Character Cards - Instant NPCs, just add water.

A project in Manchester, United Kingdom by Stephen Coffey
000days 
:
00hours 
:
00minutes 

Funding Successful

A deck of playing cards that double as a set of instant NPCs for your roleplaying game.
Backers: 357
Average Pledge Per Backer: £12

Funded: £4,307 of £900
Dates: Apr 12th -> May 17th (36 days)
Project By: Stephen Coffey
Tags:
playing cardsrpgtabletop game +Suggest

Suggest Tags

Begin typing to search or pick from a list. You can add multiple tags at the same time!
SubmitCancel
Saving your suggestions...
Suggestion Saved Successfully
Thank you for your help! The Kicktraq gnomes will get to work on your suggestions very soon.

Please keep in mind not all suggestions may be used, and repeated re-submissions may result in being rejected automatically (and we don't want that to happen).

If you have any questions, have a good idea for a tag, or a more in-depth suggestion - please feel free to let us know!

Ok
Hrm... something went wrong.
Hey, bad things happen to the best of us. Don't worry, the gnomes have been dispatched. Maybe try again in a little while.

Ok

£4,307

current pledge level
Last Updated: May 17 @ 21:30 -0400 GMT

478%

of goal
funding period ended

£0

trending toward
Trends are not projections. Read More >>

0%

of goal

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)

Now you can share!

Help your backers reach your daily goals and help others see how you're doing. It's easy, with Kicktraq Mini.

Here are a few quick snippits of code you can use to embed your personalized widget on your website, in your blog, and even on your favorite forum.

HTML for websites & blogs
Copy HTML

BBCode for forums
Copy BBCode

Reddit code for... well, Reddit
Copy Reddit Code

Special Note: Kickstarter recently disabled remote embedding for images on project pages, so embedding code doesn't work on project pages (yet) - just everywhere else.

You can read more about it here.
Latest News

We've Made It! Again!

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
How can I put this... Wahoo! First of all I want to say a huge thank you to all our backers - I know it's a cliché, but it really would not have happened without you. When we started this we had no idea whether it would garner much interest, or... (Read More)

Story Time - A Day Off

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's story is an extra-long one starring Oliver Rasmin and Serena Milgard  Serena was walking alone on a cold autumn evening; a deep gash along her thigh and a pouch full of teeth were the only signs that she had been fighting for her life mere... (Read More)

The Final Stretch (Goal)

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
On the back of the large order from The Dice Shop mentioned a couple of updates ago we contacted our printers for a quote on an order for a larger number of decks. Well what do you know - it's good news! The price dropped more than we had... (Read More)

"Not Again"

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Freya finished shoeing the skeletal horse, bidded its rider farewell, and sat down for a cup of hot milk. It was time for her to get some rest. She always insisted that The Horsemen only come by at night, or she wouldn't serve them. Sure it cut into... (Read More)

Full Steam Ahead - A New Stretch Goal And Some New News

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Stretch Goals ReachedWe've now hit £2600... twice. The first time a backer pulled out before I had a chance to write this update.  So, we've just unlocked a major stretch goal: 13 new cards added to the deck. Halfway to having a full set of Major... (Read More)

Almost There

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
As I write this, we've just hit £2500 in backing; you've almost unlocked 13 bonus cards (the four Knights and nine of the major arcana). So, here are some of the cards you're about to unlock.  Major ArcanaFirst up is Almaedra, the kindly empress... (Read More)

A Touch of Class - A Story and Some New Suits

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
6 days ago, we posted the first attempt at new suit symbols, they drew some, quite fair, criticism. But I'm glad we shared them when we did, because of what came next. One of our backers, Marcos Hidalgo, offered his artistic talents to help make... (Read More)

Hearts Aplenty

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Stores, Adventurers and Stories

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
StoresWe've hit £2,000, that's a good number. It means that, from now on, our Store Delivery scheme can give each store 25% more: one free deck per four delivered to a store instead of per five. So, if you have a local store that you'd like to... (Read More)

New Art, New Add-Ons, and a Challenge

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
First off, I'd like to thank those of you who've participated in our poll to decide the major stretch goals. At the moment it's seeming that our first instinct was right, the expanded deck is more popular, and we should save the other genre's for a... (Read More)

Story Time

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached £1800, so for the next year we're going to be supplying you with a story a month, featuring one of the characters from the deck. Today's story features a character you haven't seen before, Mr. Tony Sands The Gambling ProblemTony Sands... (Read More)

How's my driving?

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
It's now been a little over a week since we launched this kickstarter, and things have gone better than we expected - we blazed past our original funding goal in a little less than 12 hours and are now closing in on doubling it! I need to make a... (Read More)

Four more characters; a quick plot creation; and our biggest stretch goals revealed.

April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Four More Cards We've hit £1500, so we're revealing four more of the Character Cards we've prepared; one from each suit. First up is Jakob Orinix; the Jack of Hearts. He's a good kid, but he's still just a kid. One day he'll be a hero, he just... (Read More)

Looks like our art budget is going up.

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
With Character Cards, we made a deliberate choice to focus on the text, rather than using up space with artwork. So, we started out with an art budget of... zero.  We designed the card formatting ourselves, using GIMP and a selection of free fonts... (Read More)

Preview of 3 of the cards

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Wow!

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you, we've reached our goal in less than 12 hours. Big thanks to everyone :-) We've now got enough backing to produce the deck. Everything from here on out is gravy... tasty, tasty gravy. Of course, as with most Kickstarters, there's... (Read More)

If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!