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I've been lurking here long enough, learning as much as I can from the forums, and having a great time discovering decks of cards that I didn't even know existed, or were coming soon to Kickstarter and elsewhere. Of course, my wife cringes every time I find one more thing to "collect;" and she kind of wishes I'd forget the addresses for Amazon, Ebay, and Kickstarter!

I'm a retired Environmental Specialist, enjoying my "free" time collecting cards and card magic; and learning to do what tricks I can with my old hands.

I'm mostly known on Flickr, YouTube, and my own blog (if anyone does a quick Google search) for my online Lovecraftian audio and visual efforts as CthulhuWho1; but this doesn't mean I'm only collecting Cthulhu based decks; far from it.

I collect decks of all kinds, from all over the world, and never get tired of seeing something new.

In order to say Thank You for this web site, I've prepared scans of some of my favorite, rarely seen Ukrainian playing cards (along with a link to the place I've found to buy decks if you like them), that I'll post as soon as I get posting access.

I'm also working on my own first deck, with a mixture of classic and new elements, plus card reveals, that I'm planning for a Kickstarter project; but only after I give everyone here advance notice, so United Cardists folks will have access to the Early Bird specials before most people.

More later along with the promised images; and if you are a card collector, and you haven't collected any Ukrainian cards, you are in for a visual treat!

Will

Welcome, Will!

Looking forward to seeing your Ukranian decks in the Worldwide Playing Cards section

Welcome! Eager to see your foreign decks and the new project you're working on!

MagikFingerz wrote:Welcome, Will!

Looking forward to seeing your Ukranian decks in the Worldwide Playing Cards section

Thank You too for the Welcome, and I hope you enjoy the first batch of Ukrainian card scans that I just posted in the Worldwide Playing Cards forum!

I'm at a point right now on my card deck project, where my wife has taken a keen interest in some of the artistic elements, and has asked me to wait until we both get over the colds we're suffering from, before I move forward, because she wants to sit with me to give some input and advice; and I don't mind that at all, because it's a fun project for the two of us that way.

I've got most of the work done on my cards, and gotten most of the paperwork and printing prices from the USPCC; but I still need to get the Bicycle Logo template and prices for my Tuck Box design.

The creative side of designing a deck is easy, compared to the business side of selling cards! I've still got a fair share of Kickstarter project study to do, and much to learn about all of the other behind-the-scenes "fun" stuff, like, packaging, climate and space controlled storage, postage, taxes, fees (Amazon & Kickstarter), rewards, emails, spreadsheets and other software for tracking, scheduling, prep-work, and many other things to make sure my wife and I produce a product in a timely fashion without killing ourselves, or being audited by the Infernal Revenue Service too!

Expect months, rather than weeks to pass, before I announce a release date here for my project.

Will

Eoghann wrote:Welcome! Eager to see your foreign decks and the new project you're working on!

Welcome !