Hello from Vancouver BC, Canada

[Godzillian]

Hello! My name is Arthur and I've been collecting playing cards since October 2013. My girlfriend was the one who started me on this hobby when she got me the White Ghost deck for my birthday in August. But I really got hooked in while I was looking for some Zombie decks to go along with a zombie RPG campaign my friends had put together. My search led me to Kickstarter, which introduced me to a plethora of custom playing cards. Since then, my wallet's gotten considerably smaller, while my collection's gotten a little bigger (I hope to post a collection picture in the collection thread soon...)

I've also started learning magic tricks since a month ago! Cardistry proved too difficult for my small hands (this is a common excuse but in my case, it is definitely true). I have played violin so my hands are dexterous than most, but a lot of the cuts (like the 1-handed shuffle & Conor O'Kane's Snowglobe) require too much palm-space for me.

I hope to learn lots about playing cards, the industry, magic, everything here! I've lurked around the forum a lot, and I've come to the conclusion that many of you are quite nice and friendly So it was high time that I've stopped being a lurker (for the most part). Here's to us getting along, denizens of Aethercards Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
Arthur

[Rob Wright]

Welcome Arthur. I see another victim of Kickstarter. There are many of us here that feel the pain of empty pockets that KS has caused.

[Anthony]

Welcome Arthur! Plenty to learn around here and just as many members willing to share and help. Enjoy!

,,,,,,,,,Kickstarter claims another victim 

[Don Boyer]

Arthur, we're glad to have you here.  Please make yourself comfortable.  Feel free to ask any questions you want.

I should start a new KS project for an interactive website called the Wallet Shrinker...wait - someone made it already and called it Kickstarter!  (I wish I could say otherwise, but the jokes don't get any less cheesy from here...)