Who plays a dead collectible card game? And why?

Those questions kept coming to my mind after I excitedly learned how to play Android: Netrunner (ANR) and almost immediately thereafter found out the game was being cancelled after six years in production.

A few months prior I had stumbled across an article describing the player-driven community that still surrounds the old Star Wars Collectible Card Game (SWCCG), some eighteen+ years after its discontinuation. Turns out both games have very passionate fans and strong Minnesota connections.

Status: Post-Production.

Details: Besides continuing to learn A:NR and bugging the crew of the local game store, I filmed the official final last three days of tournaments (Magnum Opus) at Fantasy Flight Games (plus the King of Servers event) where over 400. people from all over the world showed up to play. I interviewed about 40 different players and members of the fan group hoping to keep the game alive. All interviews have been transcribed and the story is in editing. I am aiming for a 30-minute run time.

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