June
2 2006. This date is highly significant to both IDC members
and the loyal SWTCG gamers around the world. This date marked
the release of first SWTCG IDC expansion and signifies the birth
of a new era, an era when the gamer comes before the customer.
The Fall
of the Republic set was a smash hit with news of its release
spreading around the world. Testimony to the IDC's hard work is
the fact that one month after the FOTR release, the IDC website
had already had 10.82 gigabytes of transferred data! Once again
the Star Wars Trading Card Game was at the forefront of players'
minds and new decks and strategies were being formulated to decide
who would be the best player of the game. It was this wave of
success that determined the IDC would go on to produce a second
expansion.
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Work
began quickly on the Scum
and Villainy set, while the final touches to the FOTR
set were made. The IDC members were buzzing around and the Card
Development Sub-Committee was throwing their best card ideas onto
the table for the new set. With a vision to create a set that
would satisfy gamers taste for an EU set, the SAV set was a sure
way to delight the appetite of the hungry SWTCG gamers. With a
vision established and new goals to achieve, the IDC marched quickly
towards the first draft list of cards for the SAV set.
For
those of you who are playing catch-up, the IDC has been working
secretly on the production of their second Dream Card set and
have found it hard to contain their excitement of how awesome
their work had become. The IDC is split into 5 main departments
each tasked with creating the best SWTCG set to date:
Card
Development - Responsible for the creation of card text and
maintaining the Vision of the current expansion
Rules
- Responsible for legalising card text, providing rulings to the
SWTCG public and creating the SWTCG Rulebook
Play
Testing - Responsible for the play testing of created cards
to ensure no 'broken' combo's can be exploited between past cards
and new cards in the current expansion
Graphical
Design - Responsible for the creation of card images and the
production of the online version patches.
Public
Affairs - The IDC's liaison to the SWTCG public
The
Scum
and Villainy expansion is the second produced by the IDC
and is set throughout the Star Wars Saga. The SAV set focus' heavily
on Expanded Universe materiel from the original trilogy era but
also contains a presence from the prequel trilogy. In SAV, players
will be able to hire the notorious Boba Fett, enlist the aid of
the Rebel Alliance, and employ some of the deadliest weapons from
the Star Wars universe, including Zam's Sniper Rifle and the first
YMTC, Thermal Detonator!
For
quick access, click on the following links:
Scum
and Villainy Checklist (PDF's can be found on this
page)
Scum
and Villainy Thumbnails (PDF's can be found on this page)
Scum
and Villainy Lackey Plugin
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About
the Author
After
working in the Graphical Design Sub-Committee for the FOTR set
Trent has moved on to the Card Development Sub-Committee and is
working as an associate on the IDC's next project. He just recently
moved to the Public Affairs Sub-committee. He is a member of Rebelbasers.com
and is currently the organizer of the DCCR.
