Geung Si & Vampire Playing Cards (The Torpor Edition) by HypieLab [KS]

[hsbc]

Geung Si The Torpor & Vampire The Torpor is an extended project to Geung Si Playing Cards & Vampire Playing Cards. The core theme of this project is to focus on the Torpor edition of both Geung Si & Vampire edition.


Designed by Sin Yee Lam & Produced by HypieLab Company (@hypiedeck), a design studio based in Hong Kong.
Gold Cold foil printing on both card back and card face.
Printed on Black core German casino stock with embossed finish by our partner printing facility in China that also printed our Talisman deck.
Gilded with gold shimmering foil on the edge of the deck.
Hot foil stamping on premium Black cloth paper with multilayered embossing. Crafted and assembled in Hong Kong.

[hsbc]

I'm not sure whether it's intentional but the gold ink (foil?) is strange, it doesn't look gold unless it's directly reflecting light

[james001a]

Oh those are nice. I love red cards. Yes it's strange because I don't even like the color red. Thanks for sharing these pics.

[Harvonsgard]

I hate red cards.
*looks at his TWI EVA*
Okay, not all of them.

[rousselle]

These cards really look awesome... except, I just don't like the style of illustration for the courts. If it weren't for that, I'd be scrambling to get these into my collection right now, because everything else about this is candy for the eyes.

[Eric Lee]

That's something new. Rather than posters or even T-shirts, it's the 1st I've seen anyone offer only beach towels instead of those usual options.

Maybe it's just me, but the Red tuck looks like the Chinese New Year ang pows (Red packets) to me. Heck, the card backs themselves looks like they could be use a 'fu' (talisman/charm) for the Gueng Si.

I can just imagine a new vampire movie using these decks as charms and a cardistry move to shoot them out at the vampires. (Yes, I grew up in the 80's, the hey-days of Hong Kong vampire movies. )

[Kage X]

Maybe it's just me, but the Red tuck looks like the Chinese New Year ang pows (Red packets) to me. Heck, the card backs themselves looks like they could be use a 'fu' (talisman/charm) for the Gueng Si.

They had these as add-on, domino-sized deck

[james001a]

I missed out on the KS. Does anyone know where to get the Western Vampires decks?

[shermjack]

I missed out on the KS. Does anyone know where to get the Western Vampires decks?

The Western Vampires deck was just released through Murphy’s, so you should be able to get it from their resellers soon

[james001a]

Thanks!

[Artiphany]

Hi All,
Vampire The Torpor is a deck project by Geung Si Playing Cards & Vampire Playing Cards. They are a cool contrast to the vampires and other characters I am designing for my new/revised deck, Bag of Bones. This deck was designed by Sin Yee Lam and produced by HypieLab Company. As you can see by the photos below, they are stunning. But I'm debating whether or not to buy them, with a price tag of nearly $45. What do you think?

[PiazzaDelivery]

Hi All,
Vampire The Torpor is a deck project by Geung Si Playing Cards & Vampire Playing Cards. They are a cool contrast to the vampires and other characters I am designing for my new/revised deck, Bag of Bones. This deck was designed by Sin Yee Lam and produced by HypieLab Company. As you can see by the photos below, they are stunning. But I'm debating whether or not to buy them, with a price tag of nearly $45. What do you think?

I think these are great. Unfortunately, the printing information about Hypie Lab's premium decks is always a little bit nebulous. "Printed in China on black core German casino stock" I THINK means WJPC, although they never mention names. What I can tell you is that they handle well, the shimmering gilding is nice and the cold foil on the faces really makes them shine. However, as someone who also bought the regular premium editions, I would've been fine sticking with those and passing on Torpor. Not a must-have as far as I'm concerned.