Deck View: King's Game (Black Edition) Playing Cards

Strategy. Functional. Universal.

The King's Game Playing Cards is Bona Fide Playing Cards' take on the ancient and universal game: Chess. Designer Karin Yan brought together a deck that aims to represent all the different aspects of chess while adding a regal touch to it.

King’s Game features an entire game set within one deck where the back depicts a globe-like chess board and the different chess pieces are unconventionally distributed among the court cards forming two houses: The Black house represented by Spades and Clubs and the White house represented by Hearts and Diamonds.

The deck was designed to be both artistic and functional at the same time, with standard number cards and clear indices and pips making them perfectly playable. The King's Game Black Edition comes with gold and black foil tuck box. The tucks depict two Kings playing a game of chess (one on the front and one on the back). Printed by the Expert Playing Card Co.

Available from bonafideplayingcards.com.

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Deck View: NOUVEAU Bourgogne Playing Cards

Historical. Tribute. Beautiful.

The NOUVEAU Bourgogne Playing Cards was funded as part of NOUVEAU campaign on Kickstarter by Karin Yan of Bonafide Playing Cards. The deck was selected as the 2016 United Cardists annual deck and hence, some of the design elements on the card back and Ace of Spades references the UC.

The deck is one of the first two deck in the NOUVEAU series and is inspired by the historical and mythological heroes and heroines traditionally featured in the French playing cards in the 16th century. The beautifully crafted deck is fully custom and the art style is a tribute to the philosophical and artistic trend Art nouveau, promoted and popularized in France. Available now from bonafideplayingcards.com

The team at Bonafide Playing Cards is currently funding the FINAL deck of the NOUVEAU Series on Kickstarter- NOUVEAU Gemmes Playing Cards, limited edition of 500 units. Check it out!

Also, for more cool playing cards, check out JP Playing Cards.

Kickstarter: Alexandre Dumas Classics Playing Cards by Bona fide Playing Cards

Designed by Karin Yan of Bona fide Playing Cards, the Alexandre Dumas Classics' Playing Cards are a tribute to two of the most popular masterpieces by the French Writer: The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

Fully custom, both decks portray a simple yet detailed image of characters and the stories of each book. Each deck features illustrations of the main characters from the respective book, paying great attention to every single detail.

The Count of Monte Cristo Playing Cards portrays a story of revenge, jealousy, pride, greed and justice.

The court cards represent the main characters of the book, while the back and tuck feature the most characteristic elements of the story with a design inspired by book bindings of the 19th century.

Meanwhile, the Three Musketeers Playing Cards depicts a story of courage, honor, ambition, friendship and treason.

The court cards represent the most meaningful characters of the story and the back and tuck are inspired by book bindings of the 17th century, featuring characteristic and meaningful elements of the story.

Both decks will be printed by the Expert Playing Card Co, on it's Master Finish. Available now on Kickstarter, pledge starts from €13 (~USD$14) and the uncut sheets are available as an add-on.