Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Jack Brutus Penny

[Adamthinks]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pr ... ying-cards

[Adamthinks]

There are some pictures of some cards on his Patreon. I'll be all in on this one.

[GandalfPC]

[Evilgamer]

There are some pictures of some cards on his Patreon. I'll be all in on this one.

there are and Im not quite sold on the face drawings Im afraid.

[Bradius]

I am so in for Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy from Jack B Penny. So excited to see more...

Ah, more stuff on this in his new Patreon post. I am in for sure for this one.

[kevork]

I'm curious how the whites of the courts will look in person. The best example of white as negative space is with the Silk decks from Lotrek. A part of me feels the courts on this deck deserve more color to them.

[KGthePrince]

More photos Jack added to his IG

[laitostarr777]

I assumed this is based on "Hitchiker's Guide to Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, which also adapted into a movie

[kevork]

I assumed this is based on "Hitchiker's Guide to Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, which also adapted into a movie

Yes. An absolute must-watch/read.

[Strag]

Must read at least. The movie really fails to capture the magic of the books in my view.

[MagikFingerz]

Must read at least. The movie really fails to capture the magic of the books in my view.

Agreed, and I don't think a movie could, no matter what. Douglas Adams' writing style is just so unique, it's hard to translate to a visual medium.

One of my favorite excerpts (this is from a later book in the series):

One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem in becoming your own father or mother that a broad-minded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is no problem with changing the course of history—the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end.

The major problem is simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr. Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveler's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you, for instance, how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. The event will be described differently according to whether you are talking about it from the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the further future, or a time in the further past and is further complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations while you are actually traveling from one time to another with the intention of becoming your own mother or father.

Most readers get as far as the Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up; and in fact in later editions of the book all pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy skips lightly over this tangle of academic abstraction, pausing only to note that the term "Future Perfect" has been abandoned since it was discovered not to be.

[felicityk]

As a matter of fact, Douglas Adams first wrote HHGTG as a radio serial, then a novel, then a British TV series(1), then an interactive fiction game (my first exposure to it). The original trilogy of books grew to five volumes.

The film adaptation was posthumous. I didn't hate it, but I agree it left something to be desired.

(1) With a budget low enough to make 1970s Doctor Who look expensive

[Evilgamer]

As a matter of fact, Douglas Adams first wrote HHGTG as a radio serial, then a novel, then a British TV series(1), then an interactive fiction game (my first exposure to it). The original trilogy of books grew to five volumes.

The film adaptation was posthumous. I didn't hate it, but I agree it left something to be desired.

(1) With a budget low enough to make 1970s Doctor Who look expensive

Ive seen that series....yeah

[felicityk]

As a matter of fact, Douglas Adams first wrote HHGTG as a radio serial, then a novel, then a British TV series(1), then an interactive fiction game (my first exposure to it). The original trilogy of books grew to five volumes.

The film adaptation was posthumous. I didn't hate it, but I agree it left something to be desired.

(1) With a budget low enough to make 1970s Doctor Who look expensive

Ive seen that series....yeah

That's the exact "special effect" I was thinking of.

[Adamthinks]

As a matter of fact, Douglas Adams first wrote HHGTG as a radio serial, then a novel, then a British TV series(1), then an interactive fiction game (my first exposure to it). The original trilogy of books grew to five volumes.

The film adaptation was posthumous. I didn't hate it, but I agree it left something to be desired.

(1) With a budget low enough to make 1970s Doctor Who look expensive

I read the books first, but that text based game was super fun.

[Leachy19]

This might be the first JBP deck I pass on, the art / theme just isn’t for me

[kevork]

This might be the first JBP deck I pass on, the art / theme just isn’t for me

The parallel experience I have to that is Jocu when they collaborated with Octofly. I have every single deck of theirs but didn't back the Octofly decks.

I'll be in for these though.

[GandalfPC]

I like how much he stepped outside his box for this one - and each of those cards does convey quite well some bit of the story, in a way that is both familiar and new in many regards - new venturing from JBP and all my favorite bits of the book…

all works for me.

[KGthePrince]

Jack also noted that the standard version of the deck will have a randomness in terms of the deck color, and which "transformation" the Heart of Gold ship will take.

I wonder if you back for more than one standard deck if you run the risk of getting a duplicate? Or perhaps there will be a tier where all versions are included? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[Leachy19]

This might be the first JBP deck I pass on, the art / theme just isn’t for me

The parallel experience I have to that is Jocu when they collaborated with Octofly. I have every single deck of theirs but didn't back the Octofly decks.

I'll be in for these though.

That’s a great comparison. I have most of Jocu’s decks but Octofly wasn’t my cup of tea either.

[wonderfulfacts]

Books are great. This deck though looks like a guide to a guaranteed headache

[KGthePrince]

More court pics

[Honeybee]

I guess you have to be a fan of HGTHG

[mulrich]

I loved Hitchhikers when I was growing up. I really enjoy Penny’s work. I don’t think I’m going to like this deck.

[laitostarr777]

Whoops, the Standard deck gets affected with the "Improbability"

[kevork]

I love Jack and I understand this is licensed so they'll pull stuff like this, but I can't have a double standard; the mystery model sucks for completionists or picky buyers. (For everyone to know, these are merely tuck/foil recolors. The cards are the same in each deck. If you buy multiple, there will be an effort to try to prevent duplicates).

Still excited for the deck though.

[KGthePrince]

I love Jack and I understand this is licensed so they'll pull stuff like this, but I can't have a double standard; the mystery model sucks for completionists or picky buyers. (For everyone to know, these are merely tuck/foil recolors. The cards are the same in each deck. If you buy multiple, there will be an effort to try to prevent duplicates).

Still excited for the deck though.

Jack mentioned in a Patreon comment: "Buying one would result in a random probability drive selection (the name the standard deck). But the half brick does guarantee one of each permutation"

Also the decks while essentially the same, aren't exactly the same. Each deck has a card that shows a different shape that the ship takes. But your point stands nonetheless.

This project has grown on me. I'm just hoping it's reasonably priced (for the sake of the completionist in me )

[mulrich]

I definitely like the tuck more than the cards. But the cards I’ve seen are probably deal breakers for me.

[Frequenter]

Without any desire to “yuck someone else’s yum”, as the kids say - I really, really dislike these. I was very excited for them based on the tuck, and I had set a reminder for the kickstarter. Jumping on to see them now, the face cards are an absolute turn-off for me.

[kevork]

Now live. This is where I stop being a completionist for JBP with the tuck recolors. Seeing as this is a licensed product, I'm happy with just one deck. Hopefully it's a color/sleeve I like.