Reign of Sin + Rule of Virtue (Wylie Beckert)

[Räpylätassu]

New Wylie Beckert playing card project confirmed. Do I need to say more?

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[ecNate]

Thanks for posting!

As always from her the art is on point, but a tired theme (especially with the Culminus just being created today). Personally I will have to wait and see on full deck artwork and price. Her first one was an instant classic for sure, but I'm not sure round 2 will have the same impact on me.

REIGN OF SIN and RULE OF VIRTUE are are two faces of the same coin: a brand new two-deck playing card set loosely based on the Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues

[wyliebeckert]

Haha, I was going to drop the project here when it was a little further along but yall beat me to it!

Here's the finished artwork for the first card, the King of Clubs (Pride) for Reign of Sin - there's a long way to go given the two-deck format, but I'm aiming for a kickstarter launch in 2018 if life doesn't interfere.

As always from her the art is on point, but a tired theme (especially with the Culminus just being created today). Personally I will have to wait and see on full deck artwork and price. Her first one was an instant classic for sure, but I'm not sure round 2 will have the same impact on me.

Yeah, I'll admit the deadly sins are pretty well done to death after the last few millennia; I'll be editing, substituting, and re-interpreting the themes though, to hopefully create something really unique. The art will of course be the main distinction (I'm having a lot of fun designing the full-body face cards) but the decks will also have a written narrative, similar to what I did with Wicked Kingdom, and I'm really excited to run with this theme...

Thanks for backing the first deck - hoping to win you over with this one in the end

[Bruno]

I'm going with Wylie and The Art on this ....
How not ?!
But .... !
Her timing would have to be better this epoch .... I'm unwilling to wait for perfection, even when sinning.
Or perhaps ....
Anyway !
Should be interesting, in a fashion.
I could wait a little ....
I have a smallish virtue.

What ?
No ....

[shaitani]

I'm not very, familiar with Wylie's work, but this artwork looks gorgeous. I can't wait to see more.

[shermjack]

Can someone fixed the title? Wylie's last name is spelled incorrectly

[sms69x]

Yeah, I'll admit the deadly sins are pretty well done to death after the last few millennia; I'll be editing, substituting, and re-interpreting the themes though, to hopefully create something really unique. The art will of course be the main distinction (I'm having a lot of fun designing the full-body face cards) but the decks will also have a written narrative, similar to what I did with Wicked Kingdom, and I'm really excited to run with this theme...

The theme maybe over done in the last few years, but your artwork makes it unique... I don't mind having another Sins deck done by you.

If I may, please consider a more elaborate tuck box (when compared to Wicked Kingdom), add all the whistles and bells we're used to (foil, embossing at least!). Is such a pitty - regarding Wicked Kingdom - to have such a great deck o cards encased in a lesser tuck box! When I show it to my friends, they go like, "meh... isn't that good", until they see the cards themselves!!.

[rousselle]

I have a smallish virtue.

That's what she said.

(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

[Bruno]

Waaall, that was th'inference ....

[wyliebeckert]

If I may, please consider a more elaborate tuck box (when compared to Wicked Kingdom), add all the whistles and bells we're used to (foil, embossing at least!). Is such a pitty - regarding Wicked Kingdom - to have such a great deck o cards encased in a lesser tuck box! When I show it to my friends, they go like, "meh... isn't that good", until they see the cards themselves!!.

I've been considering some extras for the tuck this time around (if not for the entire run, then at least for a limited/special edition set)... still not 100% sold though. The embossing samples from USPCC I have in hand are pretty underwhelming (single level embossing is barely even perceptible, sculpted emboss is only a little bit better - do these effects turn out better on actual tucks, or are creators outsourcing the fancier tucks on their USPCC decks to another company?)

Either way, I'm definitely planning on purpose-built art for the tuck case (as opposed to WK's text-heavy design) that will be more in keeping with the contents of the deck and should make for a more exciting overall package, especially for collectors who like to keep their decks sealed.

[Scorpio_1973]

Any deck from Wylie and I'm in! So much talent!

[sms69x]

I've been considering some extras for the tuck this time around (if not for the entire run, then at least for a limited/special edition set)... still not 100% sold though. The embossing samples from USPCC I have in hand are pretty underwhelming (single level embossing is barely even perceptible, sculpted emboss is only a little bit better - do these effects turn out better on actual tucks, or are creators outsourcing the fancier tucks on their USPCC decks to another company?)

Well I'm not sure if all the decks I have printed by USPCC have the tucks done by USPCC also, but I believe that some creators outsource the tuck boxes. You can try to have a work with Alex Chin (from Seasons Playing Cards) to figure out where he makes his tuck boxes (Alex produces some of the greatest tuck boxes out there).

Hope other creators (Gio, Lorenzo, Rick Davidson, Chirs Ovdiyenko) can give you some insight on that!

[RichK]

I've been considering some extras for the tuck this time around (if not for the entire run, then at least for a limited/special edition set)... still not 100% sold though. The embossing samples from USPCC I have in hand are pretty underwhelming (single level embossing is barely even perceptible, sculpted emboss is only a little bit better - do these effects turn out better on actual tucks, or are creators outsourcing the fancier tucks on their USPCC decks to another company?)

Well I'm not sure if all the decks I have printed by USPCC have the tucks done by USPCC also, but I believe that some creators outsource the tuck boxes. You can try to have a work with Alex Chin (from Seasons Playing Cards) to figure out where he makes his tuck boxes (Alex produces some of the greatest tuck boxes out there).

Hope other creators (Gio, Lorenzo, Rick Davidson, Chirs Ovdiyenko) can give you some insight on that!

Alex used the sculpted embossing from USPCC. I know Gio, Thirdway Industry, is using EPCC China for his deep embossing of SINS.

[cartamundicards]

Haha, I was going to drop the project here when it was a little further along but yall beat me to it!

Here's the finished artwork for the first card, the King of Clubs (Pride) for Reign of Sin - there's a long way to go given the two-deck format, but I'm aiming for a kickstarter launch in 2018 if life doesn't interfere.

As always from her the art is on point, but a tired theme (especially with the Culminus just being created today). Personally I will have to wait and see on full deck artwork and price. Her first one was an instant classic for sure, but I'm not sure round 2 will have the same impact on me.

Yeah, I'll admit the deadly sins are pretty well done to death after the last few millennia; I'll be editing, substituting, and re-interpreting the themes though, to hopefully create something really unique. The art will of course be the main distinction (I'm having a lot of fun designing the full-body face cards) but the decks will also have a written narrative, similar to what I did with Wicked Kingdom, and I'm really excited to run with this theme...

Thanks for backing the first deck - hoping to win you over with this one in the end

wow this is simply stunning! great work! can't wait for it to come out!

[montecarlojoe]

Your artwork is absolutely gorgeous!

I love the break in symmetry to illustrate contrast too

[Merlebird]

From the designer of the Wicked Kingdom deck....

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GET HYPE Y'ALL

[Räpylätassu]

There already is a thread for these

[Merlebird]

Well shucks. I should've just clicked on her username to check... can a mod combine the threads?

[theCapraAegagrus]

Well shucks. I should've just clicked on her username to check... can a mod combine the threads?

You theoretical space-wasting SOB.

[Merlebird]

Well shucks. I should've just clicked on her username to check... can a mod combine the threads?

You theoretical space-wasting SOB.

Mom, is that you? Get off the forum, you're embarrassing me in front of my friends!

[theCapraAegagrus]

Well shucks. I should've just clicked on her username to check... can a mod combine the threads?

You theoretical space-wasting SOB.

Mom, is that you? Get off the forum, you're embarrassing me in front of my friends!

Something something something dark side, something something something your mom.

[Harvonsgard]

I've been considering some extras for the tuck this time around (if not for the entire run, then at least for a limited/special edition set)... still not 100% sold though. The embossing samples from USPCC I have in hand are pretty underwhelming (single level embossing is barely even perceptible, sculpted emboss is only a little bit better - do these effects turn out better on actual tucks, or are creators outsourcing the fancier tucks on their USPCC decks to another company?

If there is still a need for this and since I read nobody has dropped the names of some of the best in the game, I'll just drop http://www.clovestpress.com/ and https://www.oathplayingcards.com/

'nuff said.

[chicken_ql]

Gotta pick up like 30

[Harvonsgard]

Gotta pick up like 30

You mean 15/15 or 30 each?

[chicken_ql]

Gotta pick up like 30

You mean 15/15 or 30 each?

30 bricks

[Harvonsgard]

Gotta pick up like 30

You mean 15/15 or 30 each?

30 bricks

My bad. Split bricks or 30 bricks each?

[chicken_ql]

Gotta pick up like 30

You mean 15/15 or 30 each?

30 bricks

My bad. Split bricks or 30 bricks each?

Each most likely.

[Eric Lee]

Darn it, ya'll whippersnappers gave me and probably quite a few others false hope that she's actually ready to launch this! Bah.

[Harvonsgard]

Darn it, ya'll whippersnappers gave me and probably quite a few others false hope that she's actually ready to launch this! Bah.

Sorry...

[wyliebeckert]

I figure I'm way overdue for an update on Reign of Sin!

Over the past few years, this project has been waylaid by so many personal tragedies and large-scale disasters that I'm starting to believe it might actually be cursed (it's definitely to blame for COVID... sorry.) But, it's finally far enough along that it's officially time to start looking forward to the eventual launch!

As of this post, I'm 100% finished with the dark deck (Reign of Sin) and almost 3/4 of the way through the light deck (Rule of Virtue). You can check out the progress below. My current plan is to have both decks wrapped up for a Kickstarter launch in January, which I'm hoping will put me on the other side of the manufacturing and shipping delays caused by COVID.

Here's the dark deck, Reign of Sin (finished!)




And the light deck, Rule of Virtue (still in progress.)




I'm including closueps of a couple of my favorite cards below. As with Wicked Kingdom, there's a narrative to go with each card; I'll be collecting all of the art and writing into an art book that will be offered alongside the decks in the Kickstarter. You can find some of the writings (and a link to join the mailing list if you'd like a heads up when the launch happens) at http://www.reignofsin.com