The SiShou deck should have made it; it was gorgeous. I wish the creator would have tried again.

Kickstarter doesn't allow projects to promise that the proceeds will go to charitable foundations.

Lotrek, for the jacks you might be interested in some examples of Japanese banners:
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Japanese history and literature has plenty of queens, princesses, aristocratic ladies, and yes, courtesans and geishas. (Which were not the same thing.)

Ooh, will there be samurai or samurai armor?

About the only thing I liked was the way the large pips were transformed into pawprints.

Very cute and funny!

Alternatively, you could partner with someone in the U.S. to get the deck on Kickstarter.

Learning that did make me wonder how they would react to all the awesome custom decks available here! (And if I ever manage to get my custom deck off the ground, I hope I won't have to smuggle a copy to my dad.)

I thought this thread would be about tuck boxes or packaging decks for shipping. I'll show myself out

It's my understanding (from my dad who lives in Thailand) that playing cards are tightly regulated by the government to avoid marked decks, and you can only buy officially sanctioned cards from one company. In fact, I just had to send over a couple of packs of standard Bicycles.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. I'm crying. Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come. Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody tuesday. Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long. I am the eggm...

About how much does using the Bicycle brand add to the cost of producing the deck?

At least he spelled "industry" right on the tuck box...

(if you can't say anything nice)