Even though I'm a fan of Erik Mana's work (Mana V2 was the first KS project I ever backed!), and even though the theme is one of my favourites in recent times, I'm not too surprised that Erik pulled the plug. There was something like 2 weeks where funding didn't seem to move at all.

I hope Erik goes with EPCC next time round... after all, quality matters. Hopefully some sort of extra-limited (possibly a "Private Reserve" type of variant) edition of the Buskers will also be introduced -- after all, ultra-limited decks extend the appeal to an audience that may not otherwise be interested.

Quote from: Fes on February 24, 2015, 02:40:35 AM

I like it, when am I going to be able to purchase?

Not sure yet if these will actually be produced - will depend on a few things...

For anyone who is interested in seeing this deck actually get printed, please request an invitation at the mundaine.com website so I can get an idea of how many people are out there.

Thanks!

Now if you really loved your significant other, you'd make this dress from JNuggs!

I'm thinking of passing on this one...just not too into it.  What are your thoughts on this deck?

This entire project to me is completely ridiculous.  It's incredibly simplistic.

The security window - and the color choice - has to do with making this look like a hybrid between custom deck and just another faux casino deck.  He actually calls the color "Dunes blue", as in this shade was used in a genuine Dunes casino deck.  Beyond a few exceptionally simple, basic choices, all he's done is strip away some detail from a EPCC standard face - which is itself modified from an old USPC face of roughly a hundred years ago (which is what I think it throwing Fes off when he looks at it - it did the same to me the first time I encountered it).  Change everything blue into "Dunes blue," make a few concentric circles into a logo and call it a day as you crack open your first beer of the afternoon.

With my feeble skills in Adobe, I could have taken the original files from EPCC, tweaked them to come up with this "design" and had the entire thing done in a few hours while watching TV and checking emails.

Is the design terrible?  Absolutely not.  Is it insanely simple, requiring little talent or skill to create?  Most definitely.

The part that kills me the most is that the blasted things already nearly 80% funded and sells for $12 a pack, with a limited run of 1,000.  This is NOT what I got into collecting playing cards for.  They're barely any different from any other deck I can buy at the corner store, the sole distinction being that they're made to Expert's level of quality.  It barely adds up to a hard hour's work, never mind a whole day.  Fulfillment is the biggest issue he'll have to deal with, and at his prices, even that can be handed off to another company.

It seems that some people are just not terribly discriminating when it comes to the cards they want to buy.  They could buy a pack of NOCs for less than half this price, and they look very nearly the same.  In fact, perhaps if Alex limited the print runs on the NOC to 500 packs and charged twice as much as this guy, he'd be rolling in dough - although the entire point behind a simple, inexpensive deck would be all shot to hell.  An expression about fools and their money comes to mind...

Tuck box

Quote from: Will W. on January 24, 2015, 10:03:21 AM

What I want to know is what game they are playing.  I do not recognize the card configuration from any I have ever played.  Unless its a drinking game, then maybe I have played it but apparantely I lost because I was too smashed to remember playing..., or would that mean that I won?  Matter of perspective I guess.

The title didn't give you a clue?  "Friendly game of golf?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(card_game)
http://www.pagat.com/draw/golf.html