Tales from the Trade

Tales from the Trade

Las Vegas Comic Expo coming Sept 28 with return of collectible cards

On September 28 – Saturday September 29 – Sunday at the Riviera Casino & Hotel the 2013 Las Vegas Comic Expo will take place again – and it promises to be an incredible event once again!!! If you have never been there we highly recommend you check it out .  Las Vegas Comic Expo is a…

The bigger blacker box from Cards Against Humanity

Ad Magic – in conjunction with the great guys at Cards Against Humanity – worked on the bigger blacker box for about 8 months before it was debuted at PAX  in Seattle last week. Here is the video for it.   There are many things inside of the box and in my…

Guess who’s printing the Amanda F Palmer Tarot Cards!

Oh and this is too exciting - Ad Magic is printing the most incredible deck of  Amanda Palmer Tarot Cards - AFP custom tarot cards - unreal and so cool. I ordered the level with the super cool cedar box for $80;  definitely worth it!!! Madeline Carol Matz who made…

Historic playing cards from the Civil War a highlight of the Gettysburg 150th

Seems that everywhere I go, custom card decks somehow become a prominent or recurring theme.  When we decided to take some time off for fourth of  July, we wound up in Gettysburg National Park for the 150th anniversary of the famous battle which took place there during the Civil War.…

Chippendales decks – more than just a handsome deck

Chippendales decks - I cannot tell you how excited I was when the phone call came from Chippendales.  I was - appropriately - in Las Vegas - at the time - and I remember hearing the words "I HAVE TO PRINT THIS - I JUST HAVE TO" come out of…

Krackades! It’s a card game of charades on crack! Another krazy kickstarter we love!!

Imagine charades hooked up with Cards Against Humanity and then nine months later  a new game was born - and it was called Krackades! Lauded by one of the inventors of Cards Against Humanity, Josh Dillon, as  ... a unique and exciting new entry in the line of irreverent party games."…

Gothic Doctor – A card game that makes House look mild

Gothic Doctor - it is a name that reminds me - for some reason - of the series - House - but with a definite twist.  So I wanted to blog about this new kickstarter  - which would be in the category of custom  card games  - and I asked…

Another kickstarter first: Custom Havoc Boards for Risk players!

If you play risk - or if you think you might like to try it - our clients Bungled Board Games have come up with a great new kickstarter campaign called Havoc Boards. We made the prototype - which - as you can see here - is a great representation of…

15 Sports Promotions That Went Horribly Wrong

It's a sports marketing professional's job to build interest in the organizations and events he or she is promoting. But sometimes that interest isn't exactly a good thing. Yes, no matter what you've heard, there can be such a thing as bad publicity. To make our case, we submit to…