Update on my playing cards collection, the first part is here.
1 - Makers by Dan & Dave. Dan & Dave are famous card designers who put a lot of care in each one of their creations. The details are so intricate and carefully made, it’s simply a feast for the eyes. Each face card has a profession (hence the name, Makers). No wonder it became a classic. It also exists in 2 other variations, a black one and a white one.
2 - Bronze Age by Bicycle. I’m fond of heraldry so I searched for a beautiful deck about this theme. Bronze Age is the remake of the Coat of Arms deck by Justin Froyd, with different colors and tinted cards instead of white. Each face card shows an imaginary coat of arms. This deck also exists in a third version, “Dark Ages”.
3 - Gemini by Stockholm 17 is a fantastic deck with stylish medieval/fantasy face cards. Gemini exists in several color variations (box and back of the cards), mine is the “terra” variation.
4 - Hannibal by IDFYI. I know. I already have one. But Laura @idontfindyouthatinteresting made a new deck and it was too pretty to let go. I had to have it. It’s Hannibal. I don’t make the rules.
5 - Killer Bees by Ellusionist. This one is not mine but belongs to my son. I may have transmitted the card collecting virus to the poor kid. >_> However I wanted to show it here because it’s a remarkable deck, very popular and fabulously designed.
At RDC4 I was able to have my autograph by Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon in American Gods) on this card from the famous Anubis deck. Ricky was so kind, and the card became instantly my favorite ^^. As I tagged Steve Minty, the creator of the deck, when I posted the image online, he said that was super cool and RT my tweet and asked to repost my image on his Instagram. That allowed me to thank him for his work, express my admiration and be the usual fangirl. ^o^/
