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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: shadowkat on July 19, 2014, 07:25:20 AM
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Just launched earlier this morning.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/french-touch-playing-cards?show_todos=true
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(https://images.indiegogo.com/file_attachments/708346/files/20140710112339-2586.jpg?1405016619)
(https://images.indiegogo.com/file_attachments/708349/files/20140710112632-rtueytio.jpg?1405016792)
(https://images.indiegogo.com/file_attachments/708351/files/20140710112741-Poker_Die_single.jpg?1405016861)
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It's not a bad deck, but Fabien Defaucheux is claiming this as his own unique design. It's really just a reprinting of a very old French deck in the Parisian style using a new color palette. He designed the back, but it's primarily just a stylized "F".
That's not to say it's a terrible deck - just that the designer is overreaching in his claim.
One major problem is the pricing. A single deck with shipping outside of France is €13. For two decks, it's €20. At the current exchange rate, €13 is US$17.58, €20 is US$27.05. This applies to ANYONE outside of France, even other countries in the EU/Europe.
The other major problem: if you consider that the indices are in French, it has strong appeal only to Francophones and French-speaking countries. Americans are terribly stubborn about what they think a playing card deck should have in it! :))
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He designed the back, but it's primarily just a stylized "F".
....so French Fontaine?
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It's not a bad deck, but Fabien Defaucheux is claiming this as his own unique design. It's really just a reprinting of a very old French deck in the Parisian style using a new color palette. He designed the back, but it's primarily just a stylized "F".
That's not to say it's a terrible deck - just that the designer is overreaching in his claim.
One major problem is the pricing. A single deck with shipping outside of France is €13. For two decks, it's €20. At the current exchange rate, €13 is US$17.58, €20 is US$27.05. This applies to ANYONE outside of France, even other countries in the EU/Europe.
The other major problem: if you consider that the indices are in French, it has strong appeal only to Francophones and French-speaking countries. Americans are terribly stubborn about what they think a playing card deck should have in it! :))
Now you're dealing with the EXACT issue us internationals deal with! In fact, $13.50 each for 2 decks shipped is just about what I pay for a KS deck these days, and I don't back quite a lot of campaigns because the costs are even higher for many projects.
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Now you're dealing with the EXACT issue us internationals deal with! In fact, $13.50 each for 2 decks shipped is just about what I pay for a KS deck these days, and I don't back quite a lot of campaigns because the costs are even higher for many projects.
Well, unless you're living in France, you're STILL dealing with it with this deck! :))
It doesn't bother me - the deck, while nice, isn't really my cup of tea.