That's a sharp deck. I like the theme/art-style - it feels like a deck for a hunting lodge/US park gift shop. Well done!

For those who missed the Kickstarter, here is the link to my small on-line store where I'm listing the remainder of my Limited Edition Meeple Decks. 2 or 3 other items on there as well (non-playing card Kickstarter projects I've done with various people).

Thanks again for all the help everyone! It has felt really great hearing all the positive comments and the overall surprise at us "first timers" delivering early.

https://www.shopstarter.com/p/1590934883/meeple-playing-cards-super-limited-edition/

Luke

I use Henson as my guide post. If you don't push yourself, you don't get better. When it comes to cost, I've always felt that people will pay for things of quality, but there is also a real beauty in making "the best thing at a certain price point" (if that's your goal).

Quick update. We've received our decks from USPC and they look great!

We are now doing shipping test where I'm sending out a small group of decks to random backers to make sure my shipping options work well (we're more than a month ahead of schedule). A few happy backers have already received their deck and have given them really good reviews. Once these are out, we'll move on to our Binary deck now that we'll have proven to everyone that we will deliver a high quality product in on time.

Thanks again for all your help everyone. These decks wouldn't be as nice without all the feedback we got here.

Luke and Jordan

 

I like how this deck is coming along. Do you have a card back in the works yet? I know the 5-circles is a modern olympic thing, but I just want to throw out that you should avoid it at all costs as there are some very odd laws associated with it (including a special dispensation from congress). Keep up the work, it's coming along great!

Beautiful deck. I've seen this theme done before, but this deck is heads and shoulders over the other entries. Wish I had constructive feedback other than "I love it" but I don't! I really like purple/painted deck too - super original.

FUNDED   

Thanks to everyone who helped make this deck better and those who backed it. We are already close to our first file send to USPCC (just need to secure a UPC code).

If any other creators out there want an inside look at the last few days of the campaign and what I did to spur things at the end, here's a link to my BHAG blog. The last two entries were very Meeple Deck focused.

http://thegeekdynasty.wordpress.com

We've got the Binary deck lined up next, but we want to deliver these before we launch to show folks we get the job done.

Thanks again,
Luke

So you're funding won't even cover expenses and now you are offering free decks? Seems a little bit like desperation to me. Then if you don't have enough money people will not be happy.

I'll start with your comment that "it's complete desperation"... Yup, it totally is. I want it funded and I need a way to do it without putting substantially more money in. "Leave no bullet in the gun" is the motto today.

The decks I'm giving away are essentially "zero cost items" for me at this point. Because of deck printing minimums, I'm going to have lots of decks left over. Giving them away as marketing is really only going to cost me shipping as the printing costs are by definition sunk costs (I have to print them). The only thing I'm losing other than shipping is some future revenue from 30-50 decks that I won't have to sell - which wouldn't impact me until I've sold all the other extra decks.

I know it sounds weird to say this, but I'm still super confident that I'll be able to sell the decks I need to more than break even on this when it's all said and done. I'm already getting gaming stores contacting me for wholesale level purchases, and the convention season is right around the corner. My break even on the project will require me to sell 200-250 decks at retail, or 400-500 decks at wholesale. I expect to hit that number in less than a year, but if it takes 2-3, then fine.

Damn those are awesome. I like to try to give some useful critical opinions on decks or at least a helpful point towards useful reference, but I got nuthin' here. This is flippin' awesome. I like it much more than clipped wings already and that deck was great!

FREE DECKS. That's the last bullet in the gun, and that's what I just fired off. I added a free deck to the 6-deck package and the one that comes with a press sheet and THREE free decks to the brick level purchase.

In the end, I felt like I had to do everything possible, and while I've spent a lot of time and effort in getting the word out, I needed to do something to encourage backers to move up to a higher level. And while this will give me fewer decks to sell after the campaign and I'll soak a tiny amount of extra shipping, that's WAY better than having NO decks to sell after the campaign (and none to ship).

Initial response seems good, so hopefully I'll make the final $350 or so in the next 6 hours. And if I do, those backers are going to (rightly) get an awesome deal.

Final Sprint today. Lots of interesting thoughts, but one thing makes me really happy - Jordan and I really did our best to take the concept and implement it at every step, using good ideas no matter where they came from (ego = 0 on this). Make it or not, I'm really proud of the work we did. Jordan even laid out the press sheet so the black cards make a vaguely Meeple shape (as much as you can with a 7x8 grid that is)!

Off to email all the folks who cancelled their pledges and see if I can woo them back...

thanks again everyone!
Luke

Thanks to some great advice from Don here, we just announced our new "extra" cards. These are point scoring tracking cards that people can use when they play games. They are based on an older deck that Don posted up here, of course done in the style of the deck. We really like these as they are unique and feel right for this deck. I hope you like them too!

This campaign only has 6 days left, and we'd love it if you shared the link with any gaming friends you might have. It's going to be really really close and we could use the help...

Thanks!

I forgot - we added an interesting add-on to the Meeple Campaign and I'm curious what you all think. These are vinyl stickers of the royalty that folks can use as those "family stickers" you see on cars. I have a set on my laptop right now, they are pretty slick.

I just didn't think the "coin" thing would work very well, and the designer Jordan can create these at any quantity (a good bit of hand labor, but he enjoys it).

Please excuse the prices and stuff on the image, Jordan made a single image for me to use in the update.