Open Secrets by Orion Playing Cards

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Open Secrets by Orion Playing Cards

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I couldn't find a thread for this deck, unless I'm missing the obvious. But this is a Kickstarter that was funded towards the end of 2021:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/or ... cards-deck

The tuck box used UV-reactive ink, which is a neat effect that I always enjoy.

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Metallic inks are used for the cards, including the card backs.

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But as the name of the deck suggests, even the face cards hold some secrets, despite how they first look.

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In reality the repeating patterns used for these designs hide the number/symbol for each card's value somewhere in the artwork, which turns the deck into a kind of puzzle, offering the challenge for you to find these on each card.

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This is done with Aces as well.

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Finally, here's the jokers.

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The project was from Orion Playing Cards, which is a collaboration between Abundant Art Gallery, and Old Gravity (designer Bivas Bhattacharjee).

It was originally going to be produced by USPCC, but the printing was eventually done by LPCC.
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Re: Open Secrets by Orion Playing Cards

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Adam and I talked about Open Secrets in this thread Enders, immediately preceding your own review of the Maze deck

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Thanks again for your detailed reviews.
EndersGame wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:43 am It was originally going to be produced by USPCC, but the printing was eventually done by USPCC.
I wondered for a while if there was some special meaning that I could not read due to my poor English skills. :) Eventually it was made by LPCC, am I right?
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zuccha wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:31 am
EndersGame wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:43 amIt was originally going to be produced by USPCC, but the printing was eventually done by USPCC.
I wondered for a while if there was some special meaning that I could not read due to my poor English skills. :) Eventually it was made by LPCC, am I right?
You're absolutely correct. Nothing wrong with your English skills - that's just pure stupidity on my part. :)

So yes, it was printed by LPCC in the end.
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