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Don Boyer · « **Reply #50 on:** August 15, 2015, 07:50:34 PM »

Quote from: tanderle on August 15, 2015, 06:12:58 PM

Thanks for the clarification Don. So the white would be considered the border you are talking about? Here is how it would look if it was thinner:

Looks better. Reshape your corners to match the arc of the cut corners of the card - a ⅛" corner (about 3mm). Notice that your corners are larger in terms of the size of the arc than the card edge corners, leaving a little extra white at the corners than on the border.

Sburk49 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 16, 2015, 01:04:01 PM »

The rework looks great!

I personally would like to see Gold Foil embossing on the Legends branding as a stretch goal.

Similar to the Bicycle Archangels deck if you wanna see what i mean.

tanderle · « **Reply #52 on:** August 16, 2015, 09:26:03 PM »

Quote from: Sburk49 on August 16, 2015, 01:04:01 PM

The rework looks great!

I personally would like to see Gold Foil embossing on the Legends branding as a stretch goal.

Similar to the Bicycle Archangels deck if you wanna see what i mean.

Ah yes, I have that deck and the embossing does look very nice. I'll look into it and see how much extra it would be. Thanks for the idea.

tanderle · « **Reply #53 on:** August 17, 2015, 11:24:51 AM »

Hi everyone. The cards are now live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/286203767/olympus-playing-cards

I want to thank everyone for their suggestions, help, and support.
Tom

tanderle · « **Reply #54 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:40:27 PM »

Hi guys. Unfortunately my Olympus playing card deck did not fund.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/286203767/olympus-playing-cards

I am looking for some advice for an eventual relaunch. I want to take a decent amount of time to get this right. I am thinking about going with traditional black/red. I may also customize all the aces. I spent a lot of time on the artwork and I would really like to see the cards get funded. I am open to any thoughts you all have. Thanks.

Tom

Rob Wright · « **Reply #55 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:13:42 PM »

tanderle, I merged your 2 topics together. It just helps keep the place tidy.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #56 on:** September 18, 2015, 02:15:56 AM »

Quote from: tanderle on September 17, 2015, 07:40:27 PM

Hi guys. Unfortunately my Olympus playing card deck did not fund.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/286203767/olympus-playing-cards

I am looking for some advice for an eventual relaunch. I want to take a decent amount of time to get this right. I am thinking about going with traditional black/red. I may also customize all the aces. I spent a lot of time on the artwork and I would really like to see the cards get funded. I am open to any thoughts you all have. Thanks.

Tom

Why did you go with Legends branding?

Where was the promotional campaign? You announced the launch - and vanished into thin air! With thirty or more decks running at any given time, you need to keep people aware that your project exists or they'll forget all about it and move on to the next deck.

tanderle · « **Reply #57 on:** September 18, 2015, 08:05:25 PM »

Quote from: Don Boyer on September 18, 2015, 02:15:56 AM

Why did you go with Legends branding?

Where was the promotional campaign? You announced the launch - and vanished into thin air! With thirty or more decks running at any given time, you need to keep people aware that your project exists or they'll forget all about it and move on to the next deck.

I went with Legends because of the 1,000 print run (USPCC is 2,000) which lowered the goal.

You are totally right about being MIA. To be honest, I should've waited a little bit. Life got hectic as I bought a house and got married. Between moving and planning a wedding, I really didn't have much time for promotion. That was a big mistake on my part. I want to really take some time to fix some things and make this deck better.

HankMan · « **Reply #58 on:** September 18, 2015, 09:25:26 PM »

Quote from: tanderle on September 18, 2015, 08:05:25 PM

I went with Legends because of the 1,000 print run (USPCC is 2,000) which lowered the goal.

I think what Don means is that why do you use Legends brand on your deck. You could have use Olympus as the branding.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #59 on:** September 19, 2015, 06:46:06 AM »

Quote from: HankMan on September 18, 2015, 09:25:26 PM

Quote from: tanderle on September 18, 2015, 08:05:25 PM
I went with Legends because of the 1,000 print run (USPCC is 2,000) which lowered the goal.

I think what Don means is that why do you use Legends brand on your deck. You could have use Olympus as the branding.

And you'd be absolutely right, HankMan. It's one thing to use the Bicycle brand, but I don't think the Legends brand carries quite the same cachet just yet...

tanderle · « **Reply #60 on:** September 20, 2015, 02:19:23 PM »

Oh I see. Thanks for the insight.

tanderle · « **Reply #61 on:** October 24, 2015, 03:39:35 PM »

I am finally starting to work on my project again. Thoughts on these cards?

tanderle · « **Reply #62 on:** October 24, 2015, 03:47:34 PM »

Here are the cards below.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #63 on:** October 24, 2015, 11:39:00 PM »

Quote from: tanderle on October 24, 2015, 03:39:35 PM

I am finally starting to work on my project again. Thoughts on these cards?

Market them better? You've got to really shout loud to be heard over the 30-odd other projects for playing cards running at any given time on Kickstarter. And not just to collectors - not one of the top ten deck projects would have made the money they did without an influx of backers from outside of the card collectors' community.

tanderle · « **Reply #64 on:** October 25, 2015, 12:48:09 PM »

Yeah I completely dropped the ball with marketing last time. Here is the new and updated Dionysus.

tanderle · « **Reply #65 on:** October 31, 2015, 12:31:05 PM »

Take a look at the redesigned Aphrodite.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #66 on:** October 31, 2015, 11:53:19 PM »

The art was pretty attractive last time as well - you just need to market them better.

Know any message boards for people into Greek history and myth?

Paul Ruccio · « **Reply #67 on:** November 01, 2015, 08:22:44 AM »

I agree with Don. You need to plan your marketing outside of the playing card community. I call this a "dual community concept." The big win will come from marketing to those who are interested in Greek mythology, history, and literature.

I don't want to say the playing card community is low hanging fruit but it has a better awareness of playing card projects. You still need to market the playing card community but increase your effort outside of the community and in the concept community (i.e., message boards, Facebook groups, partner with blogs or websites, etc.).

tanderle · « **Reply #68 on:** November 01, 2015, 09:08:11 AM »

Quote from: Don Boyer on October 31, 2015, 11:53:19 PM

The art was pretty attractive last time as well - you just need to market them better.

Know any message boards for people into Greek history and myth?

I was happy with the art last time but they look much better now in my opinion.

Quote from: Paul Ruccio on November 01, 2015, 08:22:44 AM

I agree with Don. You need to plan your marketing outside of the playing card community. I call this a "dual community concept." The big win will come from marketing to those who are interested in Greek mythology, history, and literature.

I don't want to say the playing card community is low hanging fruit but it has a better awareness of playing card projects. You still need to market the playing card community but increase your effort outside of the community and in the concept community (i.e., message boards, Facebook groups, partner with blogs or websites, etc.).

Totally agree with you and Don. I admit that I dropped the ball last time but I plan on heavily marketing this time around.

tanderle · « **Reply #69 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:15:54 AM »

I officially relaunched. Thanks for the advice along the way.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/286203767/olympus-playing-cards-deck

tanderle · « **Reply #70 on:** November 22, 2015, 05:11:59 PM »

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