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Card Deck Suggestions

I have been working on a miniature game that requires the use of cards for several years now. Roll20's card deck feature is the first VT that I have come across that will work for what I envision, which is great for me in bringing this game online and not just on my table with a couple of friends! But I do have 2 suggestions that would be a huge help for me, and may also be very useful for other card games as well. 1) The ability to move cards from 1 deck to another. In my case I need to have a draw deck, and a discard / graveyard deck. A lot of games use discard / graveyard piles, and many may require players to search through, shuffle, draw from, and otherwise be able to manipulate the discard pile. Currently the only way I see to do this is to drag cards from the draw pile and place them on the map (in play), and manipulate them that way, or to manually create and edit two piles at once (deleting from one and adding to another). Granted, that works, but it is a lot of work to do on a constant basis. If we could just right click on a card in the draw deck and 'send to .....', that would be amazing. 2) The ability to label a card. I see that when you add a card, you can give it a name, but that name does not show up anyplace, except for in the 'Decks' panel when you click into the deck to edit, add cards, or delete it. In other words, when you add a card to a deck, and you type in the name of that card, can we have it appear on, over, or someplace on the card when it is drawn / played? It may indeed be obvious what the card is, but my reasoning is due to the fact that I need to know who's card it is. My game requires a community deck, and when a card is drawn, it signifies who's turn it is. If multiple players have the same game card in the deck, we would not know who's specific card that is. If we could name the card "Ace of Hearts - Bob", and it showed up on the card when pulled from the deck, we would know it is Bob's card and his turn. Otherwise, is there really any reason to name a card if it does not show up when the card is drawn? I am still new to Roll20, so perhaps one or both of these are possible and I overlooked it, if so, my apologies. But I have not found a way to do either yet... Keep up the great work! I am very impressed with this setup so far!
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Pat S.
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Did you take a look at the  card deck help page ? I don't if that page will help you or if you looked there already. Gauss will probably be able to help you more.
Yeah, I checked that. Did not really see anything that would work for what I need exactly. I have found a way around issue #1 (by putting the cards into play), but is is still a pain. Thanks though! ;)
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Pat S.
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Hopefully Gauss or one of the devs will see your post here and be able to help you.
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Gauss
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In general I do not post on suggestions unless there is a workaround or the method already exists. If I comment on a suggestion it could kill the suggestion or advance it without proper input from the community. The following is an answer to whether they currently exist or not or if there is a workaround.  1) There is no current way to do this that you have not already thought of. :) 2) Cards in play act like tokens in certain respects. You can name them as a token but that naming will go away as soon as it is removed from the table.  - Gauss
Hi Gauss, thank you for the reply. Regarding #1, I have been playing around with idea's the past 45 minutes, and though I would still like this option, there are a few work arounds, including putting them in play, as well as having a player 'hold' the discard pile in their hand and visible to all playing. Players don't actually have hands in my case, so that feature can be used for the discard pile and works just fine. So though I want to toss that suggestion out there, it is just icing on the cake ;) As for #2, this I need in some way, shape, or form. I understand it really comes down to other people also wanting it and all for the mods to take the time do do such a thing, So I can only hope. :)