Wiretap Relaunch - Coming AUGUST 26 to KS @6pm EDT!!

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Wiretap Relaunch - Coming AUGUST 26 to KS @6pm EDT!!

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Hello everyone! Dave Boyd here; apologies in advance for the mega-post.

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who offered constructive criticisms, comments, and unabashed praise during the last campaign. Though it did not reach its funding goal, I learned a lot and took the time to fine-tune issues that sprung up during the original Mar-Apr campaign. If you would like to view the original campaign, please click HERE: http://goo.gl/u2S5uJ

I'd like to proudly reintroduce Wiretap Playing Cards - a deck about the recent NSA spying scandals in Washington DC. It features prominent whisteblowers and presidents who either helped or hindered the U.S.'s intelligence efforts (depending on the viewer's perspective, of course).

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The deck will offer the following features, and 2,500 copies will be printed by the USPCC (if the KS reaches its goal).
  • - Fully reversible back.
    - Air Cushion Finish.
    - Custom pencil artwork for all 56 cards, including Jokers.
    - Tiny "cameras" in each of the pips.
Here are a few lo-res images of the spade and heart courts, a sample number card, the dual-art Jokers designed by myself and Chase Camp, and the back design.

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Shown above (L/R, T/B) - President Bush, Karen Kwiatkowski, Edward Snowden, President Obama, Laura Poitras, and Julian Assange.
For a full uncut sheet preview, please visit http://www.humorousrobot.com/wiretap_relaunch/. This post also includes the Gag Order full-sheet , which is too large for me to fit into this post.

The new campaign will be quite lightweight, and will also offer dice among other add-ons. Seen here is a first look at the unbranded/branded tuck and the blue limited edition dice that will be available within the week through my site. Red dice will become available during the campaign.

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(Pen for scale.)

This community has been excellent to me ever since I was introduced to it last year, and I would love to hear your feedback on things you might like to see/should be changed during this upcoming campaign. I'll see you all on AUGUST 26th 2014 @ 6pm EDT / 3pm PDT!

- Dave
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Re: Wiretap Relaunch - Coming AUGUST 26 to KS @6pm EDT!!

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Nobody said anything about this before so maybe it's just my preference showing through, but I think the medium used doesn't fit the theme. It appears this was hand drawn in colored pencil or watercolors, which greatly contrasts with the theme. A wiretap deck in my mind should have a very digital and crisp computer generated look. Perhaps if you could vectorize the images or make it less washed out looking that may help? As I said, I generally prefer that style anyhow and don't jump at anything that appears hand drawn so maybe it's just me.

The art is still good and an interesting theme, just not one I'll be on board for. Best of luck, I hope it makes it this time around!
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Thanks for the feedback!

I've noticed that the decks that resonate most with buyers tend to use ink or vector formats, but unfortunately that is not my style.
They certainly will get a second pass to clean up as much fuzziness as possible before printing.
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DevilishRogue wrote:Thanks for the feedback!

I've noticed that the decks that resonate most with buyers tend to use ink or vector formats, but unfortunately that is not my style.
They certainly will get a second pass to clean up as much fuzziness as possible before printing.
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I respect that, good luck!
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ecNate wrote:I respect that, good luck!
Haha, thanks brother.

Though UnitedCardists caters to a large crowd who are exclusively interested in cards and cards alone, I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that the limited-edition Wiretap dice finally have a product page in the shop I've set up. If you are interested in grabbing a few of these, check up on the link here - http://www.humorousrobot.com/shop/. Soon I plan to have that page populated with more cards and products, so stick around.
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