Flesh & Bones (DS)

[Rob Wright]

 The next project on DeckStarter

 Flesh & Bones

No mention of already being made. $12 earlybird/ $15 regular + shipping

Flesh & Bones is a completely custom, hand illustrated deck of playing cards, designed in London by Dual Originals.

Each card has been rigorously designed to create a unique deck that combines digital precision with illustrative flair. As this is our debut deck of cards, we went the extra mile to create something that is really special.

The court cards feature detailed, hand-drawn illustrations based on mythical creatures like the Kraken and a Nymph, and ancient gods, such as Triton and Medusa.

[Don Boyer]

This one I actually like, and it's got a much better price tag.  It's minimal and artistic all at once.

[Rob Wright]

Yea, I hate to say it, but I like them as well. Price is more reasonable. $4 for shipping 1 deck..........

Then I saw this....

Steve Brooks
 $67
 Katherine Bukys
 $16
 Damien Hudson
 $86
 Conrad Altmann
 $16
 Matthew Miller
 $16
 Anonymous
 $52
 Ondrej Psenicka
 $16
 Jubby Biron
 $125
 Tomas Lopez
 $27
 Jeff Morin
 $16
 Payton Cuddy
 $16
 Ali
 $16
 Chad McMillan
 $16
 Victor Miranda
 $27
 Victor Miranda
 $30
 Diana Suva
 $86
 Sam Hessian
 $52
 Charlie Zerag
 $27
 Melissa Panetta
 $65
 Michael Campbell
 $16
 Anonymous
 $16
 Charles Guerrero
 $52
 Vince Valderrama
 $16
 Bryan Tucker
 $16
 Jacob Sharrard
 $27
 Obed
 $86
 Gerben
 $27
 Lorene Faure
 $125
 Joshua Wat
 $27
 Firdaus Isa
 $16
 Doug Dreier
 $16
 Anonymous
 $19
 Mark Wilder
 $16
 ernest young
 $86
 Pierre Robitaille
 $16
 Anonymous
 $16
 Andrew Gibbs
 $115
 Melissa Hill
 $115
 Anonymous
 $16
 Anonymous
 $19
 Carla Rael
 $16
 Maxime Bonhomme
 $58
 benji taylor
 $86
 Geoff Biron
 $125
 brian maples
 $16
 Jina Bolton
 $16
 Dan Buck
 $86
 Dave Buck 
 $115
 Alejandro Portela
 $95

Me no longer like! That is not cool!

[Don Boyer]

Hey, Victor kicked in for some!  Though not as much as Dan and Dave did. 

Yeah, there's a subtle but important difference between openness and invasiveness.

[ATS]

I have not used deckstarter yet - Does one opt in/out for this display? There is 'anonymous' there... is this openly known and easy an option to choose. I do understand the appeal if people openly show their support - and it is interesting see average/mean investments which people choose to undertake in decks.

[Rob Wright]

My email to DS

Is there an option to add a second deck to the $12 early bird?

 What if I do not want my name used along with my pledge amount? I don't mind having my name used-showing support, but it's nobody's business what my pledge amount is.

DS reply

Like Kickstarter, you can add in your own amount and email us, letting us know you want two decks.


there is checkbox on the checkout page to hide your name from showing up.


Cheers!

[Don Boyer]

So I got an email that there's four days left in this deck's campaign.

I perused the backer list.

A few names appear more than once - eager backers?

The Art of Play backed for $2,500 - in other words, Dan and Dave increased their backing by $2,500.

It's still over $2,700 short of goal, and we're heading into a holiday weekend.  I wonder if there will be a big surge in backing at the last minute?  I wonder who will be providing that boost?

I actually do like this deck - wish they had a two-deck pledge, 'cause I'd be in for that.

[badpete69]

Also when you cancelled your pledge, your name still shows up in the pledge section. My name was there until the project ended even though I cancelled out the second day

[Magic_Orthodoxy]

I know D&D did this to compete with KSTR but what do you think.... would this deck have been funded by now if it had launched on KICKSTARTER as opposed to Deckstarter?

[DarkDerp]

I vote yes. Kickstarter increases a projects visibility.  The site makes it easy to ask questions and talk to other backers.  Then there is the search indexing  which makes discovery a whole lot easier. A person searching a general topic doesn't have to be searching for "playing cards" to stumble on a project. This adds backers who don't keep their ear to the ground about cards but just searched the general theme. And makes it easy for bloggers and sites to feature the project to their audience.

[Don Boyer]

I have no doubts that it would have funded on KS, and much sooner.

[Rob Wright]

I like the deck, so I went ahead and backed it. I did not see a magic button to hide your name from the list, as I was told, but anyways.........
Funded $10,606- had $10,000goal

From email today.

Since these cards have already been printed we will mail them out within the week. We'll send you an additional confirmation when they ship!

 
D&D going to go broke if they keep funding there own projects. I guess it's like any other release from them. They will sell them on Art Of Play eventually for a profit.

[Magic_Orthodoxy]

and if you count up the decks actually sold, I doubt it was even 300 units.

UPDATE - Rob you got an email?

From email today.
Quote
Since these cards have already been printed we will mail them out within the week. We'll send you an additional confirmation when they ship!

That's funny because on their last coffee they said that they hadn't been printed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVR4REWX9ik

Starting at 13:20

[Rob Wright]

M.O.
Here is the entire email

Hey Robert,

Thanks for supporting the following campaign on DeckStarter:
Flesh & Bones – Get One Deck of Flesh & Bones playing cards.


Your pledge in the amount of $28 has been processed. You can view your purchase confirmation at www.deckstarter.com/your-account or click here to View it in your browser.

Since these cards have already been printed we will mail them out within the week. We'll send you an additional confirmation when they ship!

If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to contact us.

Cheers,
 DeckStarter

[Don Boyer]

The Bucks keep sending me invitations to their Coffees and Book Clubs but they're over by the time I receive them and they're not always compatible to my schedule.  I'm guessing they have old ones still on file?

[Magic_Orthodoxy]

yeap all on their YT channel - you can get to it from the link I posted above