Room 237 by Penguin Magic
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Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
Different printer, the old one was USPCC. Also looks like the cardback is slightly different but still one way which is annoying. If it was two way I think I would have picked up a copy, although they no longer do free shipping so that sucks all around.
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Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
None of their in-house decks are USPCC anymore but this is still a cool deck, worth getting if you don't have it already I'd say. Personally I prefer it to the similarly themed Overlook deck in terms of art and design. And their ultralux cards handles okay. I think the general consensus is it's a Chinese printer using the usual European cardstock but who knows.
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Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
Kevin said the goal was to make the backs closer to two-way, but yes, they are still a little bit one-way. The seal was also changed, fwiw, but as noted above, the biggest changes were only tweaks and the fact that it’s a different printer.
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Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
I don't really see how making it slightly closer to two-way makes any difference. Either it's symmetrical or it isn't. If anything they've made it worse because it's now more difficult to sort the cards out. It always bugs me when a geometric design that could easily be two-way isn't for some reason. Oddly, the similar Overlook back design is also one-way.
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Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
I'm glad that they've released a v2 for this. Hard to find at a decent price on Ebay.
For easier reference, here's the summary for V1 and V2 taken from Penguin's site.
V1
For easier reference, here's the summary for V1 and V2 taken from Penguin's site.
V1
V2•Limited to 2500 decks
•100% custom artwork
•Printed by USPCC on Thin-Crushed Elite stock
•Air-Cushion "Magic" Finish
•Matte black paper tuck box with 2 colors of foil and a custom sticker seal
•2 colors of inside tuck foil
•2 custom jokers
•2 bonus gaff cards included
•100% Custom Artwork
•Casino-Quality European Stock with UltraLux™ Finish
•AquaFlow™ Water-Based Coating
•Double-Foiled Soft-Touch Black Paper Tuck Box, Foiled Inside & Out
•Custom Stamp-Style Sticker Seal
•2 Custom Jokers
•2 Bonus Gaff Cards
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