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Tales Playing Cards

Created by Thirdway Industries

Poker Playing Cards inspired by Fairy Tales, Fables, and Fantasy Books. Perfect for telling and creating stories.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Legendary Tales, Coin, Pin pics
almost 3 years ago – Wed, May 05, 2021 at 04:05:11 AM

Hello Backers!

I have received some items - the prototype box for Legendary Tales, the Tales Coin and the Tales Pin. Here are some pics for you:

Legendary Tales - front
Legendary Tales prototype box
Legendary Tales detail
Legendary Tales - back
Legendary Tales - flap details (with silly birds!)
Legendary Tales - back II
Tales Coin - princess
Tales Coin - Charming Prince
Tales Coin - Princess II
Tales Coin - Charming Prince II
Tales Pin
Tales Pin and Coin
Legendary Box, Coin and Pin

Legendary Box is really awesome, the brown metallic paper is shiny and unique, embossing is deep and the gold foil is very detailed.

The coin and the pin are available on BackerKit and they're included already in every "Box" reward.

Tales production should be completed in late May - so if you haven't already, complete your survey! :-)

A couple of flash deals for Tales Backers!

Meanwhile, I thought to offer you a couple of deals on my previous decks. Use the code talesbacker10 for an additional 10% off on everything on www.thirdwayindustries.com.

The first deal is on the Seven SINS, that include the rare Infernal Anima EX.

Check the deal on the seven SINS >>

The other is on Conquerors Vendetta, the first "flood-foiled" deck of Thirdway Industries:

Check the deal on Conquerors Vendetta >>

I thought it was a good idea give you the chance to get these in the case you missed the launches. 

Of course both deals will be available only for few days.

Thank you and talk soon!

Giovanni

First batch of surveys closed and news!
about 3 years ago – Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 04:11:56 AM

Hello Backers!

Tales is being produced quickly, so I've closed the first batch of surveys

If you want to add something else to your pledge, don't worry, you can still do that contacting me ([email protected]).

If you card failed, please fix it (entering a new card or contacting the bank) - if you want, contact me for assistance, I can allow paypal payments if you wish to.

Thirdway Day

Thirdway Day! >>

Meanwhile, I've released a monster sale on TWI website. Around 100 products are discounted (single decks, bundles and more) - Use this code for a further 7% off >> dreameriswiser7

> https://www.thirdwayindustries.com/thirdway-day-store/

Thank you!

Giovanni

Charming News 😏
about 3 years ago – Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 02:08:10 AM

Hello Backers! I have some good news.


First of all, USPCC gave me an ETA for Tales. They should complete the production in mid-May, which means that I should be able to ship all rewards in June


Second good news, GW sent me some factory pics of Legendary Tales (consider these are factory pics, with "standard light"):

Legendary preview

Foil is very detailed (which is very important for me) and the embossing is awesome. It's not easy see the paper, but I have a physical sample in my hands and I can assure that it's great. It's a matte paper with metallic particles. I'll ask for a physical sample to send you better pics.

[important] About Charming Tales!

A backer told me that Charming Tales was not available for add-on. That was NOT an error, basically it went sold out and BackerKit hid it 😲. I was NOT expecting this, especially so fast. Thank you guys!

I cannot restock too many Charming Tales to avoid overselling. If USPCC will do +10% I will have more (and, at this point, I will give priority to Backers), but I have to play safe in the case they'll do -10%. 

Anyways, I've just restocked +50 decks.

If you wanted to add Charming but you couldn't because it was sold out, contact me at [email protected] and I will assist.

Thank you!

Giovanni

Surveys are IN!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 04:55:35 PM

Hello Backers!

The "Smoke test" went well so I've just sent the survey to everyone. You should have the BackerKit Survey email already. If you won't recieve it during the next 12 hours, send me a PM or email ([email protected]) and I will assist.

🔔 Please compile the survey asap to prevent issues and delays.

Some advice:

  • I have designed the pricing structure to make all Tales decks very affordable on BackerKit, especially if you buy multiples. 
  • Shipping is FREE for US Backers and scale a lot for everyone else.
  • Shipping cost scales with all the decks you'll add-on, even older ones.
  • Remember to add all the "add-ons" you pledged for on Kickstarter (Coins and Uncut sheets). If you missed those, you're still in time to add them, same price as KS!

Charming Tales, explained

USPCC cannot produce a specific number - they have a +1-10% policy, so I cannot make exactly 1777 Legendary Tales decks (unless I accept to trash some, a thing I really hate).

Charming Tales fixes this problem: the "unused Legendary" will be "Charming", that is a more rare/exclusive edition, but less fancy.

Consider the number of Charming could be higher (if they do +10%) or lower (if they do -10%) so I needed to be careful with the number available on BackerKit to prevent overselling. If they'll do -10%, Charming will be much rarer and probably not available post-BackerKit.

FYI I used this solution on my Order Campaign (Order Occultus) and Italia Divina (Italia Magica). 

Production update

Coins and pins are made, Cards and Legendary Boxes are currently in production. The provisional ETA for this project is late spring/early summer.

As usual, if you need assistance, contact me at [email protected].

Thank you!

Giovanni

Charming Tales & Survey Smoke Test!
about 3 years ago – Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 03:13:38 AM

Hello Backers!

today I'll reveal the last Tales deck of the campaign - Charming Tales!

Charming Tales

This deck will have the same cards of Legendary Tales, with a simple tuckbox printed with gold and blue metallic inks

⚠️ IMPORTANT - Charming Tales is available mainly on BackerKit: getting it after will be complicated and more expensive for sure. 

🎁 One copy of Charming Tales is included for free in every "Box" and "MonsterBox" reward.

Wicked Tales and BackerKit offers!

Wicked Tales!

This time I've decided to keep the BackerKit offers extremely low, to grant the best deal possible to Backers. 

I've set the price for all standard Tales decks (including Wicked!) to €12 and Charming Tales to €20

These are very low and I would advise to get more copies, if you like these. Post BackerKit all the prices will be raised substantially.

🚚 Add-ons shipping is FREE for US backers and scales very well for others - i.e. +1 add-on deck shipped to EU cost +€4, but if you add 3 decks cost just +€5.

You can add as many decks as you want, but there is an total limit on everything, so be careful :-)

Uncut sheets and Coins

If you have Uncut Sheets and Coins, please use the credit you pledged on Kickstarter to add them on BackerKit in the section "Add additional items to your pledge."! Ask if you need assistance ([email protected])

Brick and Boxes rewards swap

I am offering to boxes and bricks the chance to swap some decks with Wicked/Charming on BackerKit. This is of course optional and you can still add-on more decks if you wish to.

  • Brick rewards can swap 4x Heroic, 4x Arcane, 4x Legendary ---> 3x Heroic, 3x Arcane, 3x Wicked, 2x Legendary, x1 Charming.
  • Box Rewards can swap 5x Heroic, 5x Arcane, 5x Legendary, 1x Charming, 1x Wicked ---> 4x Heroic, 4x Arcane, 4x Wicked, 3x Legendary, 2x Charming 

These are the ONLY swaps available, it's not possible pick a different combination.

P.s. other than an extra copy of Wicked and Charming Tales, Boxes include also a Brick Box, a Coin and a Pin.

Surveys Smoke test sent!

Tales surveys are ready, I've already sent out the "smoke test" to 5% of the Backers.

If you received the survey, please compile it and let me know if you see anything strange - the purpose of the Smoke Test is see if I did errors. I will release the surveys for everyone in the next few days - Don't worry if you haven't got your survey yet, it's normal.

 Tales Coin is completed!

One last thing :-) Tales Coin is completed and it's awesome, here are some "raw" pics from my phone camera. If you missed these, they're available on BackerKit at KS price.

Princess side
Prince Side

Thank you very much!

Giovanni