{
  "slug": "1997-west-end-games-lords-of-the-expanse-cards",
  "title": "West End Games — Lords of the Expanse Card Inserts (1997)",
  "year": 1997,
  "manufacturer": "West End Games",
  "scope": "United States original boxed role-playing game/book card inserts",
  "groups": [
    {
      "name": "Lords of the Expanse — original printed card faces (editorial sequence)",
      "cards": [
        {
          "code": "WEG5-01",
          "name": "Kijo Mnuue (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 1,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-02",
          "name": "Tapani Guardsman (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 2,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-03",
          "name": "Tapani Frigate (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 3,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-04",
          "name": "Manta-class Assault Starfighter (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 4,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-05",
          "name": "1X-2A (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 5,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-06",
          "name": "Melchi (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 6,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-07",
          "name": "Solar Flare (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 7,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-08",
          "name": "Rodian Karstag (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 8,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-09",
          "name": "Captain Lin Nunsk (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 9,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-10",
          "name": "Major General Tessala Corvae (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 10,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-11",
          "name": "Brak Dunell (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 11,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-12",
          "name": "Lord Alec Lamere (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 12,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-13",
          "name": "Annora Calandra (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 13,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-14",
          "name": "JAN Terrorist (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 14,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-15",
          "name": "Lord Vaskel Savill (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 15,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        },
        {
          "code": "WEG5-16",
          "name": "Dr. Arkeld (drawn)",
          "collectible_type": "roleplaying_game_punchout_card",
          "editorial_code": true,
          "printed_numbering": "not established",
          "source_order": 16,
          "product_identifier": "40215",
          "notes": "Editorial position within this specific WEG product source listing. Original card-face number has not been independently verified. Do not interpret WEG prefix as a printed number."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "StarWarsCards.net WEG item checklist (five distinct products; names transcribed as published)",
      "url": "https://starwarscards.net/checklists/1990s-west-end-games-us-rpg-gaming-cards/"
    },
    {
      "name": "1997 WEG publication catalog, product numbers and issue months",
      "url": "https://www.sandcrawler.com/SWB/westend.html"
    },
    {
      "name": "1997 Lords of the Expanse original issue information",
      "url": "https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lords_of_the_Expanse"
    }
  ],
  "issue_date_status": "July/August 1997 reference-date disagreement",
  "original_product_number": "40215",
  "isbn": "0-87431-297-3",
  "original_issued_card_count": "Not independently established beyond named collector-inventory rows",
  "collector_source_rows": 16,
  "photographic_rights": "No individual front/back file has been licensed for IDS publication",
  "notes": "Original boxed product is described elsewhere as including twelve color character cards; the collector list has sixteen mixed character/ship entries. Keep count labeled as source-listed physical faces, not a definitive manufacturer-authenticated total."
}