Ad Man kickstarter project is a game for people who love advertising

by admin on May 12, 2013

Ad Man – a cool custom card game about advertising  - THIS IS A GAME YOU CAN BACK RIGHT NOW BY GOING TO KICKSTARTER!

Ad-Man! is a card game about  advertising mascots. Playing the role of an advertising executive, players use 60 different original mascots to gain over 30 different product accounts from clients, to sell things like soda pop, baseball teams, and fabric detergent. The winner of the game has collected the most product accounts.

I love great looking and well designed art, but most of all  - I REALLY LOVE A GAME THAT IS NOT SO DIFFICULT I CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT!!  

We do a lot of prototypes for kickstarter – especially prototype card games for kickstarter  – and honestly from what I have seen – I think that this art is awesome and it simply looks like fun!  Designer Steve Robbins has an amazing amount of talent.

This game not only has great art but it is a really PLAYABLE game. Of course that is – after all – the whole idea.  You don’t just want to look at the game – you have to be able to figure out how to play it – and figure it out before everyone loses interest!!

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Whether they know it or not – and whether they care to admit it or not – Everyone – deep down –  loves advertising mascots!   Not only are they are a great piece of American iconic imagery -(true American icons like Mr Clean and the Lucky Charm Leprechaun are hard to forget after all), they provide us with a shared visual language that is easy to understand. They’re eye-catching – persuasive and very charming.  Remember Darren Stevens from Bewitched!! He was the ultimate Ad Man!!  and I remember wanting to be the female version of Darren Stevens for my entire childhood.  I think that this game might satisfy that urge LOL – even though I DO own an advertising agency – Ad Magic – at this point! Technically we specialize in custom playing cards – custom games and custom promotional items and NOT exactly designing custom Ad Man type campaigns like Darren Stevens did!!  But it is very close to my original childhood dream and I am so very lucky.   Not only do I really love what I do with an amazing passion, but I love it so much that I am even blogging about one of my clients on Mother’s Day!!

Speaking of which I need to get dressed.  I am being taken out for the day.  Back this project – there are lots of great levels and the game will be a blast to play!!

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A cool Zombie kickstarter game to back this week

by admin on May 7, 2013

This new kickstarter project is looking for funding now -check it out before it is over!!

Apocalypze Card Game

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As a kickstarter game printer – Ad Magic loves to back these projects and
we think you will appreciate this one about Zombies!

1. Apocalypze-card-game - A cool zombie card game by
Ivan Turner 9 Kingdoms Publications.

ApocalypZe is a very cool zombie card game that puts you, the player, into a world filled with zombies.

Unlike any other card game on the market, Apocalypze is designed to give you the feel of the zombie ApocalypZe because the game play
focuses on survival, scavenging, and atmosphere rather than just straight combat.
From the black and white artwork to the rich development of our characters and locations,
ApocalypZe will make you feel that you are in a world dominated by the dead.
The game is supported by a range of fictional ebooks that help players get to know the characters,
whose stories you as a player will write and rewrite time and again.

In a unique twist of mechanics, you play not only the survivors
who must defend their stronghold against the ravenous hordes,
but the ravenous hordes themselves…or any other raiders you choose.

The designs in this deck are awesome -
here is a review of the game by Dice Tower and here are some pics of the cards in the game!

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Here is the demo on You Tube of this new custom card game.

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Ad Magic Prints Custom Playing Cards for Katy Perry

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It isn’t every day that we get calls to print decks for famous people – although it is getting a little more common to tell you the truth.  This time we got a call from a company in LA that does PR and in this case they were doing a brand new launch of a [...]

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15 Most Bizarre Promotional Items Ever

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Giveaways can be a great idea for generating web traffic, attracting interest in your product, and growing your brand. And, generally speaking, the more creative they are, the better. It’s in this spirit of creativity, innovation, and, dare we say, lunacy that we tackle the 15 Most Bizarre Promotional Items Ever. Let’s not keep you [...]

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New Fundraising Site turns Playing Cards into Donations for Non Profits

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Ad Magic has launched a fundraising site that allows people who are building card decks to donate to a charity of their choice. custom playing cards for fundraising  The press release is due out Tuesday or Wednesday – but the basic idea is that you go on the site – and build a deck with [...]

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