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On other suggestion, assuming you go with the right one (which you will, right!), all the text other than 'Blood' is a bit hard to read. Between the smaller text and the lack of contrast, I would see what you can do to enlarge, thicken, darken/lighten as needed.

+1 to the 2nd design - but I think the first could work if it were a little more "Blood 'n Bone".

Here's a very quick bit of level adjustment to show what I mean

Well, I guess that settles it, the second version is the clear winner here.

Thanks for the input, I'll keep you all updated

montecarlojoe wrote:Blood 'n Bone

Nice colour combo, I prefer it both gold but I think version 2 is the way forward

Excellent! Didn't get the chance to vote for n.2, but as usual folks at UC never disappoint! Great work!

I've been looking to go live on May 1st with this deck, but is Kickstarter flooded with decks at the moment?

52Ravens wrote:I've been looking to go live on May 1st with this deck, but is Kickstarter flooded with decks at the moment?

Personally I don't see any strong reason to wait, there's never a perfect time. I'm sure quite a few people went big on Inception and there's a number of others that are doing fairly well, but if you wait then maybe Jackson's next deck will be started or another major one that you'll be competing against for limited backer budgets. I know I saw a few comments in that regard already, but again I don't think there's ever a perfect time, just obviously bad times if there were recent massive projects and I don't think that's the case now. I also have not heard of any announced upcoming launches with a firm date either.

DISCLAIMER - I'm super excited for this deck though so I may not be totally unbiased.

https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/ca ... popularity

Yeah I know there will never be a perfect time but I count 7 kickstarters currently running that are all funded, I'd hate it if people couldn't back the deck just because they had no budget left after pledging to a few others

Just got to bite the bullet!

52Ravens wrote:I've been looking to go live on May 1st with this deck, but is Kickstarter flooded with decks at the moment?

It seems that KS is ALWAYS flooded with playing card projects these days, but the good ones usually get funded on the first try and sometimes, a project might have to come back a second time, but usually end up doing much better than the first attempt/goal...imho (though biased), your deck is better than good. I agree that you just have to bite the bullet...do give us the heads up before you do as well as hopefully a sneak preview of your project page before you go live

shermjack wrote:

52Ravens wrote:I've been looking to go live on May 1st with this deck, but is Kickstarter flooded with decks at the moment?

It seems that KS is ALWAYS flooded with playing card projects these days, but the good ones usually get funded on the first try and sometimes, a project might have to come back a second time, but usually end up doing much better than the first attempt/goal...imho (though biased), your deck is better than good. I agree that you just have to bite the bullet...do give us the heads up before you do as well as hopefully a sneak preview of your project page before you go live

I think announcing it beforehand and offering up a preview link is something that can affect the outcome of the project as well. Whether it's positive or negative depends on the quality of the project and the pricing; if those are good then announcement+preview will let people see that they want it beforehand and plan ahead in order to afford it, while if it's a lesser quality project and/or with exorbitant pricing people will just stay away rather than check it out on launch day and possibly grab an EB on impulse.

As always, thank you for the feedback guys. Take a look at the video and let me know what you think



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Q9A-MovbE For some reason the youtube embed isn't working for me but its creating space for it

Awesome!

Incredible video!

Sweet video - Love the music!

(I also fixed the Youtube code )

You put out the best hype videos for card decks, well done. The music is appropriate for this one as well, nice yet haunting. Thanks for naming it as well.

Although, I think your Coven video is hard to top, especially with the music selected for that. What music was that used in Coven by the way, very familiar, but I can't place it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6pBvAl2x90)?

Videos aside, I'm more interested in the deck itself, you already had me sold BEFORE the video. Are you still thinking May 1?

montecarlojoe wrote:(I also fixed the Youtube code )

Thanks, what did I do wrong? It had the space for the video but it wasn't showing up lol

ecNate wrote:You put out the best hype videos for card decks, well done. The music is appropriate for this one as well, nice yet haunting. Thanks for naming it as well.

Although, I think your Coven video is hard to top, especially with the music selected for that. What music was that used in Coven by the way, very familiar, but I can't place it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6pBvAl2x90)?

Videos aside, I'm more interested in the deck itself, you already had me sold BEFORE the video. Are you still thinking May 1?

Yes I do like an over the top video, coven will be tough to beat on impact, but blood needed to be more subtle, so I had to tone it down a little. Going live May 1st around 12pm GMT

THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT GUYS

52Ravens wrote: Going live May 1st around 12pm GMT

I will be waiting

52Ravens - If you are going to launch May 1st, lets see a preview of the Kickstarter. Sometimes you can't see the mistakes that are right in front of you. Only a second set of eyes can spot them.

Alright, for anyone that needs convincing to back this project, here's the link to my review of the prototype deck: https://youtu.be/Ybv6DNbnkek" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Note that if you watch it before the launch (which happens in about 9 hours) some of the annotations in the video won't be pointing to the right webpage.

Is there an exact time for the launch and will we be able to get a preview?

It's launching tomorrow at 12 GMT so I guess Kirk wasn't planning to put up a preview of the KS page.

The Sisterhood of Blood is NOW LIVE on kickstarter.com

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sprouts1115 wrote:lets see a preview

shermjack wrote:get a preview?

Thanks for the help guys, but no preview this time. But will do if there is a next time, great idea

52Ravens - So I'm looking at the extra tiers that are limited and I can't figure out what is the difference? If I'm confused then other ppl are confused. Confused ppl will hesitate to pledge. That is a bad thing. It seems you have 4 extra limited tiers. The only think I can think of is you accidentally put a limited number on the tiers. Just to let you know no matter what you do that guy who has pledged a brick will not move over to the unlimited tier. You can contact him, promise him what ever you want, but that guy for some reason will not move over and it will always be a F@#$ing eyesore for the rest of your Kickstarter. Maybe if we saw a preview?
I've never really liked this transition. It could have been better, the bent arm looks weird. All in all you have a very solid traditional Poker deck. Your Kickstarter is also pretty good. Your video is original and under 2 mins. I like the way you state. Made by EPCC more than once.

Sorry for the extra post, but should this graduate from "Custom Deck Drafting Board" to "New and Custom Decks"
Where is MagikFingerz when you need a good meme

sprouts1115 wrote:52Ravens - So I'm looking at the extra tiers that are limited and I can't figure out what is the difference?

These limited tiers have been locked down as they were adding a shipping cost to US backers instead of it being included as advertised. To get around this I have had to create new pledge tiers. All US backers in these tiers has been contacted to change and they have and all is well. It does look confusing and I will be posting a FAQ about this.

sprouts1115 wrote:it will always be a F@#$ing eyesore for the rest of your Kickstarter

Harshly stated but other than closing the project down and starting again there is nothing I can do about the "F@#$ing eyesore". I hope that people will understand and if it is the main reason that the project loses backers thats on me because of my mistake and I'll try once again later in the year.

sprouts1115 wrote: Maybe if we saw a preview?

Nope, the preview page only allows the viewer to see the campaign page. The pledges and shipping costs are locked. So the only one that would and should have seen this mistake is me.

sprouts1115 wrote:I've never really liked this transition. It could have been better, the bent arm looks weird.

I like it

sprouts1115 wrote:I like the way you state. Made by EPCC more than once.

Was it meant to be a secret?

sprouts1115 wrote:

Thanks for the rating! Have 3 stars on me