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'''Note:''' Community term for printable Virtual overlays. Cite primary/PC sources only; do not invent card text. Era hubs: [[Virtual Sets (2002-2009)]] (Virtual Original), [[:Category:Virtual Legacy sets|Virtual Legacy]], [[:Category:Current Virtual sets|Virtual Modern / Current Virtual]]. History: [[History of the Players Committee]].
'''Note:''' Community term for printable Virtual overlays. Cite primary/PC sources only; do not invent card text. Era hubs: [[Virtual Sets (2002-2009)]] (Virtual Original), [[:Category:Virtual Legacy sets|Virtual Legacy]], [[:Category:Current Virtual sets|Virtual Modern / Current Virtual]]. History: [[History of the Players Committee]].


'''V-slips''' (also '''Virtual slips''') are printable overlays released by the [[Players Committee]] so players can use Virtual card text on physical Decipher ''Star Wars'' CCG cards. Early instructions told players to print the PDF, cut out the new game text, and insert it in an opaque sleeve with the matching Decipher card (or, with clear sleeves, tape/attach the cutout to the card).<ref name="tfn2002">[https://theforce.net/ccg/story/Players_Committee_Announces_the_First_Virtual_Card_Set_68946.asp Player's Committee Announces the First Virtual Card Set], TheForce.Net, 12 February 2002 (citing Game Players Network)</ref><ref name="decivs1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020610072829/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee/virtualcardset1.html Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!], decipher.com (Wayback, 10 June 2002 snapshot; dated 5 March 2002)</ref><ref name="vc1pdf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050813215254/http://decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/virtual/VirtualCards1.pdf VirtualCards1.pdf], decipher.com (Wayback)</ref>
'''V-slips''' (also '''Virtual slips''') are printable overlays released by the [[Players Committee]] so players can use Virtual card text on physical Decipher ''Star Wars'' CCG cards. Early instructions told players to print the PDF, cut out the new game text, and insert it in an opaque sleeve with the matching Decipher card (or, with clear sleeves, tape/attach the cutout to the card).<ref name="tfn2002">[https://theforce.net/ccg/story/Players_Committee_Announces_the_First_Virtual_Card_Set_68946.asp Player's Committee Announces the First Virtual Card Set], TheForce.Net, 12 February 2002 (citing Game Players Network)</ref><ref name="decivs1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020610072829if_/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee/virtualcardset1.html Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!], decipher.com (Wayback, 10 June 2002 snapshot; dated 5 March 2002)</ref><ref name="vc1pdf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050813215254/http://decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/virtual/VirtualCards1.pdf VirtualCards1.pdf], decipher.com (Wayback)</ref><ref name="cardlists">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020611031545/http://decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/index.html Decipher Star Wars CCG cardlists index], decipher.com (Internet Archive, 11 June 2002)</ref>
 
Decipher's own June 2002 cardlists index listed Players Committee virtual sets next to official products and described printable PDF slips for tournament-legal play:<ref name="cardlists" />
 
<blockquote>In addition, virtual card sets from the SWCCG Player's Committee provide new game text for selected cards. In printable PDF format, text may be sleeved with your original cards for tournament-legal play.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Virtual Card Set #1 &ndash; 12 cards. Tournament-legal 03-09-02.</blockquote>


Official download and print libraries still live under [https://www.starwarsccg.org/resources/virtual-slips/ Virtual Slips / Files] on starwarsccg.org.<ref name="slips">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/resources/virtual-slips/ Virtual Slips / Files], starwarsccg.org</ref>
Official download and print libraries still live under [https://www.starwarsccg.org/resources/virtual-slips/ Virtual Slips / Files] on starwarsccg.org.<ref name="slips">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/resources/virtual-slips/ Virtual Slips / Files], starwarsccg.org</ref>
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Per early Decipher / Players Committee material (2002):
Per early Decipher / Players Committee material (2002):


* Virtual cards shipped as '''PDF slips''' &mdash; print, cut, sleeve over the referenced Decipher card.<ref name="tfn2002" /><ref name="decivs1" />
* Virtual cards shipped as '''PDF slips''' &mdash; print, cut, sleeve over the referenced Decipher card.<ref name="tfn2002" /><ref name="decivs1" /><ref name="cardlists" />
* Virtual versions were marked with '''(V)''' in rulings, articles, and deck lists.<ref name="decivs1" />
* Virtual versions were marked with '''(V)''' in rulings, articles, and deck lists.<ref name="decivs1" />
* Players could include both the original Decipher text and the (V) version in a deck, but could not switch a card either way once a tournament began.<ref name="decivs1" />
* Players could include both the original Decipher text and the (V) version in a deck, but could not switch a card either way once a tournament began.<ref name="decivs1" />
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'''Soft / community wording:''' players and the PC site commonly call these printouts '''V-slips''' or '''Virtual slips'''. Early announcements emphasized PDF sleeve modifiers; later PC About copy describes printable "new game text boxes (and sometimes new card names and frames)" placed over existing cards.<ref name="pcabout">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/about-us/ About Us], starwarsccg.org</ref>
'''Soft / community wording:''' players and the PC site commonly call these printouts '''V-slips''' or '''Virtual slips'''. Early announcements emphasized PDF sleeve modifiers; later PC About copy describes printable "new game text boxes (and sometimes new card names and frames)" placed over existing cards.<ref name="pcabout">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/about-us/ About Us], starwarsccg.org</ref><ref name="pcabout2">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/about/ About], starwarsccg.org</ref><ref name="pcabout3">[https://playerscommittee.org/about/ About], playerscommittee.org</ref>


For the full era map (Original &rarr; Blocks / Legacy &rarr; Reset / Current), see [[History of the Players Committee]].
For the full era map (Original &rarr; Blocks / Legacy &rarr; Reset / Current), see [[History of the Players Committee]].
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== V-Kit ==
== V-Kit ==


[https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ Vkit] on starwarsccg.org is the Players Committee tool for generating customized printable Virtual-card PDFs (select cards / sets rather than only whole-set slip PDFs).<ref name="vkit">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ Vkit], starwarsccg.org</ref><ref name="vkitgh">[https://github.com/swccgpc/swccg-vkit swccgpc/swccg-vkit], GitHub</ref> The Virtual Slips library also points players to vKit for a custom selection of slips.<ref name="slips" />
[https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ Vkit] on starwarsccg.org (app at [https://vkit.starwarsccg.org/ vkit.starwarsccg.org]) is the Players Committee tool for generating customized printable Virtual-card PDFs (select cards / sets rather than only whole-set slip PDFs).<ref name="vkit">[https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ Vkit], starwarsccg.org</ref><ref name="vkitapp">[https://vkit.starwarsccg.org/ V-Kit app], vkit.starwarsccg.org</ref><ref name="vkitgh">[https://github.com/swccgpc/swccg-vkit swccgpc/swccg-vkit], GitHub</ref> The Virtual Slips library also points players to vKit for a custom selection of slips.<ref name="slips" />
 
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[[File:Vkit-in-use.png|thumb|right|360px|V-Kit UI at [https://vkit.starwarsccg.org/ vkit.starwarsccg.org] filtering Luke Skywalker. Fair-use screenshot of the Players Committee print tool; site entry page [https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ starwarsccg.org/vkit/].]]
[[File:Vkit-example-output.png|thumb|right|360px|Example V-Kit PDF output (Medical Droid slip page) generated from [https://vkit.starwarsccg.org/ vkit.starwarsccg.org]. Fair-use screenshot; entry [https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ starwarsccg.org/vkit/].]]


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Formats]]
* [[Formats]]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/resources/virtual-slips/ Virtual Slips / Files]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/resources/virtual-slips/ Virtual Slips / Files]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ Vkit]
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/vkit/ Vkit] / [https://vkit.starwarsccg.org/ vkit.starwarsccg.org]


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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* TFN first Virtual Set announce (12 February 2002)
* TFN first Virtual Set announce (12 February 2002)
* Decipher "Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!" (Wayback)
* Decipher "Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!" (Wayback)
* Decipher cardlists index (IA 11 June 2002) &mdash; virtual sets / PDF sleeved / Set #1 12 cards legal 03-09-02
* VirtualCards1.pdf / VirtualCards1a.pdf / VirtualCards1Premium.pdf
* VirtualCards1.pdf / VirtualCards1a.pdf / VirtualCards1Premium.pdf
* starwarsccg.org Virtual Slips / Files; About Us; Vkit
* starwarsccg.org Virtual Slips / Files; About Us / About; Vkit (+ vkit.starwarsccg.org)
* playerscommittee.org About
* swccg-vkit (GitHub)
* swccg-vkit (GitHub)


Latest revision as of 20:52, 23 September 2026

Note: Community term for printable Virtual overlays. Cite primary/PC sources only; do not invent card text. Era hubs: Virtual Sets (2002-2009) (Virtual Original), Virtual Legacy, Virtual Modern / Current Virtual. History: History of the Players Committee.

V-slips (also Virtual slips) are printable overlays released by the Players Committee so players can use Virtual card text on physical Decipher Star Wars CCG cards. Early instructions told players to print the PDF, cut out the new game text, and insert it in an opaque sleeve with the matching Decipher card (or, with clear sleeves, tape/attach the cutout to the card).[1][2][3][4]

Decipher's own June 2002 cardlists index listed Players Committee virtual sets next to official products and described printable PDF slips for tournament-legal play:[4]

In addition, virtual card sets from the SWCCG Player's Committee provide new game text for selected cards. In printable PDF format, text may be sleeved with your original cards for tournament-legal play.

Virtual Card Set #1 – 12 cards. Tournament-legal 03-09-02.

Official download and print libraries still live under Virtual Slips / Files on starwarsccg.org.[5]

This wiki is a fan encyclopedia. It is not the Players Committee and does not replace starwarsccg.org.

How players use them

Per early Decipher / Players Committee material (2002):

  • Virtual cards shipped as PDF slips — print, cut, sleeve over the referenced Decipher card.[1][2][4]
  • Virtual versions were marked with (V) in rulings, articles, and deck lists.[2]
  • Players could include both the original Decipher text and the (V) version in a deck, but could not switch a card either way once a tournament began.[2]

Surviving early slip PDFs (e.g. VirtualCards1.pdf / VirtualCards1a.pdf) show compact replacement game-text boxes for specific Premiere cards.[3][6] Later PC slips expanded beyond those compact modifiers (see evolution below).

Premium Virtual Set 1 slip instructions likewise describe cutting out the area beneath the card title and placing the cutout in a sleeve with the original card (opaque sleeves recommended; clear sleeves may require tape or similar attachment).[7]

Evolution

Treat these as versioned layers — presentation, legality, and which cards remain in the pool can change (including through errata and drops). Do not collapse them into a single "Standard" view.

Layer Rough span What players printed Wiki / PC pointers
Early modifier / sleeve slips 2002–~mid Virtual Original Compact replacement text boxes sleeved over Decipher cards Virtual Set 1 (Original); Virtual Sets (2002-2009); VirtualCards1.pdf
Redesigned / fuller Virtual slips later Original through Legacy Nicer full-card or fuller-frame treatments; Block packaging after the 2009 reorg Virtual Sets (2002-2009); Category:Virtual Legacy sets; Virtual Slips / Files
Current Virtual (post-Reset) 2014– Current Virtual set icons / numbering; often different image, lore, text, and symbols from early modifiers Category:Current Virtual sets; Main Page Virtual Modern band

Soft / community wording: players and the PC site commonly call these printouts V-slips or Virtual slips. Early announcements emphasized PDF sleeve modifiers; later PC About copy describes printable "new game text boxes (and sometimes new card names and frames)" placed over existing cards.[8][9][10]

For the full era map (Original → Blocks / Legacy → Reset / Current), see History of the Players Committee.

Era hubs on this wiki

V-Kit

Vkit on starwarsccg.org (app at vkit.starwarsccg.org) is the Players Committee tool for generating customized printable Virtual-card PDFs (select cards / sets rather than only whole-set slip PDFs).[11][12][13] The Virtual Slips library also points players to vKit for a custom selection of slips.[5]

V-Kit UI at vkit.starwarsccg.org filtering Luke Skywalker. Fair-use screenshot of the Players Committee print tool; site entry page starwarsccg.org/vkit/.
Example V-Kit PDF output (Medical Droid slip page) generated from vkit.starwarsccg.org. Fair-use screenshot; entry starwarsccg.org/vkit/.

See also

Sources

  • TFN first Virtual Set announce (12 February 2002)
  • Decipher "Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!" (Wayback)
  • Decipher cardlists index (IA 11 June 2002) — virtual sets / PDF sleeved / Set #1 12 cards legal 03-09-02
  • VirtualCards1.pdf / VirtualCards1a.pdf / VirtualCards1Premium.pdf
  • starwarsccg.org Virtual Slips / Files; About Us / About; Vkit (+ vkit.starwarsccg.org)
  • playerscommittee.org About
  • swccg-vkit (GitHub)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Player's Committee Announces the First Virtual Card Set, TheForce.Net, 12 February 2002 (citing Game Players Network)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!, decipher.com (Wayback, 10 June 2002 snapshot; dated 5 March 2002)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 VirtualCards1.pdf, decipher.com (Wayback)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Decipher Star Wars CCG cardlists index, decipher.com (Internet Archive, 11 June 2002)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Virtual Slips / Files, starwarsccg.org
  6. ↑ VirtualCards1a.pdf, decipher.com (Wayback)
  7. ↑ VirtualCards1Premium.pdf, res.starwarsccg.org/legacyblocks — Virtual Set #1 Premium Edition
  8. ↑ About Us, starwarsccg.org
  9. ↑ About, starwarsccg.org
  10. ↑ About, playerscommittee.org
  11. ↑ Vkit, starwarsccg.org
  12. ↑ V-Kit app, vkit.starwarsccg.org
  13. ↑ swccgpc/swccg-vkit, GitHub
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