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You Make The Card - Part 1
by Brian Weeks

From the darkest corner of Jabba's palace to the seediest of cantinas, the galaxy is full of the lowest breeds of scum and villainy. Bounty hunters, assassins, and spies, all are part of the criminal underworld. Either by slinking in the shadows or displaying powerful weapons, these beings are for hire. Only this time, you're in control.

The first and only time Wizard of the Coast allowed Star Wars TCG players world-wide to help develop a card for the TCG was for the Empire Strikes Back expansion. After seven online polls, Mara Jade (A) was created. In three years and ten WOTC expansions, the TCG fan got to help make one card. We at the IDC hope to rectify this oversight. So, today and in the following weeks, YOU, the loyal TCG player, will help us create a card for our next expansion, Scum and Villainy.

Time to Cast Your Vote
Starting this week and in the weeks to come, your voice will be counted and heard as the IDC Card Development Sub-committee works on the cards that are going to appear in that expansion. Specifically, your decisions will help create a card that will appear in that set where the final card is a compilation of your collective input.

That leads us to the first step in the process... selecting a card type. Before we can even begin developing a new card in detail, we have to know what kind of card you want to create. The card type you select will have a huge impact on what comes next. Should you create a Space or a Location card? Looking at the movies, books and all of the situation that have been introduced, what among all of that do you want to get your hands on creating? We'll tally your votes and announce next week what you've decided and then go from there.

So join us each week as You Make The Card!

   
   


You Make The Card - Step One

What type of card do you want to make? Your options are limited to the card types currently available in the game:

  • Character
  • Ground
  • Space
  • Mission
  • Battle
  • Location
  • Equipment

Keep in mind that you are designing a card based on any of the movies, books, comics or any other Expanded Universe dealing with Star Wars. Bounty hunters, mercenaries, scruffy-looking nerf-herders, their ships and even the locations you would find them in. There is no bounty too high.

In order to fully involve the current TCG community and players, the poll will be conducted over on the Rebelbaser forums. You must be a member of the forums to vote.

When you're ready to get started... Register HERE - Vote HERE

Voting for Step One ends 12:00pm CST, July 20th, 2006.. We will post the results Friday, July 21st along with Step Two.

We're very glad that you've joined us for this fun and exciting process and we look forward to seeing what kind of card the TCG fan community can create!

Thoughts or comments? Visit the message board thread for this article here.

   
   

About the Author
Brian Weeks (aka Skywlkr) has been playing the Star Wars TCG since its introduction at Celebration 2 in 2002. After playing the demo game and introducing it to RedneckJedi and Darthwalls, Team 'Dude Where's My Card' was created. He competed in three qualifiers, yet the closest he ever ranked was eighth. As a member on Rebelbasers, SWDuelist and a writer for the now defunct Diehard Online, he has tried to promote the game through information and interaction.

He is married, has a three year old son, is an architect, has been the Treasurer and Newsletter Editor for five years for JediOKC (an Oklahoma City based Star Wars Fan Club), was the IDC Card Development Chairperson for Fall of the Republic and is now the IDC Public Affairs Chairperson. Despite all that, he still has time to introduce the game to new players…KEEP THE GAME ALIVE.

   
     
         
 
 
 


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