Talk:Decipher, Inc.

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Untitled/ Unsigned Comments[edit]

The last two edits by 216.170.131.171 seem to be extremely biased. I'd reccommend revert to the last version by 24.131.5.75

I re-edited it, bringing it in-line with known facts and eliminating the bias.

Much better now - good job, and thanks.

———— The Reference 18 seems bugged. Not sure what that www.trekcc.org PDF from 2013 has to do with the original decipher website quote.

Herndon, Cory. "Star Trek Online Customizable Card Game (review)". SciFi.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 22, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2007.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8106:260:A000:4C5A:7EA3:50E7:9309 (talk) 10:54, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Which Decipher Inc[edit]

A quick search for "decipher inc" on Google brings up to companies claiming to be called "Decipher Inc". Although I believe the game manufacturer is definitely the one people will think of most the other should probably be mentioned...

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2GGGL_enGB177&q=decipher+inc

Well seeing as how none of them even have a page...68.70.149.142 01:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fan Controversy[edit]

Although the biased edits last year were certainly out of line, shouldn't there be some reference to the fact that the company has managed to stir up some very vocal ill will in recent years from it's fan base due to a number of perceived dishonesties(?)? (StarkeRealm 00:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

If you can find a reliable source for that, then go for it. --Maelwys 00:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Original Product[edit]

The article overview lists the three Decipher jigsaw puzzles as the original projects of the company but the History section lists How to Host ... as the original project that started the company. I believe the jigsaw puzzles came out (and I purchased them) long before the How to Host a Murder party games came out. The original Decipher jigsaw had a $100,000 money prize and was released in 1983. About two years later 36 people solved it in 1985 splitting the prize money between them. The jigsaw was just a list of numbers separated by commas. The numbers referred to a book code but the book used for the code was not given. 21 authors were listed as possible sources for the code book and a telephone hotline was available for additional (cryptic) clues released occasionally. After a year the puzzle remained unsolved and additional clues to eliminate authors from the list (and an additional $1,000 added to the prize each month) began to be given with a new deadline date for a year later (March 1, 1985)^[1]. The book used for the code turned out to be Carl Sagan's Cosmos. The code started in Chapter 6, word 36 and the first letter of each word from that point forward was numbered to match the numbers on the jigsaw. The decoded message was a quote from e e cummings^[2]. At least two more puzzles were released with Decipher III having 33 authors to choose from and a $100,000 prize. Again, a telephone hotline for clues was available (and you could mail in a request for all clues currently released). The prize money was awarded differently. Three codes were to be solved and the three winners of each then had a playoff with a fourth code. The award for the fourth code was the full $100,000. Decipher III was a golden colored puzzle (earlier puzzles were silver colored) with black numbers separated by commas as before. These puzzles were pretty popular at the time and crossover interest was high due to other "armchair treasure hunts" such as Masquerade (picture book), Who Killed the Robins Family (mystery book), Treasure : In Search of the Golden Horse (picture book) and others that all offered prizes for the correct solution. Lck282 (talk) 04:42, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ The Lakeland Ledger article, May 31, 1984
^ The Montreal Gazette, March 31, 1985

Star Trek CCG[edit]

I was going through this article, I noticed minimal too no attention paid to the star trek ccg which was/is one of deciphers big sellers. Would this be a desired part of this article?Wolf Grey Blue (talk) 03:12, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The Lakeland Ledger article, May 31, 1984

[2] The Montreal Gazette, March 31, 1985

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