CHSD Playing Cards is back with another great playing cards project by David Frampton. Introducing the Annihilation Playing Cards series – a series of decks that tells a story about an invading of hostile alien life forms from outside the galaxy and the struggles of humankind to fight against the invasion currently on funding on Kickstarter. Each deck represents the phase of the invasion along with the roles of the characters represented as court cards.
The Midnight edition tells about the first phase: when the aliens just nestle right outside Earth and are detected by the global space agency. The plants on Earth begin to die, and the animals that depend on the plants start to get aggressive for survival. The overall color scheme for the deck is blue and it features the animal skull head of a deer.
The Eclipse edition describes the second phase: There is a solar eclipse, signaling the attack phase from the invading aliens. All animal life on earth succumbs to starvation and all plants have died. Unrecognized plant vines start growing from the decaying animal corpse, with the insects nourished from them. Several humans are targeted and ambushed by the aliens. The overall color scheme for the deck is gold and pale brown and it features the animal skull head of a ram.
The Red Dawn edition details the final phase of the invasion. Some of the birds have survived the ecosystem attack. When they consumed the insects that had been nourished from the strange vines, the birds were acting erratic and started to attack the dense population. The humans who were attacked by these birds are infected with parasites that deconstruct and damage their DNAs. The overall color scheme of the deck is red and it features the animal skull of a raven.
Finally, the Invasion edition shows the invading hostile aliens that will invade Earth. They have been corrupting the Earth’s ecosystem so that humankind won’t have enough nourishments and making them weak before they attack. All of the courts for this deck are showing the aliens instead of human resistance on the other three decks. The overall color scheme for the deck is green and it features the skull of the hostile alien.
The tuck boxes in the series are made by the Liquorice Press – done on premium metallic card stock with a combination of colored holographic and glossy foiling complete with interior foiled patterns.
The cards will be printed by Cartamundi and Slimline True Linen finish with cold foil on both faces and backs. Pledge starts on Kickstarter from $16 for a single deck, or get the initial 3 decks set for $49.
The full set of the Annihilation series, which will include all of the 4 decks for $65, includes a booklet that further explains the lore of the series’ universe.
Written by Ruben Gosali.
