Divergent Realms Playing Card Series Vol. 1 [Gottlieb Deck]

Created by Costa Pantazis

A limited edition collection of playing card decks based on pseudoscience, fringe theories, discovery models and the supernatural. The first of the series, Divergent Realms Playing Cards' Gottlieb Deck will feature hand-crafted detailed artwork, red metallic inks and foil embossed tuck-boxes. The Gottlieb Deck (Mind Control) - named after Sidney Gottlieb who was an American chemist and spymaster best known for his involvement with the C.I.A's mind control program, known as Project MKUltra, where he supervised experiments in mind control. He became known as the "Black Sorcerer" and the "Dirty Trickster.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Divergent Realms Playing Card Series [Gottlieb Deck] is now 70% funded!
over 3 years ago – Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:20:27 AM

Hello everyone!

Just dropping everyone a quick message to say thank you to all who have pledged so far on the new Divergent Realms Playing Cards series and for the for the overwhelming support and love for this project leading up to the campaign. 

We are less then one week into the campaign and already we are 70% funded!

So... a few questions that seem to be on everyone's mind;

When will the second deck in the series be launched on Kickstarter?

Current Kickstarter rules have changed over the last year or so with regard to running multiple campaigns at the same time and also running campaigns too close to previous ones which have not so long completed the funding phase. As the fufillment phase for the first deck on this campiagn is scheduled to being in February this means the second deck will launch in the late January, early February period.

Will there be any add-ons appearing throughout later campaigns?

Each campaign and the reward tiers will remain the same and as you can see on this one they will be focused more on the actual decks themselves. This also simplifies the reward and add-on structure for backers. Each will have it's own unique custom coin/card guard like the one you see in this campaign.

There will also be a 6X carat case with a custom die-cut sleeve appearing in the later campaigns which can be used to display the Divergent Realms decks - a one design fits all which can house both the the revealed editions, the concealed editions side-by-side, or even a mix of both.  

No dice and pouches this time around?

Dice and pouches were the most popular add-ons on the last Primordial campaign so they would have been the obvious items to repeat on this one. They are planned though, but as there are six different designs covering six different deck themes this leaves the option open for me to do a dice only campiagn once all six decks are finished.

Will you be using a pledge management facility after the campaign?

Yes, as with the previous campaign I will be using BackerKit. The survey will be sent to you about one week after Kickstarter has collected your pledges. From here you will be able to finalise your exisiting pledges, purchase additional items from this campaign and confirm your shipping addresses for delivery. The Backerkit surveys will be locked 3-4 weeks from the time you recieve them so up to this point you will be able to edit and change your shipping address if needed. (I will also post a project update to inform you about the surveys being locked when the time comes so you are all notified in advance).

Is there any way to preview the other decks in the series before they launch?

Yes of course, you can preview all the decks that will make up the Divergent Realms series on the United Cardists forum which can be found here: LINK

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