Get your own copy of this one-time printing, incredibly unique deck. The Alleyman's Tarot was the #1 most funded (and by far the most backed) tarot kickstarter ever. Made up of 137-cards from various decks, old and modern, the deck is a small art museum that fits in your hand and that divines smoothly.
With the Booster Packs, you can include additional cards in the deck to replace or support the pre-existing cards. Grab your box, cloth, and bag while you're at it, and a X/O coin and poker chip, and see what the Alleyman has to tell you.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
BOOSTER PACK #1
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:14:14 PM
Hello everyone!
(PS we broke the stretch goal to add the 136th and 137th cards to the deck. Still deciding on 136, but 137 will have a blank front. It can be read as open opportunity, or you can feel free to customize that card!)
The first booster pack is arranged, let's look at credits!
First off, I want to do one card per booster, so I'm leaving my slots empty. Think of it as the fun 'rare' card pull, you won't see it until you open the pack! : )
We've got quite an array of goodies here, so let's dig in.
ROW 1
First up is Erin Jung with the Good Dog Tarot Deck's Knight of Swords. What a good dog! The kickstarter for this precious dog deck is live right now, PLEASE consider giving it a look!
First up is in this row is Credoquia Absurdum with the TerraVolatileTarot's Strength. I was requested by people to give a Strength at XI, and here it is!
Finally on this row is Mali@blackdistraction (back by Hattersarts) with the Make History Gay Tarot'sKingofDisks. Twitter handles for the artists and designers below:
@blkdistraction
@nova_mali
@hattersarts
ROW 3
First up is in this row is JacobSchaffer&JessSchuler with the SuperLunarisTarot's 4ofPentacles.
Keep an eye out in the coming weeks for Booster #2 and potentially #3!
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CREDITS #2 | Facebook Group, Discord, and More Touched Tiers
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 01:16:43 AM
Hello! Credits Round 2-- but before I get into it, quick announcements.
A Facebook group was started by one of the backers for other backers to hang out, chat about their decks, how they updated it, etc-- they're also talking about trading cards from other decks to further customize. Sounds very cool, you can find it here. I'm not running it, but I am a member and I'll periodically check in.
Second, I've repurposed an old Discord that I don't use. You can join it here. I will be 'managing' this one, but loosely. It's just a space where people can hang out, chat about the deck, my oracle dice, my games, or anything I've made-- or just chat in general! I'm not available all the time, but I'll check in.
THIRD, I am putting up more 'Touched by the Alleyman' tiers at a higher price point. I gravely underestimated interest and the amount of time I'll spend on this. There will be 100 slots available per new tier, with each one staggered to fulfill 1 or 2 months after the last. I will no longer be taking custom orders of additional 'Touched' decks later on. Trying to put it all in one place, so get them now.
(ps talking with someone about custom fancy bags and wooden boxes, will update soon)
CREDITS TIME!
We pick back up with Emma Daeus's incredible Hanged Man.
$450,000! Booster Packs Available! Poker Chip! 135th Card!
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:51:18 PM
HELLO BACKERS!
Last we talked I asked people's opinions on poker chips versus coins. People like the coin better, and I get it. So EVERY BACKER will get a free Alleyman's Coin. Working on the design now with people, will share it when I have a decent mockup of it. As soon as I have it priced, I'll also make it an available add-on for people who want more than 1. It'll look like an old, ancient coin, carved into with an X on one side and an O on the other.
In the meantime, I have made the Booster Packs, both #1 and #2, available to add-on to your order now, along with the poker chip, which is now only an add-on.
To add items on to your order that you've already made, you just go to the Kickstarter page and hit the 'Manage my Pledge' button that replaced the 'Pledge' button. You will be shown the pledge tiers you can pick-- stay on the one you have, and once you hit next, it will take you to the Add-ons. There you can pick any add-on you want, and increase the quantity of each one to include multiples.
I have almost the entire first booster sourced. (12/15 cards) As soon as I have the images to share, I will do a Booster post showing off the credits and art of those cards. I wanted to have it all together by now, but things take time! Many people are in the contract talks first, so waiting on that stuff to settle down. That means Booster #2 is basically totally blank and you will be unlikely to see the cards from it for another 2 weeks or so. Patience and trust on that one, I promise it will be awesome stuff, as always!
We broke $450,000, which means artists just made another $200 a piece. We're really just blowing through those, huh? I added/adjusted stretch goals to a million and over to account for 'beating' the top 3 most funded kickstarters for their slots haha.
If you've hunted through the comments and are interested in the Alleyman's story, you'll be happy to know that the 135th card being added to the deck, as well as the 1,000,000 dollar stretch goal, are about that. The 135-th card is The Performer, the entity who inhabits the Alleyman. This is a card I'm securing rights to use from a tarot deck that the British Museum of all places has, which you can see here. I'm so in love with this card-- I'm sure it's the Fool of the set, but that is absolutely the Performer for me. It's gorgeous. Love these ugly ass color printed cards.
Finally, if we reach 1,000,000, I will ACTIVELY begin putting together an Alleyman podcast/radioshow type thing. I'm imagining something like 10 episodes, but I'd put down $50,000 to fund voice artists and sound artists and everything to help make it a really solid, interesting story. It's something I always wanted to do, but didn't know how to approach. I think with some cash in hand, I could absolutely get some good talent together to help me do it-- thinking I'll reach out to Rusty Quill who did the incredible Magnus Archives-- they at least will look at a pitch for something of the like, according to their website.
I'll be looking to add a Giuseppe cloth as an option-- I didn't have any particular Alleyman-ish ideas for a cloth. I'd highly suggest that if you want a bag or fancy cloth, find one you like elsewhere. But Giuseppe is great and deserves their own great little altar/reading cloth. Additionally, will be actively sourcing fancy custom wooden boxes for the deck as a super high tier. Will let you all know when/if that comes to life.
Thanks!
your Publishing Goblin,
7DA
ps
I'm going to go through the retailer tier here soon and kick people out of the tier if they didn't talk to me first/secure their spot in the tier. A number of people have tried picking it to get multiple copies of the deck for cheaper. No bueno, y'all! I want to be able to pay these artists all their stretch goal money, which I cannot do with the very thin earnings on the Retailer tier. Go get a normal pledge and add additional decks if you just want extras! : )
GIuseppe Fan Club! All These Stretch Goals! Add On Booster Packs! The Credits Finally!
about 3 years ago
– Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 01:01:31 AM
First off, let me just say-- You are all wild! We have been going up $100,000 a day for 3 days straight. It finally looks like it's slowing down today, but not even that much. I should have plotted the stretch goals every 100,000, not every 50,000, huh? My last campaign made $130,000 over the full 30 days, so I hadn't imagined anything like this, so again. Thank you. (I'll come up with more stretch goals of relevance for beyond 500k if we really pass it!)
Second, Giuseppe (a card by @jakeyouh in the Second/Other Arcana) has quite a fan following on social media!
The Giuseppe Fanart
No steppy by Noah S Brown, lovely black framed art by Rose Frye (@Modernmodron), tiny Giuseppe by Sean S LeBlanc, cross-stitch design by Enrica Prazzoli, the lovely painted one on the bottom right by Eli Norvell, the black and white by Lenny Magner, and finally the card, jokerfied Giuseppe, and Stonks meme by Ayolland. There was more but I didn't get permission so we'll rest there.
I just thought it was fun and neat haha.
We are smashing the stretch goals so fast. On top of the booster pack being unlocked, and more pay to artists, we already unlocked the Yes/No coin and a 134th card.
For the Yes/No coin, I'm debating on going metal or doing it on a custom poker chip. That feels very good in my brain for the Alleyman's Tarot, but I also want to do a coin. Tell me below which you'd prefer-- everyone is getting it free, and you will be able to buy more if you want.
TAROT BOOSTER PACKS
Okay so lightly eating my own words here haha-- Thank you for all the suggestions. Even though I already knew or tried to get cards from most of them in the past, I actually ended up straight up going for about 5 or so of the cards people suggested to me. Unfortunately I spent most of my day wading through all the emails and messages suggesting cards/art that I didn't have time to finish my hunt for cards haha. The selection process isn't done yet, but I have 6 or so of the cards already on the verge of locking in, and I'll share those as soon as the specific cards are chosen!
In the meantime, I'll be putting up the add on for booster pack #1 AS SOON AS I HAVE A QUOTE FROM THE PRINTER. I want to offer it for $5, but if the cost per unit is low I'll do lower. If it's surprisingly expensive I'll raise the cost. Need to wait to see. You will be able to see all 15 cards being included hopefully in the next week, but definitely during the life of the campaign. Be patient and I'll deliver a cool extra bundle of cards!
So thanks for all your suggestions, some really were things I hadnt seen and loved. You all rock!
However the second booster pack is about to unlock here probably in an hour or two. When its stretch goal is unlocked (and I have the quote), I will put that add-on up as well, but that will take a little longer to source the cards, so be patient on seeing what's in #2. It will still be during the life of the campaign, so no worries, there-- AND even if you don't add them on during the campaign, you'll be able to in the Backerkit afterwards, so no worries if you want to wait to see all the art, first. That's totally reasonable.
Talking to people about doing a bag add on, but I want it to be something cool. If I can't find something neat to offer, I'm not going to do it. Also sourcing potential for custom wooden boxes as a fancy, expensive add-on or tier. You'll know the second I find that stuff out.
I'mnot going to add more Touched-tier slots. Thanks for the love on it, and for the offers of paying wildly high amounts to get in haha, but I think I've already over-pledged myself to do 100 with the expected turnaround of shipping in September. It'll probably take longer. It was dumb of me. I'm promising to hand-stain, draw, doodle, burn, cut, thoughtfully change 133 cards in each of the 100 decks and guides-- that is so much work. I undercharged, and I overpledged the slots.
So if you wanted it, I'm sorry, but that's not happening on this project. HOWEVER, I will offer touched decks made custom to order from the backstock I'll be ordering that you WILL be able to order on my store after September. If you want one really bad, wait till then. Thanks.
FINALLY!
I put it off a day because I hate making multiple updates in a day, I know it's annoying to get multiple update emails. Sorry! But I am going to start the EXTENDED credits update posts today with the first 10 artists! This will include their credits as shown on the kickstarter plus links to all their stuff so you can go buy their full decks or support them in other ways! : )
Thanks for being amazing. This has for real been the wildest Kickstarter for me. I appreciate all the love. Today I've been teleconferencing into my highschool english teacher's classroom to talk about my poetry, so apologize for being a bit slow at responding to all the comments, emails, and questions. Updates on the Booster packs soon!
Your Publishing Goblin
7DA
CREDITS POST #1
about 3 years ago
– Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 12:59:08 AM
It's time y'all! The campaign story was too short to fit all their lists, so I am starting here with the first 10 artists on the project. Love their card? Go support them on their sites, their stores, their everything! They deserve it! (Yeah, this is how the bibliography was looking when I ran out of character count halfway through. Oh well, here it is now! And these links and credits are in the guidebook!)
Can I get some applause for Melissa Gaul and the incredible Rubber Ducky Fool?
Another post of 10 artists in 3 days! : ) Thanks for taking the time look at them, they are all amazing and deserve your follows on social media and sales and ALL OF IT! : )
