V-slips
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. With clear sleeves, players taped or attached 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]
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.
Premium Virtual Set 1 slips work the same way: cut out the area beneath the card title and sleeve it with the original card. Opaque sleeves are recommended; clear sleeves may need tape.[7]
Evolution
| 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: Legacy; 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 | Virtual Modern; Category:Current Virtual sets |
Later Players Committee slips are printable "new game text boxes (and sometimes new card names and frames)" placed over existing cards.[8][9][10]
Era map: Decipher era, Virtual Original, Virtual Legacy, Virtual Modern.
Era hubs on this wiki
- Decipher era (1995–2001) — printed expansions; no V-slips
- Virtual Original (2002–2009) — set index Virtual Sets (2002-2009); first hub Virtual Set 1: Legacy
- Virtual Legacy (2009–2014) — Category:Virtual Legacy sets (Blocks / Legacy Shields packaging)
- Virtual Modern (2014–) — Category:Current Virtual sets (post-Reset Standard / Open pool)
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]
See also
- Decipher era
- Virtual Original
- Virtual Sets (2002-2009)
- Virtual Legacy
- Virtual Modern
- Virtual Set 1: Legacy
- History of the Players Committee
- Players Committee-Lucasfilm agreement
- Formats
| Star Wars CCG Eras | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Decipher 1995–2001 |
Virtual Original 2002–2009 |
Virtual Legacy 2009–2014 |
Virtual Modern 2014– |
| Premiere - Theed Palace | Premiere - Original VS17 | Legacy Open | Open |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Player's Committee Announces the First Virtual Card Set, TheForce.Net, 12 February 2002 (citing Game Players Network). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 VirtualCards1.pdf, decipher.com (Wayback)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Decipher Star Wars CCG cardlists index, decipher.com (Internet Archive, 11 June 2002)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Virtual Slips / Files, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ VirtualCards1a.pdf, decipher.com (Wayback)
- ↑ VirtualCards1Premium.pdf, res.starwarsccg.org/legacyblocks — Virtual Set #1 Premium Edition. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ About Us, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ About, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ About, playerscommittee.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ Vkit, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ V-Kit app, vkit.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ swccgpc/swccg-vkit, GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.