UPDATE!!
I've crunched numbers using MPC and I will be able to cut the goal for the KS in half of the original ($12,000 down to $6,000). Another positive is International shipping is a bit lower! I will be charging shipping up front since many people expressed their dislike of shipping being charged after the Kickstarter ended.

One Deck: $12 (plus Shipping: US - $3 / Rest of the World - $10)
Two Decks: $22 (plus Shipping: US - $4 / Rest of the World - $13)
One Deck + Art book: $40 (plus Shipping: US - $8 / Canada - $24 / Rest of the World - $34)
Half Brick (6 Decks): $60 (plus Shipping: US - $15 / Rest of the World - $28)
One Brick (12 Decks): $110 (plus Shipping: US - $15 / Rest of the World - $32)

I have also thought about offering a "standard suit" version of the deck. Samples are below. This would only be possible/cost effective if ~100 people would purchase the standard suit version, so please answer the poll!






Your thoughts / comments / etc. would be much appreciated!

I'm thinking this will be the final card back. Added some direction lines to fill some of the negative space in the compass that was unattractive.

First, thanks to everyone for your feedback. While I set out to do something a little different with this deck (custom suits) I think it probably is a good idea to include standard suits on the cards. I posted a couple options as possibilities to include a standard suit on the cards... and have come up with a 3rd option that I'm actually pretty happy with. Allows the card deck to be more functional for card players and still works fine when cards are held/fanned.

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Let me know what you think!

Fess and Skinny -- thanks so much for the feedback! i made some changes to hopefully fix some of the issues that i'm sure many others would have brought up.

I don't understand the Joker image, is the man sneaking up to smack the bear or is he friends with the bear and going to put it down? I like bears, so I don't like the cranky chap with the axe much for wanting to smack the bear.

i have added text that explains the jokers more:
"...we’ve also included two additional Jokers so that each suit in FACTIONS has a unique take on this castaway card--an elite warrior from each Faction riding into battle on its mount."

The aces are banners with full bleed art on the bottom of the card face, this is generally a no no in the playing card world because of the cheatability of full bleed card faces as they become warn and used.

i have removed the bottom bleed from the Ace cards.

It looks like you have developed interesting factions. I hope you explain them on the campaign page because I, like 99.99999% of everyone else, am lazy and won't likely seek out further information from alternate sites about the factions there in. I need it all laid out before me in a clear and easy to understand way.

i have included faction names with the suit translation graphic:


this image in the Kickstarter also links to a PDF that can be printed out to have on the gaming table:
http://www.factionsgames.com/img/FACTIONS-suit-translation-card.pdf

...I'm not comfortable with the claim of "Poker Deck."

i totally didn't think of that. i was originally just thinking that "Poker Deck" sounded more official or something. i have changed text everywhere to now say "Playing Cards".

Greetings all! I'm looking to launch a Kickstarter for a card deck that my friend and I have been working on for a while now.
Everything is done (aside from printing of course)... just waiting on January 10, 2017 to get here to launch the campaign!

I would appreciate any thoughts and feedback. Some pictures are below, but all face cards and a few others can be seen at www.factionsgames.com.