For a somewhat more whimsical take, see http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-inva...
Loving these, although the Russian symbol for queens ("A" instead of "Q") took some getting used to.
Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
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Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#12Cute, and they have 54 cards, so I assume there are two Jokers (as a Canasta player, that's important!) $10 for a deck of cards (+$6 for shipping) is kinda expensive, though, particularly since I'd need two.
They are on sale for $7.50 on Fab, until they were sold out that is. Says "Restocking Soon" and when they do, I'm buying two.
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#13Cute, and they have 54 cards, so I assume there are two Jokers (as a Canasta player, that's important!) $10 for a deck of cards (+$6 for shipping) is kinda expensive, though, particularly since I'd need two.
But are those Joker cards different, so that you can use this deck easily for your secret messages [1]? I don't consider $10 expensive. If the cards are well-made they should last for years (at least that's how long the decks around me seem to exist, some are older than a decade). 1: http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html
For comparison, a typical Kickstart project for Bicycle manufactured playing cards is $5 w/ free shipping.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onefreehour/revision-1-d...
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#14See also Vinolentis http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis... and http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/ from 2006. Unfortunately, they turned out to be very inconvenient to play with.
Could you elaborate on why they were inconvenient?
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#15For a somewhat more whimsical take, see http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-inva... Loving these, although the Russian symbol for queens ("A" instead of "Q") took some getting used to.
That's actually not an 'A', but a 'Д': letter phonetically similar to 'D'.
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#16Side note: it is the first time I see sharing links or Western site that include a Chinese SNS (here it is Renren). Maybe it is localized to me, though.
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#17Love the design of this deck, but that may be the problem. They look almost too nice to play with.
Another card game with nice design is the SEO card game SERPs & Spyders: http://SERPsandSpyders.com - you learn and build SEO tactics and strategies in Magic the Gathering style gameplay.
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#18See also Vinolentis http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis... and http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/ from 2006. Unfortunately, they turned out to be very inconvenient to play with.
Could you elaborate on why they were inconvenient?
It was difficult to recognize and distinguish them quickly. Like an interface without icons.
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#19Never got the love for Helvetica, but that's some nice design and colors.
Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
#20There are 2 issues with these cards for gamblers:
1) Not symmetric when rotated 180degrees about the center; this is an issue as it allows for certain side-channel communication
2) full bleed; most cards have a white border for a reason: you can't glean information from looking at the edges