Coming soon! I have final production prototypes of the tuckboxes and they look insane. I'm putting together the kickstarter campaign details and photos/video now so hoping to launch in the next couple weeks. I'll be posting much more on social accounts leading up to launch.

Not sure if this is related to the delays or not but I just today discovered that Cartamundi is responsible for printing Disney Lorcana cards, which have been in high demand since their official release date of August 18th. So much so that they initiated a reprint of the first edition which was init...

Perhaps something like this...

I have found that other players being confused about chips has worked to my benefit - that sense of distance from money also loosens up tight wallets I prefer without numbers for various reasons, but thats the biggest Yes, well then in your case I'd suggest opting for the chip variants that don't h...

Evilgamer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 3:09 pm I think that will work, they were working with stacks of 50 which is much less flexible.

leaving it up to the buyer is never a bad choice for that kind of thing.

yeah, with multiples of 50 you'd need a minimum set of 500 chips in that case to get a set that is properly balanced for play.

interesting, going to pass along one bit of feedback (ok a couple) from the groundskeeper campaign (TGW/wyrmwood) people (some) didn't want the denomination on the chips. And there was a very strong preference for many many more of the lower denomination chips in a set than the larger ones especial...

Lots of updates coming soon, but here are some poker chip designs to check out...

I remember you saying there were issues with the Stories jumbo tuck that prevented its creation, though I forget if you ever mentioned what they were. I assume you are not anticipating the same issues here. There were 2 separate issues related to producing a jumbo version of the stories deck. The f...

1. I'm pretty sure that I'm not *literally* a pot...last I checked I was still in human form. 2. Who said anything about theft? I just thought the similarities were fascinating. It's entirely common for multiple people to come up with a similar visual concept when working in isolation from each othe...

The tuckbox is also basically the same :p

The back design looks remarkably similar in concept to my Cambio deck design from years back—even uses a similar circular rendering of a fan...

Here's an update on the book-box set... - Added a metal bookmark (white colored metal with laser cutouts and gold metallic ink) - Standard deck tuckbox now uses white paper with CMYK + 3 foils (blue/gold/silver) - Jumbo rigid box design to match standard tuckbox - this is CMYK printed and the jumbo ...

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:41 pm blurs images up pretty good too - perhaps we should fix that one of these days…

yes, please! maybe there's a forum upgrade or an alternative plugin for thumbnails or something...?

the thumbnail functionality on the forum seems to do strange things to image colors...compression of some sort i imagine

The back design will be more of a midnight blue than a purple...it'll look pretty dark, close to black

Okaaaaayyyyyyyy.... I did some exploration on adding color and lightness to the tuckbox. I think you'll be happy with the results

This is a white paper box with CMYK printing + blue/silver/gold foils

Yep, this is too true! It's always hard to balance and filter feedback as a designer. Some of it is very helpful while others may be interesting but doesn't necessarily consider the full scope and systematic thinking behind the overall design. I've been toying with colors a bit more and came up with...

Again, thanks for the suggestion—the topiary idea is quite interesting, however there are quite a few different visual elements in the deck and I'm trying to create some continuity between the different elements throughout. I think the aces actually do this quite well currently. A few more fun illus...

Man, tough crowd!

Anyway, moving forward...
One more variant on the back design using metallic silver ink

Agreed that the aces with pattern background and rays makes the most sense for consistency with the rest of the deck. Here are three of them (ace of spades coming still...)

More fun things...

Considering 2 options for designs for the aces: and playing with more options for the back design
- color gradient
- gold metallic (this is representing metallic gold pantone ink)
- gray subtle

Lovely detail with the JoS clearly and the other courts more subtle being one-way. The KoD might be one of my favorite cards to date. The subtle banners for the character names is something well designed, too. I like that they're not too dominant. Fun fact: all 12 courts are one way…see if you can ...

kevork wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:33 pm The QoD looks relatively smaller to the point where it's obvious to me, maybe because it's surrounded by other courts.

yeah, I noticed that too...I may make some minor adjustments to sizing on some of these now that they're all in place

And here's the full court...

Hi, Everything looks great to me. I personally like the collectors box. The card back with the blue added looks great. The courts are sensational. I personally like the tuck having imagined the foiling and embossing added. Will the cards, front and/or back be foiled? When are you planning to launch...

I'm targeting February for getting Kickstarter rewards shipped out. As I mentioned, it will depend mostly on the timeline from USPC (and I know they tend to get busier at the end of the year with holidays and whatnot).

Here's the serial # sticker prototype...

we can be a hard lot to please around here, i may be one of the worst in some ways. the tuck could be a little different, but it is not at the im not going to buy it level. i think just coloring in Alice would do the trick for some. that court illustrations are great and i like the addition of the ...

Heh, okay okay...here's a peek at the next two in the works

and for fun, a closeup of the queen...this will likely be the hero image for the kickstarter campaign.

And yes, I will be communicating regularly moving forward

Looking more at the 4 kings together I realized that the background solid color felt pretty flat. especially behind the white rabbit with so much dead space...so I created a chessboard pattern to give some texture. Using a similar pattern for the tuckbox interior as well... 4kings-pattern.png tuck-i...

And should the unexpected happen, how might one expect a difference in level of updates and communication from Stories? As I mentioned, the pandemic was extremely taxing for me in terms of personal available time. Between working a full time day job around having to provide childcare for 2 kiddos (...

I'm okay with the tuck box design as long as you are planning to keep it consistent for future volumes. What assurances can be provided given the delay with Stories? Yes, I already have tuckbox designs for 2 other decks in this collection... The delay with Stories was initially caused by pandemic-r...