ORDER by Thirdway Industries

[Thirdway Industries]

Hmm. It seems not all of the revolutionaries can be accounted for.

I'm guessing when we get our decks, those who ordered the trio will get two Imperium with a note saying Revolution never existed.

- OR -

It was a trap. There were never going to be any cards produced and we'll all be arrested for attempting to support the idea of a revolution. Brilliant move by the Upper Party.

The backstory about Revolutio deck was revealed in an update because a backer (which is also an UC member ) revealed it.
All the decks (including Revolutio) are produced by the super friendly and lovely Upper Party
Here is the link of the full story in the case you missed it > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/th ... ts/2561715" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Don't worry, you all will receive the decks and no one will be arrested.
MAYBE the Ministry of Protection will be a little more interested in you, but it's nothing important, just for precaution.

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Kidding/Lore apart, USPCC had issues on around 500 Revolutio (I don't know what went wrong). They might be able to fix them, on the contrary Revolutio will be a little rarer.
The run of the decks was 2500, so I'll have plenty for backers even in the worst case.

I hope they'll arrive soon

[Decknowledgy]

Hmm. It seems not all of the revolutionaries can be accounted for.

I'm guessing when we get our decks, those who ordered the trio will get two Imperium with a note saying Revolution never existed.

- OR -

It was a trap. There were never going to be any cards produced and we'll all be arrested for attempting to support the idea of a revolution. Brilliant move by the Upper Party.

The backstory about Revolutio deck was revealed in an update because a backer (which is also an UC member ) revealed it.
All the decks (including Revolutio) are produced by the super friendly and lovely Upper Party

That venDetta dude was a friggin' rebel

[Thirdway Industries]

Hmm. It seems not all of the revolutionaries can be accounted for.

I'm guessing when we get our decks, those who ordered the trio will get two Imperium with a note saying Revolution never existed.

- OR -

It was a trap. There were never going to be any cards produced and we'll all be arrested for attempting to support the idea of a revolution. Brilliant move by the Upper Party.

The backstory about Revolutio deck was revealed in an update because a backer (which is also an UC member ) revealed it.
All the decks (including Revolutio) are produced by the super friendly and lovely Upper Party

That venDetta dude was a friggin' rebel

And also refused a free deck for share the story with others

(I still laugh when I remember that Che Guevara is your profile pic and you revealed the Order main backstory.......)

[Decknowledgy]

The backstory about Revolutio deck was revealed in an update because a backer (which is also an UC member ) revealed it.
All the decks (including Revolutio) are produced by the super friendly and lovely Upper Party

That venDetta dude was a friggin' rebel

And also refused a free deck for share the story with others

(I still laugh when I remember that Che Guevara is your profile pic and you revealed the Order main backstory.......)

It was perfectly fitting, the revolutionist, but...
My Gawd!! The Order just revealed my alternate persona!!!

[Bradius]

If The Order can’t buy your silence, we will rat you out in a heartbeat.

This message has been approved by the Department of Truth. We have your dossier now and there are some very interesting stuff in it. I am sure your fans would love to know for example that you purchase playing cards from designers other than Thirdway Industries! Gasp!

Yes, you rebels like to shine the light on others, but run for cover when we shine the light back at you. The Truth is, we give the people meaning and purpose. We give them jobs (Full employment for everyone). We relieve the old and infirm of their burdens and give them the peace and rest they deserve. What do rebels do? Disturb the peace. Hurt and even kill the people you say you are trying to “help”. And you call it help? Really?

[portcullis]

A message approved by Department of Truth? Are you sure, or is that what you want us to believe?

[Thirdway Industries]

Order is PRINTED!

I am over the Moon because they're awesome - metallic inks are perfect, as usual, and even the simple standard box are really good imho.
Of course, the top item is the Electus Box, who uses an experimental textured paper with a very nice embossing and 2 foils.

Here are 3 pics >

Here is the full update > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/th ... ts/2641843" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

GW should be able to start shipping next week - Hopefully I'll deliver earlier again

Thanks for the awesome support!

[justplaycards]

Can't wait to get them

[Bradius]

Order is PRINTED!

[STLBluesNut]

These look great, Gio!

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[Harvonsgard]

The texture on the 2nd picture looks stunning! Incredible. I guess it is a tuck box close up?

[Thirdway Industries]

The texture on the 2nd picture looks stunning! Incredible. I guess it is a tuck box close up?

Yes! Electus uses a special paper with a very peculiar texture that resemble leather. It's really cool, even better than the picture.
This is the front btw:

I am very intrigued about using new high-end papers and I'll do that again on Idols

[shkorc]

Very cool texture! Tuck of the year candidate?


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[Thirdway Industries]

I thought this pic of our glorious warehouse was interesting to post here

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(yes, they're coming )

[Bradius]

I received an email yesterday that my shipment of "The Order" was mailed. In checking the tracking, I was amused to find out that the package was shipped last week and had arrived in our mailroom a few hours earlier. I had a nice big box from Gambler's Warehouse waiting for me this morning. Inside was 3 bricks +1 extra deck of The Order merchandise, 3 booklets, 2 coins and a pin. This was part of the Propoganda Box tier and I also added 13 Occultus decks. Gio was kind enough to include a third brick box to my order. So, 37 decks in all. I really like that with the Propoganda Box, Gio added an extra Electus Deck without a numbered seal so that I can feel a bit more relaxed about opening the deck as it is not part of the 1,777 limited decks, but a bonus deck. Then again, maybe that makes it even rarer

This is my first time backing a box tier with Gio, and I was not dissapointed. I just needed to find the right set of Gio's that really spoke to me. This was something a bit different from Gio, and I really liked the theme and how he approached it. I hope everyone else will be getting their shipments soon.

Okay, so photos of the deck hunt!

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and the decks in the brick boxes:

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I would say this hunt is worthy of a Crazy Squirrel Deck Hunter Award

[Thirdway Industries]

@Bradius - You have more Order decks than me!!!

I am amazed to see those pics, thank you very much for your support and for posting these.

Hehe the Unique Party is generous, and Boxes included a lot of extras. If someone added enough Occultus I also added extra Brick Boxes.

Speaking about the Brick Box, I'll recieve mine tomorrow, so I haven't see it in person yet. Is it cool?
Should I make more in future?

[Harvonsgard]

I received an email yesterday that my shipment of "The Order" was mailed. In checking the tracking, I was amused to find out that the package was shipped last week and had arrived in our mailroom a few hours earlier.

Wait, which one was the photo of the warehouse again...

You know what they say about Texas - everything is bigger in Texas - especially Bradius' order sizes! I wish I could spend your monthly budget for me. lol

[BaconWise]

Where was this award when Monolith rolled out, Brad?! I am so excited to get my Order set (hopefully today). From the pictures, it certainly deserves the CSDH Award.

[STLBluesNut]

So, out of curiosity, what do you do with all those decks? To my knowledge you aren't a reseller. Why so many?

I wish I could afford to buy that many, but probably still wouldn't buy more than 2 of each.

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[Bradius]

Speaking about the Brick Box, I'll recieve mine tomorrow, so I haven't see it in person yet. Is it cool?
Should I make more in future?

I do like the Brick Box. It is a fairly standard brick box. I honestly don't back many campaigns enough to get brick boxes, but when I do it is nice to have the brick box to store them. It makes it easy to find and store them as a group. My favorite brick box so far is the one for House of the Rising Spade that Lotrek did because the paper used was extra sturdy (and the foil and embossing/debossing was sweet). That said, I don't know how much extra effort and cost it is to make them. I have to figure that you would not normally make a ton. Of course, TGW sold a ton of them in his campaign. Anyway, I really like the Order brick boxes, so Thanks!

So, out of curiosity, what do you do with all those decks? To my knowledge you aren't a reseller. Why so many?

Yeah, I am not a reseller. Honestly, I normally don't buy bricks of stuff. I have been wanting to back a Box tier with Gio for some time and this is the first one I backed. I don't need bricks of decks, but it is nice because I don't mind opening some as I still have others sealed away, plus I get lots of other extras for "free". I guess I could sell or trade of my surplus. That is always an option. Storage is definitely getting to be an issue. I did buy a lot of the Occultus decks because they were fairly rare and at $17/each it seemed a no-brainer to get several. I think I increased my order over a few steps. Additionally, Gio added a number free as a part of his perks being a Propaganda Box backer. I'll plead insanity and move on. Again, hunt decks to extinction. There is no logic.

Baconwise, please post picks of your haul. All you have to do is right click over the award and select "Copy image address" then use the "img" options in your post and paste the image adress between the brackets and you are good to go. Or of you want, I can officially award it to you in a following post. I am afraid there will be a ton of CSDH Awards to hand out when The Parlour bricks ship out. I seem to recall him saying they had 500 brick box orders .

[shkorc]

First online reviews already coming in. Looking great, can't wait for the package to arrive.

[STLBluesNut]

@Bradius yeah, having them for future trade would be a good thing. I also got a brick for the Parlour. First brick ever. Since it came down to 4 sets of 3 decks. Once I give a set to my son, I'll only have 2 extras. Not too bad. The price was great and that box! One set will definitely be up for trade.

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[hsbc]

I also got my decks yesterday A meager package of four decks, one of each Very happy with them, the Electus tuck paper is indeed very nice

[portcullis]

I got my tracking yesterday, so here's hoping it'll be here by the end of the month.

[Ninthaquila]

Just wanted to say that my pledge arrived yesterday in perfect condition.

I did have to sign off to receive the package, not that I mind. (is that new or was it just because it was slightly bigger than my normal packages?) I hadn't received tracking, so I was a bit surprised to see that it already showed up so quickly. I would've guessed it would've taken at least another week to travel over the pond and clear customs, but hey, I ain't complaining.
When it arrived, I saw it was in a big yellow bubble envelope, and I was afraid it was only wrapped in that, but when I opened it I was happy to see it was all inside a USPS cardboard box, which had everything in another bubble wrap. Only the booklet had a very small ding on one of its corners, and that might as well have been from opening it/production. I probably damaged the booklet more by touching it with my sweaty hands and reading through it.

A shame to see only the Order Electus deck came with a seal, would've hoped the other decks also came with one (even if unnumbered). All decks (that I've opened, keeping the Electus one sealed for now) had the right deck in them (I read the response from someone on Kickstarter who accidentally had the wrong deck inside).
The booklet looks amazing, I hope we'll see more of those in the future. I definitively liked not only the large art depictions but also the explanations of all court cards. Any chance to see them retroactive to older designs/coming with new designs?
Coin was okay, I guess. Quality-wise perfect as always, just not really my style (I preferred the sun shard). But that's just my opinion, it's still high quality and a nice coin.

All in all, I'm extremely happy with my package, and it shows again that my trust was not misplaced. I will definitively be buying more items soon, whenever my wallet allows it again (sadly, I'm not backing the new KS campaign, but I will surely be getting something for Halloween/Christmas/new year).

[Thirdway Industries]

Thank you for the detailed review

I don't seal unlimited decks purposely - I hate seals because they damage the tuck boxes, so I use them only when I am "forced" to (so on numbered decks).

Booklet is very cool, but in terms of production was really a nightmare for me - For some issues, I had to use my "old" printer in Italy. Very good quality, but ship them in the USA was expensive as hell.
Anyways, I want make more booklets, so I am searching a good printing partner in the USA. Let's see

I agree that the "lines" style is better for coins - Shapes are a little too big and made the coin less intricate. However, I think the Order coin is enough "brutalist" to fit the project haha.

There will be *something* for halloween and black friday, but if you wish to get Modern Idols, campaign is always the best place (of course Idols will be on my site later, but more expensive, especially the LE).

Thank you very much again for the support and the nice review!

[macstrat]

Full Deck Scans:
Order Imperium - https://www.flickr.com/photos/167981955 ... 1397211288" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Order Revolutio - https://www.flickr.com/photos/167981955 ... 1395589517" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There was an issue scanning in Electus and they need to be rescanned. Will update.

[STLBluesNut]

Thank you for the detailed review

I don't seal unlimited decks purposely - I hate seals because they damage the tuck boxes, so I use them only when I am "forced" to (so on numbered decks).

Yes! Don't give in to the seals! Seals kill trees. Less wildlife with less trees. So, seals kill wildlife. Is your seal worth that precious little bird's life? [emoji211][emoji39]

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[Bradius]

Hah! A likely story. I am sure there are serious security features put into the Electus deck to keep it from being scanned. There are some secrets the Order doesn't want out. Keep at it, I am sure you can break it and publish it. The Order may be upset though and disavow the deck as being created by their enemies.

I am thinking the Philosopher might be the real deal and not a puppet of the Order. Any other guesses on who is the Betrayer? I am thinking the Philosopher. I like his motto "Knowledge is Power". That beard might be a disguise.

STLBluesNut, you will be pleased to know that I have opened three decks from my haul.

[Decknowledgy]

There was an issue scanning in Electus and they need to be rescanned. Will update.

Please don't... just leave it here; we don't want you going missing and later find out you're being interrogated at Azkaban