In the summer of 2002, Hasbro released Star Wars Epic Duels upon the world. Fans across the globe have been discussing, tweaking and adding their own custom creations to the board game ever since. In 2009, at the New York City Toy Fair, Hasbro teased fans with a demo expansion to Epic Duels, but unfortunately, that expansion never came to fruition, and no official expansion has been created by Hasbro to date. In 2012, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of this board game, fans at the Epic Duels Forum took it upon themselves to correct this corporate injustice. Fans came together to vote on the best of available custom add-ons to release as an unofficial fan expansion to Epic Duels. Over the course of several months, forum members intensely discussed, debated and ultimately voted on the 12 best characters and decks, and 2 best maps for the expansion. There are two different sets in the expansion: Custom Set and Tournament Set.
The Custom Set contains 12 custom decks and 2 custom maps intended to be combined with the original Hasbro game and will immediately expand your Epic Duels experience with many of the most familiar faces like Lando, Qui-Gon, Grievous and Tarkin. The project started by deciding on the 12 best characters (though the available decks for those characters was kept in mind), and moved on from there to find the 12 best decks available for those characters, and eventually considered the best available maps that weren't already included in another custom expansion. What follows should be a great starting point if you're new to custom decks, as they are considered some of the best available custom add-ons, as voted on by the then 10-years-old Epic Duels online community.
The Tournament Set is an extension of the 10YA Custom Set, containing the same 12 custom decks plus the original 12 Hasbro decks. The difference is, some of these 24 decks are modified in order to make all of them as close as possible to the same power level, while intended to remain as true to the original decks as possible. While these modifications were geared towards use in "League of Legends" style tournaments, they also provide alternatives to those who are tired of the over-powered Obi-Wan or the under-powered Jango. Modifications were intensely discussed at the Epic Duels Forum, and were ultimately tested for balance before being implemented. The below are the .pdfs you need to convert the original set and 10YA Custom Set into a 24-deck Tournament Set.
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The Tournament Set PDFs and Vassal Extension are NOT complete extensions by themselves, but must be played with the 10YA Custom Set extension in addition.