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One For the Record Books: Day Three Wrapup

Yesterday's rain was but a memory this morning, with the biggest day of Gen Con greeted with blue skies and perfect temperatures. The convention center was mobbed, and I found myself caught in a sea of people on my way to the exhibit hall just at opening time.

The big event of the day was THE big event of DecipherCon 2004 – the WARS TCG sneak preview presentation. Full details of the event can be seen here; for this wrapup, sufficient to say that it was received with enthusiasm and excitement all around. Following up the presentation, designer Tom Lischke and illustrator Kieran Yanner conducted a "Design-a-Card" seminar at the Decipher booth. Tom led the audience through the process of creating the game text of the card, while Kieran photographed a randomly-selected participant, John Timothy, and proceeded to create an illustration from the photo on the spot, which will grace the card when it is incorporated into a future set. Meanwhile, special guests John Howe and Michael Stackpole signed their autographs to demo cards, copies of the WARS story, and other items.

On the tournament front, Lord of the Rings TCG, Star Trek CCG, and .hack//ENEMY TCG conducted single-elimination tournaments to pare down their finalists to a final pair each. Final confrontations will be held on Sunday. A variety of other tournaments were held throughout the day as well, including MegaMan TCG sealed deck, LOTR TCG Arwen and Junior Championships, and a Star Trek CCG team tournament.

Amidst the World Championship action, WARS TCG made Decipher tournament history, setting a record for the largest Decipher tournament ever at 202 participants – and this for a game that hasn't even released yet! Lots of players have their eye on that $1000 cash prize. By 10 PM, there were still two of the seven rounds to go; results will appear on Sunday.

Check out the results of the Worlds Day Three events (and other events) on the message board and DGMA.com.

Related links:
More Saturday photos
WARS TCG Presentation

Kathy McCracken
Web Writer

August 21, 2004