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Hi United Cardists,

I am Torres from Overhand,
the creator of Schrodinger's Cat deck
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ov ... -universe/

Thank you to everyone,
since the success of the last project, most of the backers already received their decks
I decided to challenge ourselves with a new project - Cthulhu Playing Cards

Here're some highlights of this project:

• FULLY Custom Tuck Box, Pips and Courts with Lovecraftian characters

• Tentacles patterns when you Fan & Spread

• Puzzle Deck A bigger picture is shown when you puzzle them in the right order

• 3D Foil deck-jacket - accentuate the horror of the great one

• Book Alike Tuck Box with H.P. Lovecraft Biography

• Foil & Gilded Deck with the special edition

Get Notify when it's launch

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ov ... y-overhand


Please kindly leave your thought here
Hope you like it

Just a heads-up that the timing for this theme might not be the best since there have been a lot of Cthulhu decks over the last year.

The tentacles really seem to take away from the art of this deck.

I’m with kevork on this one.

I own two Cthulhu themed decks and would be happy to pick up another but most seem to represent the old gods as a squiggly mess. Shame.

veil wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:54 am Just a heads-up that the timing for this theme might not be the best since there have been a lot of Cthulhu decks over the last year.

Thank you for your comment, I knew that there have been a lot of Cthulhu decks over the last year, and I love all of it
we prepare this project for more than a year, so what we can do is focus on the moment and do our best
this is the first hand draft last year

We specifically make a difference with other Cthulhu decks, like the 3d design, Puzzle deck design, Book tuck case, and excerpt from the book to make it more Cthulhu and pay tribute to H.P. Lovecraft.

kevork wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:34 am The tentacles really seem to take away from the art of this deck.

Thank you for your comment, we may try to tune the color of the tentacles to match the design more.

shunterino wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:05 pm I own two Cthulhu themed decks and would be happy to pick up another but most seem to represent the old gods as a squiggly mess. Shame.

We will never enough to draw a Old gods out with our sanity

There'll be a bit delay, we will launch on 28 Oct

We just launched on Kickstarter, and funded within 1 hour. Thank you guys

Will there be a version that doesn't have those tentacles on them? I love the color scheme on the unleashed version, but the tentacles on both decks really seem to take away from everything underneath.

I’m with kevork on this one - not for me with the tentacles across the faces in that manner, but I do really like many aspects of the deck and tuck - some nice work there. Congrats on funding

I agree with the above comments. There is a lot to like about the decks but the tentacles ruin it for me. To be honest I did not even realize what they were until I read the above comnents

kevork wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:13 am Will there be a version that doesn't have those tentacles on them? I love the color scheme on the unleashed version, but the tentacles on both decks really seem to take away from everything underneath.

Hello Kevork, Thank you for your comment.
May I know more about the tentacles part for you, Are you prefer there's a version that takes out those tentacles in the "back & face" or "face only"
coz we value everyone's opinion a lot, and it's good for us to have another version too! but we need more advice in it and love the broken border

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:32 am I’m with kevork on this one - not for me with the tentacles across the faces in that manner, but I do really like many aspects of the deck and tuck - some nice work there. Congrats on funding

Thank you for your comment GandalfPC, as the comment above mentioned, we are thinking about to design a new version without the tentacles across the faces/back/both back and face. Glad you like it !

brownsl wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:29 am I agree with the above comments. There is a lot to like about the decks but the tentacles ruin it for me. To be honest I did not even realize what they were until I read the above comments

Thank you for your comment, brownsl
We are designing a deck without tentacles, may I know what is your thought on the tentacles on the card back? or do you dislike all the tentacles part on the cards?

The tentacles in the back are fine! It's the ones on the front that I'm not a huge fan of.

Since you're thinking of doing another version, I thought I'd throw in a few thoughts.

I think the design for the back is good but the dark monochrome style you've used makes it quite drab and uninteresting (and hard to see).

I agree with others that the tentacle on the faces is too overbearing but I also think the faces/courts in general are quite nondescript and unappealing. Cool courts AND a puzzle motif would be fun but a puzzle INSTEAD of courts defeats the whole point of a deck for me. And while the whole sketchy, roughly drawn aesthetic is obviously a design choice, there are already Cthulhu decks made in a similar vein (several, in fact).

That's not to say there's anything wrong with these choices - Cthulhu themed decks usually sell very well - but as a collector this one is too niche for my tastes in its current form.

TorresOVER wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:45 pm

brownsl wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:29 am I agree with the above comments. There is a lot to like about the decks but the tentacles ruin it for me. To be honest I did not even realize what they were until I read the above comments

Thank you for your comment, brownsl
We are designing a deck without tentacles, may I know what is your thought on the tentacles on the card back? or do you dislike all the tentacles part on the cards?

The ones on the back are OK. The ones on the faces I am not a fan of.

brownsl wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:20 am

TorresOVER wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:45 pm

brownsl wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:29 am I agree with the above comments. There is a lot to like about the decks but the tentacles ruin it for me. To be honest I did not even realize what they were until I read the above comments

Thank you for your comment, brownsl
We are designing a deck without tentacles, may I know what is your thought on the tentacles on the card back? or do you dislike all the tentacles part on the cards?

The ones on the back are OK. The ones on the faces I am not a fan of.

Thank you so much brownsl!
We just did an update to announce there'll be a new edition without the tentacles on the faces.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ov ... ts/3653555

kevork wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:11 pm The tentacles in the back are fine! It's the ones on the front that I'm not a huge fan of.

Thank you so much, Kevork! All of your opinions mean the world to us!
And that's the reason we just did an update to announce there'll be a new edition without the tentacles on the faces.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ov ... ts/3653555

We are thinking that we will call it the "Heathen Edition"
Lucky that we can make it in the early stage of the project

And we are thinking about what color of that New edition also?
What's your thought?

New Edition: THE HEATHENS
Hi all, Thank you for all the love and support of this project, we just reached 469% now! As you know, we are doing our best to promote this deck everywhere, whether on social media, Reddit, UnitedCardist...etc.
And we valued every single comment and advice to us. One of the most common comments we received is about the tentacles on the face being a bit too much for them and taking away from the art of court cards, Aces, and pips.



First of all, we take away the tentacles for sure, and then we redraw some of the pictures to make sure it's clear enough for this edition.

Secondly, We need your help and advice on the card back, we can think of 3 designs and need your voice. The background is we think HEATHENS shouldn't be contaminated by Cthulhu, that's why we choose a very light color and a white back, but we haven't decided a final decision yet.

Option 1: The Original back ( keep your sanity)

Option 2: The Left One

Option 3: The Right One




We are still open-minded to this one.


Last but not least, this edition will be an ADD-ON, and a very high chance a limited edition for Kickstarter Only depends on how many people back it and like it. And a very big thanks to our partner The Key Card playing cards company to support us and let us make a new edition at a very fair price, so the price of THE HEATHENS will just be similar to the Keep your Sanity edition.