Wishers Playing Cards - premium Poker cards, now on Kickstarter (2 Viewers)

Rick Davidson · 2024-10-25T06:16:39-0400

Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you know about my new playing card series Wishers, designed specifically to be beautifully balanced poker cards. Large clear values, pips and courts on casino quality Bee, and bicycle. I have designed a number of sought after decks over the last 10 years, one featuring in the Russell Crowe movie Poker Face, but this series is completely focused on being the best poker cards you can buy. In the future I’ll be looking at plastic cards, jumbos etc.

My campaign is now on Kickstarter, and I would love your support in producing the first batch of these decks. Thanks for reading!

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NotRealNameNoSir · 2024-10-25T06:41:42-0400

Love the art, really cool. I wont be buying them if they're paper but Ill be following along with your designs, well done.

Rick Davidson · 2024-10-25T06:49:36-0400

NotRealNameNoSir said:
Love the art, really cool. I wont be buying them if they're paper but Ill be following along with your designs, well done.

Thank you kindly, I'm working on the plastics. What's your go to brand?

ekricket · 2024-10-25T06:55:39-0400

Plastic or not much interest here I’m afraid. There are a few paper collectors, but mostly people here buy and use plastic for their games.

NotRealNameNoSir · 2024-10-25T07:07:10-0400

Rick Davidson said:
Thank you kindly, I'm working on the plastics. What's your go to brand?

No rush, Ill be here.

COPAGs are cheap and useable, but we prefer Fournier and Bicycle Prestige at my game. All preferences though; Angels, KEMs, Faded Spade, Modiano, very different feels and pitching.

surfik · 2024-10-25T07:22:08-0400

Rick Davidson said:
Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you know about my new playing card series Wishers, designed specifically to be beautifully balanced poker cards. Large clear values, pips and courts on casino quality Bee, and bicycle. I have designed a number of sought after decks over the last 10 years, one featuring in the Russell Crowe movie Poker Face, but this series is completely focused on being the best poker cards you can buy. In the future I’ll be looking at plastic cards, jumbos etc.

My campaign is now on Kickstarter, and I would love your support in producing the first batch of these decks. Thanks for reading!

View the campaign

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Just let us know when plastic jumbo preferably in bridge size would be on the market....

Rick Davidson · 2024-10-25T07:39:53-0400

NotRealNameNoSir said:
No rush, Ill be here.

COPAGs are cheap and useable, but we prefer Fournier and Bicycle Prestige at my game. All preferences though; Angels, KEMs, Faded Spade, Modiano, very different feels and pitching.

surfik said:
Just let us know when plastic jumbo preferably in bridge size would be on the market....

Appreciate the feedback guys. Bridge? Percentage split, what do you think the preference is of Standard to Jumbo?

RocAFella1 · 2024-10-25T07:55:48-0400

BRIDGE OR BUST

surfik · 2024-10-25T08:18:09-0400

Rick Davidson said:
Appreciate the feedback guys. Bridge? Percentage split, what do you think the preference is of Standard to Jumbo?

25/75

GeeOhVee · 2024-10-25T11:04:04-0400

I think you'd have enough interest in ridge and poker width to be honest. Myself and my group all prefer poker width. Jumbo index seems to be very popular and growing in popularity, probably because a lot of us are getting older.

doublebooyah85 · 2024-10-25T11:15:40-0400

Rick Davidson said:
Appreciate the feedback guys. Bridge? Percentage split, what do you think the preference is of Standard to Jumbo?

Bridge and there’s actually a size index right between the two and is common at blackjack that’s very very popular that faded spade uses

TheOffalo · 2024-10-25T11:25:10-0400

Yes, blackjack index (between standard and jumbo) would be wonderful. Helps with the old eyesight across the table but not over-the-top big!

Prefer bridge size as we play a lot of Omaha and mixed games with more than 2 hole cards.

Favorite cards are Dal Negro and Fournier.

ekricket · 2024-10-25T11:46:19-0400

TheOffalo said:
Prefer bridge size as we ~~play a lot of Omaha and mixed games with more than 2 hole cards~~. have incredibly tiny hands and have problems with tableware even

You guys hold them up in front of your face like Maverick?

upNdown · 2024-10-25T11:51:26-0400

surfik said:
25/75

You think? I’d put it at 50/50 or even lean it toward the jumbo side. At least for PCF.

surfik · 2024-10-25T12:18:09-0400

upNdown said:
You think? I’d put it at 50/50 or even lean it toward the jumbo side. At least for PCF.

25 for standard/75 jumbo or 30/70 is my estimation, I belive there was a pool while ago, I try to find it

50/50 ? Let me guess, you prefer standsrd, dont ya?

upNdown · 2024-10-25T12:37:36-0400

surfik said:
25 for standard/75 jumbo or 30/70 is my estimation, I belive there was a pool while ago, I try to find it

50/50 ? Let me guess, you prefer standsrd, dont ya?

No, I prefer jumbo. And I think PCFers do too. But I think that’s mostly because we trend old, with old eyes.
Honestly, if I had perfect eyesight, I don’t think I’d have a preference. Or at least not a strong one.
But for what it’s worth, it seems to me that pros greatly prefer standard, I think because they think they’re more secure for peeking?

surfik · 2024-10-25T12:45:31-0400

upNdown said:
No, I prefer jumbo. And I think PCFers do too. But I think that’s mostly because we trend old, with old eyes.
Honestly, if I had perfect eyesight, I don’t think I’d have a preference. Or at least not a strong one.
But for what it’s worth, it seems to me that pros greatly prefer standard, I think because they think they’re more secure for peeking?

In my experience the bigger table the more people prefer jumbo, that might be factored by age and eyesight.
i like standard index when playingl 4-5 person game on small table.

Josh Kifer · 2024-10-25T13:09:05-0400

Jumbo always. Less questions when people have iffy vision.

Rick Davidson · 2024-10-25T16:20:04-0400

Thanks guys, very helpful. I've always found the full Jumbo's pretty harsh but I get it now my eyes are also going. I'll look into the black jack index. Also a fan of Fournier. I might bounce a few ideas off you at some point, good forum!

SwissChip · 2024-10-25T16:37:27-0400

I don‘t mind but a lot don‘t like the darker red ‚security ink‘

mipevi · 2024-10-25T16:46:39-0400

For plastic cards I think Piatnik would be a very nice option for a high end manufacturer, many of the other brands mentioned have plenty of different options readily available so it may be difficult to stand out.

And +1 for bridge/jumbo.

Rick Davidson · 2024-10-25T16:58:04-0400

mipevi said:
For plastic cards I think Piatnik would be a very nice option for a high end manufacturer, many of the other brands mentioned have plenty of different options readily available so it may be difficult to stand out.

And +1 for bridge/jumbo.

Thanks, I went through a process with Kems on production, but the prices they wanted were astronomical

NotRealNameNoSir · 2024-10-25T17:03:38-0400

Rick Davidson said:
Thanks, I went through a process with Kems on production, but the prices they wanted were astronomical

Not near worth it, good call. Lot of us are sick of their price and quality as well.

Poker Zombie · 2024-10-25T17:06:34-0400

Plastic only
Jumbo only
Bridge size most likely
I have an interest in 2-color decks with a 4-color hue or outline to make suits easier to distinguish across a table without going full-on 4 color.
I'd like to see some innovation on the face cards, instead a blatant rip-off of every deck ever.

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