Devastation by Jody Eklund

[othello]

Pledge for the limited set, loved the design!
Does anyone know if the signature on the signature card will be printed on or handwritten?

[jodyeklund]

The Signature Card will be printed and will not be hand-signed. Logistically, it makes it very difficult to sign it myself. The Uncuts will be signed personally. The Uncuts will be shipped to me and then shipped separately from the other rewards.

[sprouts1115]

Jodyeklund - 2nd look. In your next deck, try to keep it 2 mins or less in the video. I think you should have made the blood stained the Limited deck. Really like your pips and that elongated ten is very nice. I'm going to steal that... Your Jokers need a little work though. The simple solution is make the "J" red on the Red blood spattered Joker. It doesn't show on the other side... The red Joker needs to be identifiable near in a hand...

[ryansworld4]

Totally agree, but I had jumped on EB initially. Can't justify that added cost for a case I don't care about, a sig card & numbered is neat, but not $18 neat. So....

I get ya, I do agree, but im gona hold on to these, this is the golden age of limited playing cards lol, I hope playing cards get more popular cause 500 decks isn't many and theres billions of people around the world, people will catch on, to me there a piece of art, think its a good investment, I hope!, the case is nice, like you I don't care for it

[jodyeklund]

EXCITING NEW EDITION TO THE DEVASTATION PLAYING CARDS!

Introducing the DEVASTATION COLLECTOR'S SERIES! This will be absolutely beautiful. The Collector's edition will include stunning red foil on a sturdy matte Red tuck with crisp embossing. A great edition to the series that you will not want to pass-up.
Only 500 of the Collector's Edition decks will be numbered! You can add-on as many decks as you would like, but the add-on's will not be numbered. Only the "EARLY BIRD: 1x COLLECTOR'S Series, 1x COLLECTOR'S Series, and the COLLECTOR'S Series-Nuclear Brick" reward tiers will be numbered. Make sure you get them fast or they will go before you know it!
THE REWARDS WILL BE POSTED TODAY AT NOON! Only 20 Early Bird rewards will be given out. They will probably go fast.

[shermjack]

EXCITING NEW EDITION TO THE DEVASTATION PLAYING CARDS!

Only the "EARLY BIRD: 1x COLLECTOR'S Series, 1x COLLECTOR'S Series, and the COLLECTOR'S Series-Nuclear Brick" reward tiers will be numbered. Make sure you get them fast or they will go before you know it!

Just want to double check, but the statement above basically means that Collectors decks in the 2x and 4x COLLECTOR's series rewards will NOT be numbered...is this correct or a typo?

[ashe]

I think this was not planned properly and for those that wanted all the limited ed set for collectors it really bum'd us.
Maybe this should have gone into a separate kickstarter campaign

[ryansworld4]

I think this was not planned properly and for those that wanted all the limited ed set for collectors it really bum'd us.
Maybe this should have gone into a separate kickstarter campaign

Totally agree, I switched and got the collectors edition, but I want the other limited deck to, oh well

[shermjack]

Jody mentions in the comment section that he will try to fix things by offering new tiers with both number decks by tomorrow morning...let's keep our fingers crossed

[ryansworld4]

Thanks for the heads up Shermjack, didn't read in his comment section. I do have to say I really like the collectors box, and getting the Innovation box to will def look good together, look forward to future boxes.

[badpete69]

This came in today... Looks great. The signature card wasn't in the package.. Not sure if I missed that the card was no longer part of the pledge.. Sent Jody a note

Update: Looks like the signature cards are inside the deck... All good Jody Thanks for the reply

[samurai007]

The 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Spades cards had the wrong font in all the decks. And it is not off by a little, it is glaringly obvious. How in the world did every proofreader/checker/printer, etc miss such a drastic difference on 4 cards? Oh well, it is still a very nice deck, just wish someone had spoken up somewhere and said "Are these numbers supposed to be a different font and almost twice the size of all the other numbers?"

[vasta41]

I got mine yesterday, too. Very nice! I never realized until I put them in my display how the LE version tuck looks very similar to T11's Medallions. I like the black/red contrast much better though- and what's inside!

[TGunitedcardists]

The 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Spades cards had the wrong font in all the decks. And it is not off by a little, it is glaringly obvious. How in the world did every proofreader/checker/printer, etc miss such a drastic difference on 4 cards? Oh well, it is still a very nice deck, just wish someone had spoken up somewhere and said "Are these numbers supposed to be a different font and almost twice the size of all the other numbers?"

I didn't order these, but would like to see what you're talking about. Can you post a picture? Or someone post of picture of these?

[Azid]

All 3 decks & the Collector's Box now available:
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Greets, Azid

[vasta41]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I can't seem to find the complete list of who the court figures are. Since I will certainly not open my decks, is there anyone out there who knows who they are? Thanks in advance!

EDIT: watched the youtube review, all set! Surprised Oppenheimer isn't in there..

[EndersGame]

The 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Spades cards had the wrong font in all the decks. And it is not off by a little, it is glaringly obvious. How in the world did every proofreader/checker/printer, etc miss such a drastic difference on 4 cards? Oh well, it is still a very nice deck, just wish someone had spoken up somewhere and said "Are these numbers supposed to be a different font and almost twice the size of all the other numbers?"

I didn't order these, but would like to see what you're talking about. Can you post a picture? Or someone post of picture of these?

Here's a photo I just took of the cards from my Devastation deck (limited edition) - note the size of the index numbers for the 7-10 of Spades compared with the rest of the suit:



It did come up in the comments on the Kickstarter here:

[EndersGame]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I can't seem to find the complete list of who the court figures are. Since I will certainly not open my decks, is there anyone out there who knows who they are? Thanks in advance!

Is there a place online that explains the significance of each character, and why they were included in this deck?

[TGunitedcardists]

The 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Spades cards had the wrong font in all the decks. And it is not off by a little, it is glaringly obvious. How in the world did every proofreader/checker/printer, etc miss such a drastic difference on 4 cards? Oh well, it is still a very nice deck, just wish someone had spoken up somewhere and said "Are these numbers supposed to be a different font and almost twice the size of all the other numbers?"

I didn't order these, but would like to see what you're talking about. Can you post a picture? Or someone post of picture of these?

Here's a photo I just took of the cards from my Devastation deck (limited edition) - note the size of the index numbers for the 7-10 of Spades compared with the rest of the suit:



It did come up in the comments on the Kickstarter here:

Thanks for posting the image. A mistake like that, I believe is too big. I hope every backer got a discount instead of an, "I'm sorry." Or just reprinted those cards and sent them out, or a full reprint. Another reason, every creator, should post on this board to have the masses of people here take a look. The mistake would have been caught and everyone would have one. I don't understand why creators develop in a bubble.

[RichK]

Maybe we should have seen it on the KS page. I missed it as seen here.


They should be fixed in my opinion.

[EndersGame]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I can't seem to find the complete list of who the court figures are. Since I will certainly not open my decks, is there anyone out there who knows who they are? Thanks in advance!

In case anyone else is looking for this information in the future and comes across this thread, here's the answer (in order of K/Q/J):

Spades: Lancelot de Mole, Florence Nightingale, Richard J. Gatling
Hearts: Alfred Nobel, Clara Barton, Sr William Mills
Clubs: Helge Palmcrantz, Mary Lincoln, Samuel Colt
Diamonds: John Ericsson, Mary Mahoney, Anton Fokker

I'm still wondering though if there is anywhere online where the significance of each character is explained, and why they were included in this deck?

[Mike Ratledge]

Maybe we should have seen it on the KS page. I missed it as seen here.


They should be fixed in my opinion.

Darn, that should have been noticed, frankly - by everyone who has seen it.

I don't know about replacing the cards. Honestly it's playable without any problem as it is, and unless it were being reprinted, I would have to be reasonable and let it pass.

The thing is that probably only 10% of the decks would ever get opened, maybe more now? Not sure, they ALL have that issue with the font size being wrong on the 7-10 of Spades.

[EndersGame]

The thing is that probably only 10% of the decks would ever get opened, maybe more now? Not sure, they ALL have that issue with the font size being wrong on the 7-10 of Spades.

Yes, I believe this issue affects all the Devastation decks, no matter what version.

I'm curious about your comment that only about 10% of these types of decks would ever get opened. I've enjoyed playing cards for a while, but am still somewhat new to the world of collecting. So am I in that 10% in that I open most of my decks and actually use them for playing games like Cribbage? Admittedly, I probably don't have as large a collection as some other people here. But I am interested to learn more about the "10%" figure. Is that actually fairly typical for custom playing cards, that 90% of decks sold go to collectors and are not opened?

[Mike Ratledge]

The thing is that probably only 10% of the decks would ever get opened, maybe more now? Not sure, they ALL have that issue with the font size being wrong on the 7-10 of Spades.

Yes, I believe this issue affects all the Devastation decks, no matter what version.

I'm curious about your comment that only about 10% of these types of decks would ever get opened. I've enjoyed playing cards for a while, but am still somewhat new to the world of collecting. So am I in that 10% in that I open most of my decks and actually use them
...

Well, that's an educated guess, of course - but I bet it's pretty accurate. Most collectors don't open more than 1 of any specific deck, at least "most".

[EndersGame]

Maybe we should have seen it on the KS page. I missed it as seen here.

Darn, that should have been noticed, frankly - by everyone who has seen it.

Oh it was noticed alright. In fact, it was even mentioned in this very thread, where someone posted that they actually liked the larger size used for the 10!

Here is the exact post:

Really like your pips and that elongated ten is very nice. I'm going to steal that...

[vasta41]

Maybe we should have seen it on the KS page. I missed it as seen here.

Darn, that should have been noticed, frankly - by everyone who has seen it.

Oh it was noticed alright. In fact, it was even mentioned in this very thread, where someone posted that they actually liked the larger size used for the 10!

Here is the exact post:

Really like your pips and that elongated ten is very nice. I'm going to steal that...

Sprouts catches everything. Where the hell has he been, anyway??

[MagikFingerz]

Sprouts was too good for us, we didn't deserve him.

Just like the other greats of history, he was misunderstood and unappreciated in his own time. So sad.

[EndersGame]

There are some more glitches that I just noticed when looking at the Devastation deck carefully.

Here's a photo I just took of three court cards from the deck. How many mistakes can you spot?

Hint: There are at least two different ones (one is glaringly obvious, the other one is more subtle).

How many mistakes can you spot on these cards?

By the way, I'm not referring to the ink used on these cards. The cards pictured are from the Limited edition, concerning which the Kickstarter said "The face corners will all have a silver metallic ink". Maybe it's my imagination, but the artwork on the corners doesn't seem to be metallic ink - can anyone else who has the Limited edition comment?

[shermjack]

Wow, maybe Jody needs to get a proof reader! Nice eye catching the different spade and no shading on the KoS

[EndersGame]

Nice eye catching the different spade and no shading on the KoS

Actually there's one more - you missed the glaringly obvious one!

I'm not sure that the absence of shading is an error - a number of the other court cards don't have it either, it's oddly inconsistent.