I love playing Decipher made card games. The games make you feel like your in the movies, making choices for the characters as the story progresses. The art and design are beautiful and the characters are those that you cherish. I’ve been a big fan of Holotable to play Star Wars CCG but now there is a new game engine to play around with, Gemp Star Wars CCG.
Based off of the GEMP LOTR engine, the Star Wars version is starting from the beginning. The only sets currently available are Premiere, A New Hope and the first OTSD cards. The amazing thing about GEMP Star Wars is that you can do sealed events, which happen to be my favorite.
This takes you back to a simpler time. If you played the game from when it started, the feel and cards will be intensely familiar. As I’ve been building and playing games on it, I find myself realizing how much slower the game was back then. If you don’t get force out almost immediately and your opponent sets up quickly, the game is basically over. A quick spy to a 2/0 LS location and a Tie Scout to a system and your draining for four on turn two.
There is an innocence to the game. A lot of the skill and memory of how cards work are removed and it breaks it down to a simple mad dash to get force generation and to find the cards that can actually be useful for you at that time.
Sense and Alter are must haves but can be huge resource drains if you have a handful of them but can’t find a character or site to deploy.
If you love the game, you need to get onto GEMP and start building decks and playing.
The next step is going to be Hoth. Hoth added a whole new dimension to the game upon it’s release, a new planet and mechanics to explore. Walkers and Trample for Dark Side and EBO and Speeders for Light Side.
Now a lot of people are going to look at this and think, ‘I don’t remember what decks were good’. Well neither did I when I started it back up. I put a lot of cards into a deck and realized I had 80 cards and had to cut 20 of them. I started looking through old Scrye magazines and I found the top four decks for each side from the first Worlds event. I posted them here in order to make it easier for you to return to the game that you love.
| R Asselin (1st) | B Sorgjerd (2nd) |
|---|---|
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Characters
1 Biggs Darklighter 1 C-3PO
1 Chewbacca
1 Han Solo
1 Jek Porkins
2 Kal’Falnl C’ndros
1 Leia Organa
2 Luke Skywalker
1 Momaw Nadon
2 Obi-Wan Kenobi
2 R2-D2
1 Wedge Antilles
Weapons
2 Obi-Wan’s Lightsaber
Devices
1 Restraining Bolt
Used Interrupts
4 Alter
1 Grimtaash
4 How Did We Get Into This Mess
1 Nabrun Leids
5 Sense
Lost Interrupts
1 Double Agent
1 Gift of the Mentor
2 Houjix
1 Jedi Presence
1 The Force Is Strong With This One
Effects
1 Lightsaber Proficiency
1 Mantellian Savrip
1 Revolution
2 Undercover
Locations
1 Dejarik Hologameboard
1 Tatooine: Lar’s Moisture Farm
1 Tatooine: Mos Eisley
1 Tatooine: Obi-Wan’s Hut
1 *Yavin 4: Massassi War Room
1 Yavin 4: Massassi Ruins
Ships / Vehicles
4 Corellian Corvette
1 Gold Leader in Gold 1
1 Red 6
1 Red Leader in Red 1
2 Tantive IV
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Characters
1 Biggs Darklighter 1 Chewbacca
1 Figrin D’an
2 Han Solo
1 Jek Porkins
2 Kal’Falnl C’ndros
1 Leia Organa
3 Luke Skywalker
2 Obi-Wan Kenobi
1 R2-D2
1 Red Leader
2 Talz
2 Wedge Antilles
Weapons
1 Jedi Lightsaber
1 Obi-Wan’s Lightsaber
Used Interrupts
3 Alter
2 Grimtaash
2 Nabrun Leids
3 Sense
Lost Interrupts
1 Don’t Get Cocky
1 Double Agent
2 Gift of the Mentor
1 Houjix
1 Sorry About The Mess
2 The Force Is Strong With This One
Effects
2 Demotion
1 Lightsaber Proficiency
1 Mantellian Savrip
2 Revolution
Locations
1 Dejarik Hologameboard
1 Tatooine: Cantina
1 Tatooine: Lar’s Moisture Farm
2 Tatooine: Mos Eisley
1 Tatooine: Obi-Wan’s Hut
1 Yavin 4: Jungle
1 Yavin 4: Massassi War Room
1 Yavin 4: Massassi Ruins
1 Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
Ships / Vehicles
1 Luke’s X-34 Landspeeder
1 Millenium Falcon
1 Red 6
1 Tantive IV
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| J Alread (3rd) | K Reitzel (4th) |
|---|---|
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Characters
1 Biggs Darklighter 1 BoShek
1 Chewbacca
1 Commander Evram Lajaie
1 Commander Vanden Willard
1 Dutch
1 General Dodonna
1 Han Solo
1 Jek Porkins
1 Kal’Falnl C’ndros
1 Leia Organa
1 LIN-V8K
2 Luke Skywalker
1 Momaw Nadon
2 Obi-Wan Kenobi
1 Owen Lars
1 Pops
1 Red Leader
1 Tiree
1 Wedge Antilles
1 Wioslea
Weapons
1 Jedi Lightsaber
2 Obi-Wan’s Lightsaber
Used Interrupts
7 A Few Maneuvers
1 Sense
Lost Interrupts
1 The Force Is Strong With This One
Effects
3 Revolution
Locations
1 Alderaan
1 Dantooine
1 Kashyyyk
1 Tatooine
1 Tatooine: Lar’s Moisture Farm
1 Tatooine: Mos Eisley
1 Tatooine: Obi-Wan’s Hut
1 Yavin 4: Jungle
1 Yavin 4: Massassi War Room
1 Yavin 4: Massassi Ruins
Ships / Vehicles
5 Corellian Corvette
1 Tantive IV
6 X-Wing
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Characters
1 Biggs Darklighter 1 BoShek
1 Chewbacca
1 Figrin D’an
1 Han Solo
1 Jek Porkins
1 Kal’Falnl C’ndros
2 Luke Skywalker
1 Momaw Nadon
2 R2-D2
1 Wedge Antilles
Used Interrupts
4 Alter
2 Grimtaash
4 Sense
Lost Interrupts
2 Don’t Get Cocky
2 Double Agent
2 The Force Is Strong With This One
Effects
2 Demotion 1 For Luck
1 Revolution
1 Traffic Control
3 Undercover
Locations
2 Dantooine
1 Kashyyyk
2 Kessel
1 Tatooine
1 Yavin 4
Ships / Vehicles
5 Corellian Corvette
1 Gold 2
1 Gold Leader in Gold 1
1 Millenium Falcon
1 Red 6
1 Red Leader in Red 1
1 Tantive IV
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| R Asselin (1st) | B Sorgjerd (2nd) |
|---|---|
| Characters 2 Admiral Motti 1 Chief Bast 1 Commander Praji 1 Danz Borin 3 Darth Vader 1 Dr Evazan 1 DS-61-2 1 DS-61-3 2 DS-61-4 1 Garindan 2 Grand Moff Tarkin 1 Labria 1 Officer Evax 1 R3-T6 1 Tonnika Sisters 1 U-3POWeapons 1 Vader’s LightsaberUsed Interrupts 4 Alter 5 SenseLost Interrupts 1 Charming to the Last 2 Gravity Shadow 2 I have You Now 1 Nevar Yalnal Effects Locations Ships / Vehicles |
Characters 2 Admiral Motti 1 Commander Praji 1 Danz Borin 3 Darth Vader 2 Dr Evazan 1 DS-61-2 1 DS-61-3 1 DS-61-4 1 Garindan 2 Grand Moff Tarkin 1 Mosep 1 Officer Evax 1 Ponda Baba 2 Reserve Pilot 1 U-3POWeapons 2 Vader’s LightsaberUsed Interrupts 3 Alter 2 Boring Conversation Anyways 2 Elis Helrot 1 Evader 3 SenseLost Interrupts 1 Charming to the Last 1 Dark Collaboration 1 I Have You Now 1 Nevar Yalnal 1 Sniper 1 The Circle Is Now Complete Effects Locations Ships / Vehicles |
| J Alread (3rd) | K Reitzel (4th) |
|---|---|
| Characters 1 Admiral Motti 1 Chief Bast 1 Colonel Wulf Yularen 1 Commander Praji 1 Danz Borin 2 Darth Vader 1 Djas Puhr 1 Dr Evazan 1 DS-61-2 1 DS-61-3 1 DS-61-4 1 Garindan 1 General Tagge 2 Grand Moff Tarkin 1 Hem Dazon 1 Kitik Keed’kak 1 Labria 1 Lieutenant Tanbris 1 Officer Evax 1 Prophetess 1 Tonnika Sisters 1 Trooper Davin Felth 1 U-3POWeapons 2 Vader’s LightsaberUsed Interrupts 7 Dark Maneuvers 1 EvaderLost Interrupts 1 The Circle Is Now Complete 1 Your Powers Are Weak Old ManLocations 1 Death Star 1 Death Star: Central Core 1 Death Star: Dentention Block Corridor 1 Death Star: Level 4 Military Corridor 1 Death Star: War Room 1 Eriadu 1 Kashyyyk 1 Kessell 1 Ralltiir 1 Tatooine: Jundland Wastes 1 Tatooine: Mos Eisley Ships / Vehicles |
Characters 1 Admiral Motti 1 Captain Khurgee 1 Commander Praji 1 Danz Borin 3 Darth Vader 1 Djas Puhr 1 Dr Evazan 1 DS-61-2 1 DS-61-3 1 DS-61-4 1 Garindan 2 Grand Moff Tarkin 1 Labria 1 Officer Evax 2 U-3POWeapons 1 Vader’s LightsaberUsed Interrupts 4 Alter 2 Monnok 3 Scanning Crew 4 SenseLost Interrupts 1 Charming to the Last 1 Gravity Shadow 2 I have You Now 2 Nevar YalnalEffects 1 Reactor Terminal 2 Undercover Locations Ships / Vehicles |
