According to Decipher VP Sales and Marketing Scott Gaeta, sales on the Decipher Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game have held up better than some expected after the release of the last movie in 2003.  The Siege of Gondor expansion, released in March, sold better than Battle of Helm's Deep, the comparable product released in March of 2003, according to Gaeta.  And orders for the just-released Mount Doom expansion are running ahead of those for Siege of Gondor, and on a par with the year-ago expansion. 

 

The mechanics for the LOTR TCG will change slightly in Decipher's November release, Shadows, allowing for more alternate ring-bearers and more unpredictability in outcomes.  Decipher will also continue to use Weta images of literary characters that didn't appear in the films in the future.

 

Decipher expects its dot Hack TCG to benefit from increasing exposure in other media, including the release of Legend of the Twilight, the second anime series, on Cartoon Netowrk.  Next year will see a new dot Hack videogame and new anime releases on DVD.

 

A Reflections release is planned for Decipher's Star Trek TCG in December, which like Reflections sets for other games will include some new rares and a selection of cards from past sets.  Strange New Worlds, planned for April, 2005, will include more Enterprise crew members and new aliens.