@Lotrek
You may want to check into the copyright issues with the name.
There was a board game called Shogun (MB) in the late 80's that got sued and changed it's name to Samurai swords.
There is a new board game now that has Shogun as the name and I believe it acknowledges the copyright (don't have a copy myself)
It may be good to look into this before you get full swing into your project.
The last thing you need to do is put a project up on KS, get it funded, be told to cease and desist or change your design, have to change the whole design, ignore your backers as you "redo" the art and design.

@Soliloquy
Where did you live in Japan?
I was in Nagoya for 4 years. Sucker for anything with a Japanese theme now. Makes me "Natsukashi".

I had to vote transducers on the strength of the other transducer decks.
Not sure what it is about the fathom deck, but something about it rubs me the wrong way and I find it to be one of the ugliest decks I own.

So I really have mixed feelings about this.

Don't get me wrong a free Gold Arcane sheet to members is awesome and it is making the Black Club membership worth it now.

I just wish they made it a Free Rare uncut sheet or something like that.

I bought a Gold Arcane sheet when they did the give away the deck with the sheet promo. Now I am going to have a second.
To sell you say.
Sure.
But since they are giving it away the second sales price is going to dive.

Oh well just a gripe at my luck not at the fact that they are giving away the free Gold Arcane reprint uncut sheets.
That is awesome.

This is a difficult one for me as I am not a fan of the fan back.
The D$D decks have the benefit of being readily available, which as a card player is important for my use of cards beyond collecting.
I don't actually own the decks from Zenneth
But for a fan back the black actually looks pretty stylish however I don't feel the same about the white.
Still I guess I will cast my vote for the Zenneth decks as I wouldn't use a fan back for playing. So I will choose one that looks good on the wall.
It also isn't a D$D deck

I will have to vote for the crown decks.
The ability to still get them at a decent price is number one. The standard look about them makes them great for magic and gaming.
Playing poker with a David Blaine deck makes everyone automatically assume they are marked (as most of them are)
and lastly I do not like David Blaine, I have always considered him a mediocre magician with the majority of his fame from performing stunts.
His cards are nicely designed but since he has put his face on the court cards it makes it difficult for me to play with. Seeing his smug face staring up at me from my hand just gets a bit infuriating.

So yeah
put me down for the Crown decks. Except the red, I never thought the design worked in red

Match set should be a coin themed deck.
Maybe with a copper colored back

You know with all the zombie decks that have been coming out lately and all the Cthulhu decks , it is only natural that the next deck will be zombie Cthulhu.

As for the customization of ones face into a card...
After the White rabbit deck I am against it.
Albino Dragon offered that reward in their Call of Cthulhu deck, and I think it worked well there, because they highly customized the images so the people didn't look much like themselves anymore and the cards were still able to fit the theme.
In the White rabbit deck they did a lot less customization (changes) to the pictures that people sent them ( my theory is thy had complaints about the first deck and the people not being recognizable) and I feel it ended up compromising their theme (not enough Alice in wonderland too much picture of guy who paid $500)

Hello Nat

Yes the steam punk thing is getting a bit played out on the playing card circuit and so is the Cthulhu thing
(Never thought I'd hear myself say that, but the "Cthulhu Bicycle Playing Cards Deck- H.P> Lovecraft"deck kind of put the nail in the coffin for it, for me)

That being said
I think the new box design is pretty slick.
It gives it a much more professional feel than the box with a couple cards on the front (the old one was reminiscent of a souvenir deck)
The new deck portrays the theme extremely well, better I think than the back of the cards due.
I think your back comes off as more straight victorian Cthulhu than Steam punk. I know steam punk is set in victorian times but so was most of Lovecrafts stories well early 20th century. But early 20th century New England is pretty indistinguishable from victorian times for most modern people. (that being said I am sure don will correct me in some way)

My point the addition of a couple hard to see gears on the back of the card does not completely convey the steampunk part of the Cthulhu Steam punk theme (IMO).
I wish you could take some more time and try to get that across a little better on the back without muddying it up too much.

Anyway , I backed and if you start showing some more of the court cards and suits I may go in for a uncut sheet.

Have you heard if these will be sold directly from the company or will they be doing it through D$D

"52 hot college Girls"

I think this guy is just using this deck as a "legitimate" front to start up his porn business.

He certainly isn't putting in the effort to make it a card business.

David announced before the end of his Polaris campaign that these decks had come in.

Has anybody received their pledge rewards yet?

Really Utterfool? Glad to hear that, as I was about to pay for that E membership.

Granted it is only February so they have time to make it up. But $150 is a lot to make up

And E promised early notification and special releases. So far everything they have released has been open to the general public (besides the Black artifice, and the snowboard... Yippeee!!!!)
and I have received notice of all releases when everyone else does. It could just be my curmudgeonly nature but E doesn't appear that they are going to put to much effort into their "club"