So first, an update. We are pretty much ready to present both 7.2 and 7.3 to development, but are waiting for the go-ahead from Scott/Sonn. Some player cards are already being developed, and a few have been approved for playtesting. 7.2 is going to be a big set that will add a lot to the game before the MPC. We hope you like the results.

Since all three of us have gone public, I think this is a great opportunity to find out from you what you want to know about (besides spoilers). To that end, I’m in the chat (in the background) most of the day. On Friday, July 30, I’m planning on having a live chat where you can tell me what you want us to know about and generally answer questions to the best of my ability. It will start at noon and go until 3pm or so, and I will try to keep copies of questions and responses and post them to the boards afterwards.

But let’s talk process, a little. Sonn can weigh in with this much better, but from what I knew as a player card guy there were a lot of things schedule wise that were changed to accommodate the Revolution. This was part of the reason that Block 7 changed from Galaxy at War to Rise of the Empire.

When I was added to the team, Sonn asked us for any ideas we had that would fit the theme of the block, so in a lot of was we were looking to emphasize the grunts that made the Galactic Civil War happen. Some stuff that we liked would actually have text posted. Things went into limbo for a bit, but after the name change we had to review how our cards fit the new block theme, which led to lots of scraps and reworks. We would comment on other’s designs and try to refine them while we waited for our timelines.

Eventually, we got the go ahead to start putting sets together, which we did in a semi-haphazard fashion. We created a master list and discussed our most recent ideas & texts, and if we thought it was ready to pass along we would add it to the master. This master is what will be given to development, hopefully soon. There has been some movement between sets and some more tweaks as we wait, but we are confident that these sets will both give new deck options to both sides of the Force.

The Empire rises November 12.