Yep, I’m definitely curious as to how it goes with your packages, Montenzi. I read through most of those rules, but stopped once I realized I would never jump through all those hoops for EU orders. I guess if they’re serious about this, I’ll have to refund any EU online orders and just not allow EU ...

Hey Everyone, My new self-funded Deck, the Michigan Euchre Deck, is available now on my storefront. I also have a store wide 15% Black Friday sale going for the holiday weekend! Michigan Euchre printed with the Draconian Crimson Decks, so it’s all finished and ready to ship. https://midnight-cards.m...

Love hearing this Randy, i'm glad you've found a way to make it pay without wholesale. Fair play to you. Hey Paul! We should definitely catch up sometime. My family and I were just in England in July. I thought about reaching out to see if you wanted to meet up, but we travelled west of London inst...

I probably would’ve stopped designing Playing Cards years ago, if I hadn’t found success with the Comic Cons, Art Shows, Summer Festivals and Holiday Shows that I sell at. A first it was out of necessity. I caught Blue Crown not paying me thousands of royalty dollars on the White ORNATES project. Pa...

Of course. My job title for work is a graphic designer and I also have a few small e-commerce businesses which include contributing to microstock agencies as well as selling AI prompts - this where the 17,000 generated images mostly come from. Generating AI imagery can be tedious, but most of the t...

Hi Randy, when I said that 59 parks did not have a 'tire' problem, I knew of the multitude of artists - it is one of the appeals of the book (choosing your favorite posters - seeing what other posters they did ....) and meant it to mean that I appreciated that it could result in burnout for a singl...

Your first sentence is just an excuse for scammers and con artists. I'm not a fellow on the anti-AI side, I use text-to-image GenAI imagery professionally and have generated over 17,000 images to date. If you dropped the straw man arguments and listened to what I'm saying, you might understand the ...

Interesting Randy. I was going to buy this deck https://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?p=252093&hilit=National+Parks#p252093 But I realized the theme was much better suited (no pun intended) to a book format and I bought the book instead I can understand you might tire of the theme after 20 w...

Hey Everyone, Myself and another designer at my day job have used AI a few times this year, for designs that called for unique cocktail shots or backgrounds. Most of our clients are wine and spirits brands, so we’re always on the lookout for quality cocktail imagery. AI is particularly great for gen...

5 hours to go. All of 49 backers raising all of $1,625. Really? It’s all good! I’m printing 2,000 of this Deck, and they will easily sell out at shows by the end of next year or so. Shows are where the Euchre Decks shine, especially since they’re mostly in Indiana and Michigan (the two big Euchre s...

I never realized how many Randy decks I've backed over the years until I get all the notifications. I know there's a way to shut them off but I guess I don't care that much. Very excited for these! Yeah, sorry about that. I don’t spend much money or time to build a social media audience. So the Kic...

Good stuff Randy. Profits are an interesting word here. Anthony from Jocu recently (on my livestream) said what gets lost is compensation for the creator. Is it profits? Or wages? Interesting debate. If you’re interested would love to have you as a guest on Deal Me In to discuss all things cards! L...

I have no problem being transparent about Playing Cards sales. First off, I’ll probably never be without a day job before I retire. My day job is a very fulfilling, I get to work with global wine and spirits brands every day, and my salary is extremely high for the field of Graphic Design. I would b...

I forgot all about this list! Rousselle, I was wondering what you were referring to in the Crimson thread. Thank you for the complement! After doing the shows for many years, I’ve learned that you have to have quite a varied selection for the non Playing Card audience. The older women are drawn to t...

That deck looks hot! Nice to see a V2 of the Draconian deck. After the KS multi set and multi tiers trend that Ark heralded, it's very refreshing to see a simple 1 deck KS with minimal addons. For some reason the Rewards page doesn't load for me, either on my laptop or phone. But I can see the pric...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/randybutterfield/draconian-crimson-playing-cards Hey Everyone, I’m launching a Foil Cards version of my Draconian design in 1 week - Thursday, June 20th at 8:00pm EDT. Below are Links for the KS Notify Page and the KS Preview Link for the project if you’re inter...

I’ve been curiously watching this design, wondering how well it would do on Kickstarter. Last year I did a Tudor Dynasty design that didn’t do well at all (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/randybutterfield/playing-cards-house-of-tudor?ref=user_menu). Sure, some of the reasons could have been the...

If you want a fully-custom Dragon Deck, then go to Jessica Feinberg. She’s done around 15 of them so far:

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Hey Guru, I still print with Legends. I’ve printed with them regularly for almost 10 years. I just did the math - 43 different Decks for a total of 77,000 Decks printed with Legends since the original Draconians in late 2014. Crazy! And that’s not counting the LUXX Decks that JP printed with Legends...

So, any shading we apply would be lost due to the ink absorption. This could be negated if we use a white cardstock and then apply the full illustration to that cardstock. We keep the red background in doing so, but extra details like shading become possible. If you print ink on a dark color paper ...

Over 110k in funding and nearly 600 backers... this is not something to look down upon. Sure! of course. I'm definitely overall a glass half full guy, but it is a bit deflating to drop $7k in funding. At the VERY top end of the campaign funding that money is really where the profit is. So $7k defin...

Why would you show up and not tell your fans to come to see you? I was already struggling at the potential return on investment for the original idea. besides if I didnt know and then I saw the result was this BTW the legacy is currently going for $138 on ebay. Oooof. I'd be PISSED and probably at ...

I have a complex thought on that. First, Im not that far north of Omar so theres a 50% chance if he did that it would be something I could get to. But...I dont know of that many opportunities in this area. Also for some producers (and he would be one) I would be a little upset that decks I want are...

I did that with the Successor Legacy edition and ended up being saddled with an extra 200 units I couldn't/can't sell. Like they're just sitting in a warehouse now? Have you considered offering them for sale again to Successor backers? That is correct. Sitting at gamblers. It feels like Selling the...

The House of Tudor project is now live!



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Thank you for posting about the House of Tudor Decks! I’m nervous and excited to see how this one goes. The Tucks are definitely my most luxurious in a very long time. I’ve had the Legends hardcopy proofs on my desk for months. They’re pretty sweet! I’m thinking maybe a June 6th launch (Noon EDT). H...

Do people trade/buy/sell the coins alone? There are some really nice ones here. Are coins only offered during the KS campaigns? (I'm more of an antique collector - I've supported a few KS campaigns but just stuck to the basics, didn't pay much attention to how they work beyond just getting a deck o...

It’s cool seeing all of those in one place! I forgot how cool the Honeybee and Imperial (with the red enamel) Coins turned out. The King of Tiger Coin enamels should’ve been much darker. The Studio didn’t even get close to the Pantone colors I picked for them to try to match. I was pissed about that...

i like this deck but there is something holding me back on it. i definitely like that the 2 deck's designs are different and not just a recolor. unless i missed it, do the tucks have any features? i see no mention of a matte stock or foil or anything else. $15 per is a bit stiff for me with no tuck...

"Brach." Heh. You know I'm there. Randy's projects are always great fun and great value. Thanks Allan! Here’s a Kickstarter Preview Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/randybutterfield/751241765?ref=8gez5q&token=ffff5d95 I should be launching next Wednesday, at Noon EDT. Thanks...