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What is Holotable?

Holotable is the name of a program created from scratch by LtPage2 which allows Star Wars CCG aficionados to play their customizable card game online. Holotable boasts a myriad of improvements over other similar programs, namely, the ability for gamers behind firewalls/routers to play games via a dedicated server (the same server which now hosts this website).

Features of Holotable:

• Dedicated server to allow users to find an opponent and play games (also has peer to peer support)
• Users can observe in-progress games on the server
• Save and load games, with password protection for two-player games
• Hot spots for Force Pile, Reserve Deck, Used Pile, and Lost Pile, starting cards, and out of play cards (all except out of play are searchable)
• Undo and redo functions
• Uses actual images of real cards, and supports viewing the large image when the cursor is over the card
• Up-to-date card files with most recent virtual cards (currently through Virtual Block 8)
• Ability to update card definitions, images file, and Holotable/Holodeck themselves through Holotable
• The ability to add additional features in the future!

Screenshots (click to view full-size):

In-game

Server dialog

Holodeck

 

Brief history of Holotable.com

This site was created in order to give SWCCG players a place to meet and play this great game online. Originally focusing on a program known as Cardtable, the Holotable launched in September of 2004 with the goal of "ultimately having the most complete database of online SWCCG players on the internet."

Subsequent input from the community resulted in the establishment of a permanent server through which players behind firewalls could host and play games. Unfortunately the limitations of the Cardtable program (which was several years old and never updated) prevented the use of the server, which would otherwise have functioned correctly.

After several unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the source code, Matt (LtPage2) finally gave up on Cardtable and started work on a brand-new program from scratch. This new program was named "Holotable" and is the focus of this website.

The forums here are provided so players can easily get in touch with one another and organize games. Ultimately, we hope to have the most complete database of online SWCCG players on the internet.

In the future, The Holotable will (hopefully) run online tournaments, keep players up-to-date with the most current files, and provide pre-constructed decks from current and past World Champions (among others) to the public.

Current versions

Holotable: 0.9.9

Holodeck: 0.4.0

Current Windows packages:

• Holotable 0.9.9 (6563)
• Large images (post-reset) (3522)
• Holotable 0.9.9 update (1503)

Current Linux packages:

• Linux Holotable 0.9.9 (934)
• Linux large images (post-reset) (571)
• Linux Holotable 0.9.9 update (376)

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