CLUB PITCH V2

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Club Pitch playing cards has officially been (re)launched on Kickstarter. Second times a charm, right? Club Pitch V2 is a unique envisioning of traditional cards with a modern design flair. Originally meant to be a promotional item, the design vocabulary is derived from the brand identity of a small ad agency in Los Angeles, Pitch. It has matured and evolved into more of a statement on how much could you deviate and still keep it classic.

http://kck.st/2lqBCMC
Please take a little time and check them out on Kickstarter. Would love to hear your feedback whether positive or negative. It's my first project (if you don't count my original attempt a few months back) and I am proud of how the project manifested and progressed

stay up,

[Don Boyer]

Overall, you have a very solid design - very modern and appealing to the cardistry crowd.

I would offer one small suggestion in regard to the design.  I noticed that all the cards have a unique border design.  It's a design that would require some precision to cut them correctly, in a way that doesn't make the cards easily identifiable from the edges, and your choice of using Expert PCC as the printer is a good one in this case.  However, there's one card that doesn't match up with the others - your joker.  While the other cards have faces with white and green edges, the joker has a white and black edge.  If you ever used the deck to play a game that required jokers, your joker would stand out like a sore thumb in the middle of the pack.  Ideally, to prevent being able to identify cards from the edge of the pack, you want the edges of all the faces to match each other and all the backs to match each other.  Adding a thin line of green around the edge where you currently have a field of black would remove this issue, making all the cards appear identical from the edge.

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That’s a really good suggestion. Thank you. I’ll look into that.

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Adding a thin line of green around the edge where you currently have a field of black would remove this issue, making all the cards appear identical from the edge.

This is something that I really considered adjusting, but I wasn't sure if it would be a big issue. You are right though; it is way tighter if all the front edges match.

On a side note. Does anybody have strong feelings toward a small hit of metallic foil on the back of playing cards? I've already had one concern for my final stretch goal. I assumed the surface area of green metallic foil would be too small to affect performance. But, I also wouldn't mind changing from foil to a metallic ink as I would have a better chance matching the pantone color.

[Don Boyer]

Adding a thin line of green around the edge where you currently have a field of black would remove this issue, making all the cards appear identical from the edge.

This is something that I really considered adjusting, but I wasn't sure if it would be a big issue. You are right though; it is way tighter if all the front edges match.

On a side note. Does anybody have strong feelings toward a small hit of metallic foil on the back of playing cards? I've already had one concern for my final stretch goal. I assumed the surface area of green metallic foil would be too small to affect performance. But, I also wouldn't mind changing from foil to a metallic ink as I would have a better chance matching the pantone color.

Foil would make for a really cool looking card back design, but it also dramatically increases the per deck costs to produce them. Consider using a foil color as a stretch goal and make sure you adequately fund for it. You are trying to appeal to a cardistry audience that likes flashier cards from the looks of your design and the foil would make for a flashier little bonus. There is a differing school of thought on cardistry, where the cards should be more subtle and standard, so as to let the moves be what stands out rather than the card designs, but the current trend is towards more geometric patterns designs to stand out, particularly with fans done in differing directions.


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The First Achievement Unlocked

Proud to say, Club Pitch v2 has officially met it’s first stretch goal. A premium, matte-black paper tuck with green metallic foil stamped graphics. It’s 2.1, or more commonly referred to as Blackjack. Here’s a quick peak. More info surfacing on Kickstarter tomorrow.

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Almost a wrap. Just a week left, and this Kickstarter will be put to bed. Only $4 away from $5K. Check out the write-up on Kardify for some fun facts.
https://www.kardify.com/2019/10/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-club.html