Star Wars Galaxies' producer adds additional details to TCG announcement

Yesterday's announcement of an online Trading Card Game based on the SOE title Star Wars Galaxies came as quite a surprise. Fans were full of questions in the official forum thread announcing the game, and Galaxies' newly-minted Senior Producer Dotanuki was on-hand part of the evening to clarify information for players.

Just to reiterate a bit, Champions of the Force will offer some 20 loot cards redeemable in-game, with the possibility of new cards being found via in-game adventuring. Players will be able to choose a light- or dark-side slant to their decks, and the game will feature events similar to sister title Legends of Norrath's raids called heroic encounters. Adds the producer:

• Loot cards are only going to be available in booster packs, not through direct sales.

• Pricing on the cards has still not been determined.

• The game is being developed by the SOE-Denver studio; the Austin team has not been sidetracked or taken off of SWG proper products to work on the game.

• There will be an in-game client and a standalone client for the game, just as Legends of Norrath currently offers.

• Booster packs for the game will be only lootable from NPCs in-game during special promotional periods, a departure from the LoN paradigm.

• All SWG subscribers will be granted cards for free, and there is no subscription fee required to play the game. Subscribers will received five free booster packs a month.