gen Con. Lord of the Rings roleplayers can join in any part, or all four, of the Sword of the Witch-king adventure, while Star Trek roleplayers can choose from three independent adventures, Back Streets of Rigel VII, Omega: Assimilate, and Day of Pain. Check the links for the adventure schedules.

And more...

• Get a demo of Decipher's exciting new anime trading card game, .hack//ENEMY, coming in October! Tabletop demos plus "larger-than-life" stage demos, all on the Decipher booth.
• Try out the beta test version of Worlds Apart's exciting new Lord of the Rings Online TCG, launching in August!
• And just in case the Fierce. Black Rider tours haven't yet brought one of them to your hometown, you'll even have the chance to meet some of Decipher's very own "Black Riders" – Kevin Reitzel, Kendrick Summers, Sean Smallman, Kyle Heuer, Dan Bojanowski, Joe Alread, Joeri Hoste, Marcus Sheppard, and new Black Rider Tom Lischke!

We'll see you there!