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Playing Card Plethora / Cross Realms Playing Cards: Fantasy Deck - On Kickstarter
« on: January 26, 2016, 03:30:57 PM »
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.




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Design & Development / Cross Realms Playing Cards: Fantasy Edition
« on: December 03, 2015, 07:53:45 PM »
Hey, guys!

I've been lurking here for a while (and throwing out a question here and there - thanks for the replies, by the way), and I wanted to show some of the cards my team is working on.  I respect all of the opinions of you folks, and appreciate that you don't hold back when it comes to critique.

For Cross Realms, we kept the standard values of a 52 card deck (2-Ace), but swapped out the traditional suits (clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts) for fantasy races (Orcs, Elves, Dwarves and Humans).  We also added titles to the cards and flavor text to give it a bit of a TCG/CCG feel (even though it's intended to be used as a standard deck).  And unlike most other novelty decks that I've seen, we did character work for all 52 cards, not just the face cards.

Orcs


Elves


Dwarves


Humans


Thoughts?  Comments?  Criticisms?

Any and all replies are appreciated.

Thanks.

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Design & Development / What Card Stock to Use?
« on: October 28, 2015, 11:54:32 PM »
Hey, guys!

Is there a preferred card stock to use for playing cards (poker size)?

It looks like we'll be printing through makeplayingcards.com (because cost and convenience - and by all means, feel free to direct me to a better/comparable manufacturer), and they have several options:

270 gsm (promotional)
300 gsm (smooth)
330 gsm (superior smooth)
310 gsm (linen)
310 gsm (linen air)
Plastic (100%)

We're just looking to make a typical (playable) deck of cards, and not sure which stock to choose.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

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Design & Development / Best Way to Mail a Deck?
« on: September 07, 2015, 01:38:39 PM »
What's the best (and/or cheapest) way to mail a standard size deck of playing cards (in a tuck box)?

I'm figuring a small bubble mailer, but wanted to check.

Thanks.

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Introduce Yourself / Introducing Myself
« on: September 07, 2015, 01:28:26 PM »
Hey, guys!

Russell from New York, here.

My art studio has spent the year designing a deck and I've been using this site as a "how-to."

Figured I'd join up and introduce myself as we near completion and I have some final questions.

Love the site.  Love the decks.  Glad a site like this exists.

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