Cross Realms Playing Cards: Fantasy Deck - On Kickstarter

[russbrett]

Hey, guys!

We finally launched the Kickstarter for our playing cards: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/catatomicstudios/cross-realms-playing-cards-fantasy-deck

We're mostly comic book guys, and we learned a lot reading the messages on this forum.  So thanks for creating such an invaluable resource.

Don gave a lot of good advice which I took back to my team, but ultimately the guys wanted to realize their specific vision.

I get the feeling our cards are going to appeal more toward the fantasy/RPG crowd than solid card collectors, but they were willing to take that chance.

I hope you check out the campaign and consider supporting the project.

Thanks again for all the great info on this board.

[Don Boyer]

Good luck - it's going to be a tough market to crack with this deck.

A few notes:

For the drunken, naked dwarf, you'd do better to conceal his genitalia by showing a side angle.  Some printers might object to anything short of a black box covering the genitals if they're visible - you could get your project rejected.  I've seen a few people make decks with mild nudity in them have trouble finding a printer.

Check the spelling on all of your cards.  Artillery only has one A...

Stating that the cards will be 20.5mm in total is not a good idea, for two reasons.  One: paper thickness will always vary somewhat - it's nearly impossible to mass-produce paper to a perfectly uniform thickness, and a tenth of a millimeter is a very short distance - your variances on a deck-by-deck basis will probably be measured in whole millimeters.  Two: a deck that thick is made with some incredibly thick stock, probably not all that flexible.  For example, I measured a deck made with Expert PCC's Robusto stock at just over 17mm - that stuff is so thick, it makes casino grade look wimpy and it's difficult to bend for shuffling.  Be certain of the quality of the paper you're getting before committing to it in your project.

[russbrett]

Good luck - it's going to be a tough market to crack with this deck.

A few notes:

For the drunken, naked dwarf, you'd do better to conceal his genitalia by showing a side angle.  Some printers might object to anything short of a black box covering the genitals if they're visible - you could get your project rejected.  I've seen a few people make decks with mild nudity in them have trouble finding a printer.

Check the spelling on all of your cards.  Artillery only has one A...

Stating that the cards will be 20.5mm in total is not a good idea, for two reasons.  One: paper thickness will always vary somewhat - it's nearly impossible to mass-produce paper to a perfectly uniform thickness, and a tenth of a millimeter is a very short distance - your variances on a deck-by-deck basis will probably be measured in whole millimeters.  Two: a deck that thick is made with some incredibly thick stock, probably not all that flexible.  For example, I measured a deck made with Expert PCC's Robusto stock at just over 17mm - that stuff is so thick, it makes casino grade look wimpy and it's difficult to bend for shuffling.  Be certain of the quality of the paper you're getting before committing to it in your project.

Hey, Don.  Again, thanks for the comments.  I always appreciate your insights.

Yeah.  I know this deck is pretty niche.  There was a team of five working on it, and consensus was to throw caution to the wind.  These guys consider themselves artists, and weren't afraid to try something completely new and untested.  Nobody's going to lose money if we can't raise what we need, so we're all pretty much just treating it like a grand adventure.

Thanks for the warning about the naked dwarf.  We actually already printed a dozen decks through MPC, so I'm hoping any objection they would have would have already been brought to our attention.  We also played with the cards and didn't notice any issue with the playability caused by the thickness.  But I will certainly take down the card stats so there isn't a problem if the actual cards are off.

Thanks also for the Artillary catch.  It was written correctly in the word doc, but apparently didn't translate to the cards (that's working with artists for you).

Again, I really do appreciate the resource you provide with this forum.  We knew nothing about creating a deck of cards going into this project, and this forum was a plethora of information.