[KS] The Grimoire Series, Pt 1- Coming 10/07 from The Edgy Brothers

[Nurul]

Edgy Bros, the guys that brought you Dia De Los Muertos playing cards, have just posted a teaser, on FB, of their upcoming deck. To be launched in October via kickstarter.





Edit- Updated topic name to match project. RW

[Anthony]

Has a little "Book of the Dead" vibe going

[Rob Wright]

I see a monkey face. King Kongish

[PrincessTrouble]

Has a little "Book of the Dead" vibe going

I see the same thing.  Very Army of Darkness.

[Nurul]

Jack of Diamonds

[edgybros]

hey, everybody. we're very close to making the official announcement for this campaign, including the name and date it will begin. stay tuned and we'll make sure to come back here and post some more images. we can say that it's going to be two decks based on a magick theme and the decks will be completely different, no tuck swaps or redundant cards. we're pretty stoked. thanks!

[Don Boyer]

Edgy Bros, the guys that brought you Dia De Los Muertos playing cards...

Which one?  There's been so many!

In Spanish, you don't capitalize "de los" in a title, just like "of the" in English.

[Nurul]

Edgy Bros, the guys that brought you Dia De Los Muertos playing cards...

Which one?  There's been so many!

In Spanish, you don't capitalize "de los" in a title, just like "of the" in English.

Actually, there's only one Edgy Bros deck titled "Dia de los Muertos" as far as I know. If you're referring to other playing cards with the same theme, titled "Day of the Dead" or "Muertos" or "Calaveras" then it's obvious I'm not talking about them because I clearly put "Edgy Bros, the guys that brought you Dia de los Muertos playing cards" ..  =D

[Don Boyer]

Edgy Bros, the guys that brought you Dia De Los Muertos playing cards...

Which one?  There's been so many!

In Spanish, you don't capitalize "de los" in a title, just like "of the" in English.

Actually, there's only one Edgy Bros deck titled "Dia de los Muertos" as far as I know. If you're referring to other playing cards with the same theme, titled "Day of the Dead" or "Muertos" or "Calaveras" then it's obvious I'm not talking about them because I clearly put "Edgy Bros, the guys that brought you Dia de los Muertos playing cards" ..  =D

Touche!  (Sorry, can't accent the "e" in my browser!)

Back to the topic - new design, waiting for more images and a launch date.

[edgybros]

Hey, everybody, we just posted our last Dia de los Muertos update, having finished sending out packages today. We can now announce the name and launch date for this upcoming campaign: it will be called The Grimoire Series, Pt. 1, launching Oct. 7. More images to come!

[edgybros]

as promised, here's another image from the upcoming campaign. this will be the card back for our second deck, the elemental deck. the first deck is the necromancy deck.

[Fess]

as promised, here's another image from the upcoming campaign. this will be the card back for our second deck, the elemental deck. the first deck is the necromancy deck.

A lot of colors on that card back, I think they make it look pretty interesting. Will these be USPCC printed or EPCC?

[edgybros]

as promised, here's another image from the upcoming campaign. this will be the card back for our second deck, the elemental deck. the first deck is the necromancy deck.

A lot of colors on that card back, I think they make it look pretty interesting. Will these be USPCC printed or EPCC?

we're leaning uspcc, but we don't rule out expert yet. we'll make a decision pretty soon. either way, the cards will be embossed with metallic foil at the minimum, and that's without stretch goals to get those embellishments. those will be standard.

[Don Boyer]

as promised, here's another image from the upcoming campaign. this will be the card back for our second deck, the elemental deck. the first deck is the necromancy deck.

A lot of colors on that card back, I think they make it look pretty interesting. Will these be USPCC printed or EPCC?

we're leaning uspcc, but we don't rule out expert yet. we'll make a decision pretty soon. either way, the cards will be embossed with metallic foil at the minimum, and that's without stretch goals to get those embellishments. those will be standard.

Foil on the box - or on the cards?  EPCC can do foil on the cards.

[edgybros]

as promised, here's another image from the upcoming campaign. this will be the card back for our second deck, the elemental deck. the first deck is the necromancy deck.

A lot of colors on that card back, I think they make it look pretty interesting. Will these be USPCC printed or EPCC?

we're leaning uspcc, but we don't rule out expert yet. we'll make a decision pretty soon. either way, the cards will be embossed with metallic foil at the minimum, and that's without stretch goals to get those embellishments. those will be standard.

Foil on the box - or on the cards?  EPCC can do foil on the cards.

again, depends on who we go with. pluses and minuses for both, so we have to choose carefully. and i think i mis-typed my earlier response. the decks will be embossed and with metallic ink, not foil, at the minimum. foil is something that might have to be a stretch goal if we were to go with uspcc. again, something that has to be decided upon soon.

[Don Boyer]

again, depends on who we go with. pluses and minuses for both, so we have to choose carefully. and i think i mis-typed my earlier response. the decks will be embossed and with metallic ink, not foil, at the minimum. foil is something that might have to be a stretch goal if we were to go with uspcc. again, something that has to be decided upon soon.

USPC offers foil applied to the box.

EPCC offers it on the box and/or on the cards.  It's a trickier process, putting it on the cards, but it can still be done, and has been done already with the Exquisite Bold deck.

Going with USPC means you're not putting foil on any cards, just the box.

(NOTE: I accidentally posted my reply in your post at first!  I re-edited it back to how you created it before making this reply.  It happens now and then.)

[edgybros]

looks like we're going to go with uspcc on this one.

[Fess]

looks like we're going to go with uspcc on this one.

Sounds like a plan. Looking forward to the campaign.

[edgybros]

More images to come soon. But the campaign is coming Oct. 7, so get ready!

[edgybros]

here are the tuck cases for both decks. campaign launches in just a couple days!

[Fess]

Great tucks haha, I really like them both.

[Don Boyer]

here are the tuck cases for both decks. campaign launches in just a couple days!

Now I'm more intrigued.  Nice-looking boxes.

[edgybros]

another card, this one from the elemental deck. this is djinn, king of hearts. also, here's our official campaign thumbnail pic.

[edgybros]

one last tease before we launch tomorrow. the necromancy deck ace of spades.

[sprouts1115]

I don't know.  Any box in the indices means that you must bring it into the card thus having to have a wider spread of cards.  Meaning you will have less cards in your hand.  That is a bad thing.

[edgybros]

I don't know.  Any box in the indices means that you must bring it into the card thus having to have a wider spread of cards.  Meaning you will have less cards in your hand.  That is a bad thing.

thanks for the feedback. the cards are designed to replicate the feel of a page of a medieval manuscript, hence the box around the indice. not likely to help for sleight of hand, surely. it's something we'll tweak if we can do it without compromising that design theme.

[Don Boyer]

I don't know.  Any box in the indices means that you must bring it into the card thus having to have a wider spread of cards.  Meaning you will have less cards in your hand.  That is a bad thing.

thanks for the feedback. the cards are designed to replicate the feel of a page of a medieval manuscript, hence the box around the indice. not likely to help for sleight of hand, surely. it's something we'll tweak if we can do it without compromising that design theme.

I'd be less concerned about a box around the index, more concerned about having the value and suit properly aligned - vertically, the center of each should be on the same line.  In fact, if you want to keep the box on the index, put the suit in the box with the value - they should be together, easily and quickly read.  I think that they're narrow enough that the box shouldn't make a significant difference, but you should try to push the index as far into that corner as you can get it without the printer having a conniption fit about alignment issues and die lines.

[PurpleIce]

Its Live

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/213168680/the-grimoire-playing-cards-series-pt-1-by-edgy-bro

[CthulhuWho1]

I couldn't resist these, especially the Elemental decks with their beautiful backs!

So I'm in for a few decks.

But I had to post the following in the Kickstarter Comments section today:

Hey Edgy Brothers, I'm backing you again, but I'd like for you to change part of your deck descriptions.

There's no such thing as a "Bicycle Unbranded" deck.  Your cards are only Bicycle Branded when you pay the extra fees to use their brand.

If you don't pay to have a Bicycle Branded deck, but you have your cards printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC), then they are just USPCC printed cards; and NOT Bicycle anything.

You might also spell out the card stock your decks will be printed on by the USPCC.

But Please remove the Bicycle reference!

Will Hart
Fullerton, California

[PurpleIce]

I couldn't resist these, especially the Elemental decks with their beautiful backs!

So I'm in for a few decks.

But I had to post the following in the Kickstarter Comments section today:

Hey Edgy Brothers, I'm backing you again, but I'd like for you to change part of your deck descriptions.

There's no such thing as a "Bicycle Unbranded" deck.  Your cards are only Bicycle Branded when you pay the extra fees to use their brand.

If you don't pay to have a Bicycle Branded deck, but you have your cards printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC), then they are just USPCC printed cards; and NOT Bicycle anything.

You might also spell out the card stock your decks will be printed on by the USPCC.

But Please remove the Bicycle reference!

Will Hart
Fullerton, California

Well, they could be printing under USPC using Bicycle Stock #808, just not using Bicycle Brand.

Of course, "Bicycle Unbranded" sounds weird, just need to rephrase it a little, like printed using Bicycle Stock or Bicycle Quality Playing Cards if it really matters that much. 

[edgybros]

already corrected, as i see will and i are crossing paths on multiple forums today  . and yes, the terms uspcc likes to use to describe their choices and features can be confusing, as we're finding out.

[edgybros]

I don't know.  Any box in the indices means that you must bring it into the card thus having to have a wider spread of cards.  Meaning you will have less cards in your hand.  That is a bad thing.

thanks for the feedback. the cards are designed to replicate the feel of a page of a medieval manuscript, hence the box around the indice. not likely to help for sleight of hand, surely. it's something we'll tweak if we can do it without compromising that design theme.

I'd be less concerned about a box around the index, more concerned about having the value and suit properly aligned - vertically, the center of each should be on the same line.  In fact, if you want to keep the box on the index, put the suit in the box with the value - they should be together, easily and quickly read.  I think that they're narrow enough that the box shouldn't make a significant difference, but you should try to push the index as far into that corner as you can get it without the printer having a conniption fit about alignment issues and die lines.

made a tweak. check out the new design:

[Don Boyer]

made a tweak. check out the new design:

Looks better.  Try comparing this to a new version with the index suit inside the index box, below the value.  It will make the suit stand out more - right now it looks like some kind of tacked-on afterthought.  Indices should be quickly and easily read - the easier to read, the better.  Gorgeous art with a not-so-great index design will add up to an infrequently-used deck! 

[Collector]

Active on Kickstarter. This time Expert Playing Card Company.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/213168680/the-grimoire-series-pt-1-playing-cards-by-edgy-bro

Interesting decks. There are a lot of hidden symbols in them. My 2 cents:
http://playingcardcollector.net/2014/10/21/grimoire-playing-cards-1-by-edgy-brothers/

[Fess]

Friendly reminder for the Necromancy deck. About 58 hours left on these.

They are offering as an odd-on three of the Dia de los Muertos Decks at the same price they offered them at on their respective KS campaign if you missed out. $10 a deck is a pretty nice price on them, check Update #4.

[Fess]

They have unlocked the Elemental Magick deck early.