Players Committee

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The Players Committee (PC)[1] is the volunteer organization that has run the Star Wars Customizable Card Game since Decipher stopped producing it. It maintains the rules, creates and updates virtual cards, organizes tournaments and championships, and promotes the game. It is led by the Advocate Council and is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.[2]

Mission

The PC states its goal as continuing the history, passion and friendly nature of the game, and manages it to prioritize gameplay over collectibility. Its virtual cards are distributed free of charge.[2] Its work is divided among teams that report to the advocates:[3]

  • Rules: rulings, errata, and the Advanced Rulebook.
  • Design and development: new virtual cards, playtesting, proofing and graphics.
  • Tournaments: local, regional and world championships, and alternative formats.
  • Marketing and communications: outreach, social media, prize support, news and player surveys.
  • Technology: the GEMP online platform and the website.

Current advocates

The Advocate Council as listed on the PC's Community Card (March 2026):[4]

Earlier advocates, year by year, are on Players Committee advocates.

Organization

Main article: Players Committee organization

The PC's organization chart shows a Lead Advocate and six advocates (rules, marketing, design, production, tournaments and communications), each supported by volunteer teams such as prize support, streaming, design and development, proofing, playtesting, graphics and the tournament committee. A GEMP technology team, a legal role and a store manager are shown alongside.[3]

Background

In December 2001 Decipher announced that it could not extend its Lucasfilm license, and it created a volunteer committee to carry the game forward.[2] The first six Player Advocates were named on 25 January 2002.[5] Cards could be distributed only electronically and for free, which led to the virtual card program (see V-slips and Virtual Original). The PC moved to its current site, starwarsccg.org, in June 2009,[6] and reset the competitive virtual card pool in 2014 (see Virtual Modern). More detail is on History of the Players Committee. Era hubs: Decipher era, Virtual Original, Virtual Legacy, Virtual Modern.

In 2002 the PC reduced the minimum for a sanctioned tournament to four players, and winners of various Opens could design a virtual card; Decipher donated $10,000 for World Championship prizes.[7] From 1 February 2003 Decipher turned over all prize support for sanctioned tournaments to the Players Committee, and from 1 January 2003 tournament ratings used a higher "K" value for higher-level events (16 local, 32 Level 1, 48 Level 2, 64 Levels 3–4).[8] The PC opened an online affiliate store with Universal Cards on 1 April 2003.[9] In June 2003 Decipher gave the PC a $5,000 "no-strings-attached" cash donation; about $2,000 paid to move Decipher's product donation from Colorado, and the rest went to the World Championship.[10] On 6 October 2003 the PC shipped the uncut-sheet prizes for the 2003 State, National and Open championships: foil Light Side or Dark Side Endor uncut sheets.[11] The PC marked its second full year on 10 February 2004 ("Two Years Strong").[12] From 1 June 2004 the PC charged approval fees for Mini-Opens ($35) and State Championships ($25) and sold prize packages (Ultimate $100, Premiere $50, States $35, Local $25);[13] late in 2004 Tournaments Advocate Michael Carr cut them to $90, $45, $30 and $20/$10 plus shipping, noting that the PC had "spent over $1000 on shipping prizes" the year before.[14]

See also

External links

Logo history

The current logo is the horizontal lockup of the STAR WARS Customizable Card Game box mark and the words PLAYERS COMMITTEE. It has been the header logo of starwarsccg.org since 2013.[15] The box mark is also used on its own, in white on black or black on white, as the avatar of the committee's GitHub organizations.[16] The nonprofit site playerscommittee.org uses a separate SWCCG / PLAYERS COMMITTEE mark.[17]

Earlier logos:[18][19]

  • Oval SWCCG Player's Committee logo, swccgpc.com, 2002–2006[18]
    Oval SWCCG Player's Committee logo, swccgpc.com, 2002–2006[18]
  • Box mark in white on black, starwarsccg.org, 2011[19]
    Box mark in white on black, starwarsccg.org, 2011[19]
  • Box mark in black on white (GitHub organization avatar)
    Box mark in black on white (GitHub organization avatar)

References

  1. ↑ Header logo of starwarsccg.org, shown on every page including About Us (logo.jpg: live file, Wayback capture of 25 January 2021; page: Wayback, 16 March 2025). Checked on the live site on 10 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 About the Players Committee, playerscommittee.org
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PC organization chart PDF (PDF creation date 6 May 2024), res.starwarsccg.org/orgchart/orgchart.pdf
  4. ↑ Community Card, Advocate Council tab, res.starwarsccg.org (file dated 18 March 2026)
  5. ↑ The Star Wars Players' Committee, decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter dated 25 January 2002)
  6. ↑ New Domain and Server, starwarsccg.org (posted 10 June 2009; Wayback, 6 July 2009)
  7. ↑ The State Of SWCCG, Duane Bruun (PC Staff Writer), swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 13 June 2003.
  8. ↑ 2003 Championship Circuit Opens in One Month, Andrew Howard, swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 24 April 2003.
  9. ↑ April 03 Updates, swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 10 August 2003.
  10. ↑ Decipher Grants Monetary Gift to PC, swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 9 August 2003.
  11. ↑ SWCCGPC.com news (October–November 2003), swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 2 December 2003.
  12. ↑ SWCCGPC.com news (December 2003 – April 2004), swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 15 April 2004.
  13. ↑ Tournament Fees and Prize Packages!, swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 3 June 2004.
  14. ↑ Prizes, Prizes, and More Prizes!, Michael Carr, swccgpc.com. Internet Archive capture 16 December 2004.
  15. ↑ starwarsccg.org home page, Wayback capture of 14 December 2013 (first capture with the lockup in the header); current header logo on the About Us page (Wayback, 16 March 2025).
  16. ↑ GitHub organization avatars: PlayersCommittee (white on black; Wayback, 8 October 2026) and swccgpc (black on white, u/25210454; Wayback, 23 August 2025).
  17. ↑ playerscommittee.org (Wayback, 14 July 2025).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 swccgpc.com home page, Wayback capture of 6 November 2002 (logo file mainlogo.gif). The oval is still the banner logo in the 2 April 2006 capture; a smaller printing is in the Game Players Network rulesupdate.pdf (Wayback, 12 February 2006).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 starwarsccg.org home page, Wayback capture of 26 January 2011; logo images logo.png and logo2.png (Wayback, 28 January 2011).
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