Just a few months ago, Lorenzo Gaggiotti surprised us not only with an awesome deck of cards, Requiem, but also with an interesting story behind every card. The campaign was a success and the decks are already in his backer’s hands so as he promised, his second deck has been launched: Heretic. […]
Although this is not the very first deck inspired in the popular Mexican festivity of El Día de los Muertos, the design of these cards is quite original and its name is short and concise: Muertos. It is really interesting how a colorful celebration like The Day of the Dead can be depicted in […]
If you read Max Playing Cards you will know what crowdfunding is and how it works with playing cards. Most of the recent custom playing cards projects depicted in this website have been launched through Kickstarter, a platform dedicated to any kind of project where playing cards design has found a place to grow. […]
After many individual successes on playing cards projects, two experiences guys on Kickstarter and cards, Erik Dahlman (Albino Dragon) and Nat Iwata, have joined their talent and efforts to produce a cool new deck of cards: The Goonies. The cards are inspired on the well-known adventure–comedy film directed in 1985 by Richard Donner and produced […]
Cultúrlán Enterprises is a company created to help make history and mythology more accessible generally, by transforming aspects of it into artwork (and games) and placing that artwork on commonly used mediums (such as glassware, apparel and, of course, playing cards). All of their art is designed by Medieval Studies Professor James Acken and […]
Two months ago I was talking about a set of two Bicycle decks developed by VixenTor Games: Plugged Nickel. That campaign finished unfunded and the creator, Matt Drake, decided to take some time and change the way he was handling the project, improve the design and think about printing the decks in another company […]
San Diego and Tijuana share a common metropolitan area divided by an international boundary line between the U.S. and Mexico known in Spanish as “el borde“. That borderline, crossed each day by hundreds of people, mostly Mexicans working in the U.S., is full of stories, some of them quite shocking. Inspired by such a […]
Home Run is formed by a group of cool people with the most eclectic deck designs. After many different proposals, the very last one by Gavin (Zombie Riders) is the Hawaiian deck. The deck is inspired and dedicated to the Hawaiian Islands and their traditions. The whole deck has been customized, from the court […]
4PM Designs is an experienced team of playing cards creators. After their last and complicated Legacy campaign, they have decided to release a new limited deck: Tenebre Rosso. This deck will be printed by Legends Playing Card Company (LPCC), which is being the preferred choice for several creators that have traditionally used the USPCC […]