[TXT] [pics] Persian Empire Deck

[ruicorreia]

  "Produced by Cy through Kickstarter;
   Printed on the USPCC, released in 2013;
   Limited Edition;
   Stock and finish: unknown
   52c+2j+2db

   The theme of the deck is, of course, inspired by the times of the Persian empire.
   The design of the cards and the box is totally unique, although the figures of the court cards are strangely similar to some images that already existed. Yet it remains an interesting proposition for a deck. The cards are in brown tone (somewhat resemble the Sultan Treasury), the indices of the letters have Persian characters, which makes them a little confusing but the overall is positive.
   I still have some doubts about the stock and finish used but in general they handle very well.
   Score: ***"

   This was my review posted in January on my FB page (http://goo.gl/HuusGC).
   I'm still not sure, because I haven't any Kem deck, but I could guess that this deck has Kem stock.

[Don Boyer]

  "Produced by Cy through Kickstarter;
   Printed on the USPCC, released in 2013;
   Limited Edition;
   Stock and finish: unknown
   52c+2j+2db

   The theme of the deck is, of course, inspired by the times of the Persian empire.
   The design of the cards and the box is totally unique, although the figures of the court cards are strangely similar to some images that already existed. Yet it remains an interesting proposition for a deck. The cards are in brown tone (somewhat resemble the Sultan Treasury), the indices of the letters have Persian characters, which makes them a little confusing but the overall is positive.
   I still have some doubts about the stock and finish used but in general they handle very well.
   Score: ***"

   This was my review posted in January on my FB page (http://goo.gl/HuusGC).
   I'm still not sure, because I haven't any Kem deck, but I could guess that this deck has Kem stock.

A Kem deck is thick and 100% plastic, no paper.  You'd immediately know the difference.  I don't believe he ever got the deck done as a Kem deck.

Could you expand on your rating scale?  You rated this ***" - three asterisks and a quotation mark.  Without a context, that could be the greatest (or worst) rating in the world and we wouldn't know the difference.

[ruicorreia]

  "Produced by Cy through Kickstarter;
   Printed on the USPCC, released in 2013;
   Limited Edition;
   Stock and finish: unknown
   52c+2j+2db

   The theme of the deck is, of course, inspired by the times of the Persian empire.
   The design of the cards and the box is totally unique, although the figures of the court cards are strangely similar to some images that already existed. Yet it remains an interesting proposition for a deck. The cards are in brown tone (somewhat resemble the Sultan Treasury), the indices of the letters have Persian characters, which makes them a little confusing but the overall is positive.
   I still have some doubts about the stock and finish used but in general they handle very well.
   Score: ***"

   This was my review posted in January on my FB page (http://goo.gl/HuusGC).
   I'm still not sure, because I haven't any Kem deck, but I could guess that this deck has Kem stock.

A Kem deck is thick and 100% plastic, no paper.  You'd immediately know the difference.  I don't believe he ever got the deck done as a Kem deck.

Could you expand on your rating scale?  You rated this ***" - three asterisks and a quotation mark.  Without a context, that could be the greatest (or worst) rating in the world and we wouldn't know the difference.

Concerning the stock, there's a difference all right. But I can't really say exactly what is the stock used. I hope that another forum member can help me with that.

About the rating: all the review is between quotation marks because it's the transcription of a review posted on FB; and about the asterisks I'm just following the rules posted in the Deck Review section:

***** - This deck is practically flawless, and is the absolute definition of amazing playing cards
**** - This deck is pretty darn good, and definitely worth looking into
*** - This deck was decent and has some outstanding traits, but nothing too special
** - This deck was mediocre and average on all counts
* - This deck is absolutely terrible, but is still somewhat usable
ZERO - This deck can't even perform in card games, and is bad in every possible aspect

[Don Boyer]

Hm.  I'd forgotten that Alex posted those.  It was Alex, right?

Please feel free to use your own rating system, as long as you take the effort to explain to us how it works.