Night Parade Fusion Playing Cards (Kickstarter)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iws/night-parade-fusion-playing-cards-hanafuda-poker

A multi-purpose deck of cards for playing Eastern and Western games!

Cost: ~US$15 per deck
Current funding level: just launched
Kickstarter ends: Dec 5, 2019

The Night Parade Fusion deck is the latest project from IndianWolf Studios. It is called a Fusion deck because it doubles as a standard deck of cards, and as a Hanafuda deck.

Hanafuda has an entry on BoardGameGeek, because it is a classic and special deck that originates in 18th century Japan. It is used to play a whole lot of different games, including favorite classics like Koi-Koi (popular in Japan) and Go Stop (popular in Korea).

IndianWolf Studios has come up with the clever idea of combining the Hanafuda deck with the traditional deck of playing cards most of us are familiar with today, so that you can play games from a variety of cultures. They have already created two previous Hanafuda "Fusion" decks, both with Japanese inspired art, as part of their successful Hanami Hanafuda and the Sensu Hanafuda projects. To learn more about these previous Fusion decks, see my article reviewing Hanafuda here: Not just a deck of cards, but a system of games with a rich heritage!

The Kickstarter project has images of sample cards from the forthcoming Night Parade Fusion deck, and you can see how these incorporates standard poker card icons/indices, and can be used for Hanafuda games as well.

The artwork of the Night Parade deck is polyptych in style, which means that the cards can be combined alongside each other to create a single larger image.

This deck takes its name from the stories that describes all the `yokai' that enter the human world at night. In Japanese folklore yokai is a broad term that includes a whole range of supernatural beings and strange phenomena, including monsters, spirits, and more. Stories range from describing the Night Parade of these yokai as an orderly procession traveling the roads to an unruly horde spreading pandemonium, and the Night Parade deck depicts the same diversity.

Printing is by the Expert Playing Card Company (EPCC), which is based in Taiwan. EPCC is one of the top playing card manufacturers today alongside the United States Playing Card Company, so the cards themselves are guaranteed to be high quality, durable, and to shuffle and handle smoothly.

The Night Parade Fusion deck will also come with a bonus 16-page full-color booklet containing the rules for the game Orochi. This is a 2-4 player shedding/climbing game that has been designed and created especially for this deck. The climbing game genre is a familiar one that includes popular card games like Tichu, The Great Dalmuti, President, and Big Two, so the addition of Orochi makes this deck of additional interest to card gamers.

What about Hanafuda games, and how do you play them? Already available from the publisher is a 236-page full-color Hanafuda rulebook that gives the rules for 37 different games that can be played with a Hanafuda deck. You can get this in a digital version or a printed version from Amazon (Hanami edition or Sensu edition) or Barnes & Noble (Hanami edition or Sensu edition). This massive rulebook is a world first, and is an extremely valuable resource, because clear rules for Hanafuda games are otherwise not readily available in English.

Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iws/night-parade-fusion-playing-cards-hanafuda-poker

Disclaimer: I have no official relationship with the creator of this project, other than being a keen gamer and reviewer, as well as an enthusiast and collector of custom playing cards. I own a copy of the previous Hanafuda Fusion decks from IndianWolf Studios and also have their Hanafuda rulebook, and consider them outstanding.

No paper cards are going to hold up to years of use, a lot of home poker games end with throwing away the deck and casinos throw out cards constantly. If you want a deck that lasts you will need to look at plastic cards. The most famous brands are Kem and Copag and both are nice for different reasons (Copag feels more like paper but with IMO uglier faces, Kem are also more expensive.) You can see them both here:

https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Bridge-Standard-Playing-Cards/dp/B000T61ZY0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482168466&sr=8-3&keywords=kem+black+and+gold

https://www.amazon.com/Copag-Bridge-Regular-Index-Playing/dp/B0023S1H40/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482168496&sr=8-3&keywords=copag+black

This said, it also depends what you are doing with the cards. If it's for magic/flourishes you will not want to use plastic cards but if it's for card games then they are what you want. If you are using paper cards it's best just to buy in bulk and understand they will not last with any amount of handling. If you want exceptional quality paper cards that are cheap enough to buy in bulk, generally Tally-Ho are considered a high-quality standard:

https://www.amazon.com/Tally-Ho-Playing-Cards-12-Count/dp/B007P17LKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482168622&sr=8-1&keywords=tally-ho+playing+cards+12

Casinos themselves use Bee cards which are also of good quality and affordable in bulk.

https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Playing-Cards-Colors-vary/dp/B00TYTSJHO?th=1&psc=1

Monarchs and the like are beautiful but these are more like collector's items, paper absorbs oils and moisture from the skin, corners separate and wear and cards are easily bent. While Monarchs and this class of playing card are printed with special inks and foils making them very attractive, at the end of the day it does not make them significantly more durable than a standard deck of Bikes.

TL;DR: Paper cards will show wear after only hours of use, for applications besides cardistry one must consider plastic cards such as Kem or Copag.

Honestly I would love to have my whole collection on display, but I can't afford wall displays or shelves for everything. I love the Napa Valley 100 cassette racks, but I would need a lot of them and they are expensive. So I just keep them ticked away until I find the right solution. I will probably move from what I have to something like this for a little easier to manage storage that looks a little nicer and more consistent. And will stack easier.

Edit: BCW has some great options:

5000 card storage box

Long Box 12 count "rack"

1500ct 3 row black storage box

Probably able to find these cheaper through amazon.

Sorry I'm late, others have given you great ways to have a good deck produced, they can be a little bit expensive, if you goal was to simply print one deck for a card game.


If you really just want to print one deck for a drinking game, but have it on something more resembling a deck of real cards, you can simply print the cards on a good quality linen finish cardstock:


https://www.amazon.com/Southworth-Cotton-Coverstock-inches-Z550CK/dp/B00125JBX4/


If you are just printing text, than a good quality home printer should produce an acceptable quality. If you want to throw a few more dollars at the project, take it to staples and have it printed on a high quality laser printer.


You'll have to cut the edges on a basic straight edge paper cutter, unless you have access to a die-cutter to perform the nice rounded corners you find on a deck of cards. They can be rather expensive and not worth-while for a project of this small scale.


One tip, I can offer is to use a whole punch to clean the corners. A 90 degree angle corner on a card is likely to get bent and deformed over time. Carefully running each corner into a hole punch will "die-cut" each corner into a inverted arc. Not as good as a real die-cut, but a nice little finish, if done accurately. It will take some experimenting to set up guides on the whole punch that you can align each corner into to get a symmetrical even punch each time. If you mess it up, the deck will not stack straight on the corners.

EDIT - Never mind, looks like corner rounders are now pretty cheap!

https://www.amazon.com/Aidox-Angle-Eater-Corner-Rounder/dp/B00161Q13C

are you looking for something like this in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZHjI08AWw

here is one off Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Card-Display-Decks-Cards-Playing/dp/B06VSXZ8HP

there are a few out there like this. if you need help finding any more, you can comment back or even DM me any time and ill help ya. there are ones out there in the shape of certain suites as well - hearts, spades, etc. then, some people have used nail polish displays to display their decks as well

I got the display as a gift! I am pretty sure it's this one on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Card-Frame-Acrylic-Collectable/dp/B00U203LCM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=60+deck+playing+card+display&qid=1571378727&sr=8-1

It's pretty great, though it is difficult to slide open. The acrylic face generates a lot of friction in the tracks.

I think it works great! Nice and cheap and you can barely see it. I got it from amazon. Highly recommend!

https://www.amazon.com/Sooyee-Acrylic-Tabletop-Essential-12-2x9-5x6-9/dp/B0788JW1BV

I got two of these and hung them on my wall it's my favorite thing recently. I get to keep rearranging decks and adding new ones as nice new ones come in. It's great.

I'm not sure, but it looks like a baseball card organizer box. Comic book and Baseball Card stores should have them.
Something like this, possibly.
http://amzn.com/B000K41E6K
Looks like they have different lengths of one row boxes all the way up to 5 row boxes.

Alright, I am going to be quite blunt here.

• A lot of your stock is something I can buy on aliexpress for half the price, if not less. All those plastic "goldfoil" decks, etc.... These are ok as novelty cards, but they are not really collectible items. The choice to carry so many of these somewhat cheapens the overall impression from your store.
  
  
• Your prices for some other decks show 100% markup over Barnes&Noble/Amazon/other prices. It is possible that despite pricing your decks in dollars you are catering to the audience outside of the United States, in which case these prices may be a bit more justifiable, but it's not like Warrior Horse (as an example) or SteamPunk are particularly rare decks to justify a markup like that.
  
  
• The actual pages for individual decks lack pictures. A picture of a tuck is not sufficient. People want to know how the cards themselves look. A standard set of photos should include: (1) backs; (2) Ace of Spades; (3) Jokers; (4) a sample of courts; (5) some non-court faces. This does not require five separate photographs (multiple cards can be present on a single shot), but if you want people to make purchasing decisions while they are staring at your web site (rather than having them google the deck and discover that cheaper alternatives are available), you need to work on this.

Thanks. They're on amazon too. Sweet

https://www.amazon.com/Collectable-Playing-Cards-VHS/dp/B01N41GH86

these are great, but I'll have to find another deck of these for cheaper. Thank.

UPDATE: These cards are more of what I wanted.

Thanks!

It’s the 25 deck frame from Amazon.

The Playing Card Frame - 25 Deck... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W2HJN5G?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Looks neat. Where'd you get it?

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EDIT: It looks like the cards that come with a custom magic kit from FAO Schwartz.
https://www.amazon.com/FAO-Schwarz-Playing-Floating-Instruction/dp/B07J5V2CBR

I actually bought something very similar at first https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001AMO8A0?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

Then because I was disappointed I bought some others
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00I2XX2KW?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07ND5GPT6?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0018DPOMM?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

And they all feel like the first ones I bought, like cheap copies made in china.

The Guy in that other Post said bicycle doesnt sell cards on amazon at all so none of the cards come directly from them. Maybe I should buy some from official bicycle store and compare?

I got mine on amazon for around $16 each. There is room for 24 decks per rack with 6 tiers.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0788JW1BV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-SPjDb7EX3280

https://www.amazon.com/Card-Display-Decks-Cards-Playing/dp/B06VSXZ8HP ?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007P17LKE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rise047-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B007P17LKE&linkId=fce833b7f08e2d50d272a9370a0eb8fd

A link Incase you were looking for one