Anthony Jhoni of Purely Idea takes pride in creating bold and innovative playing cards. Since 2017, Anthony has amazed people with amazing ideas on playing cards projects- Immortals with their imbued puzzle quest and Greek mythology-inspired and Vitrum with their 3D Laser-Engraved Metal Plated Box with Built-In LED lights and installed RFID numbered chip. Now, Purely Idea has come back with another crowd-funded playing cards project with a puzzle quest. Introducing Old World Playing Cards, the treasure hunt puzzle quest decks.
Inspired by the Golden Era of Pirates, the series features three main editions: the Sun, the Moon, and the Star. Each deck represents a different adventure in a pirate’s life: the Sun tells about the dawn of the era, the Moon tells about the struggle in a pirate’s life, and the Star tells about the end of the era. The decks are only made of 500 sets: 400 sets will be the standard edition, while 100 sets will be the gilded, each of the editions is gilded according to the color of the foils of the decks.
The card back design features an intricate border with a circular map and sailing pirate ships. The circular border around the map is designed like a compass rose. You can find symbols referencing the era of Pirates in the Caribbean: the crown, the sword and pistol, the anchor, and the ship’s wheel. The artwork on the card back design is done with metallic foil.
All of the Aces feature custom illustrations of enlarged pip, each presenting stories of the Golden Age of pirates. The Courts are featuring characters both from the Royal Navy family to the ruthless Pirates – Only the Hearts courts are part of the Royal Navy, while the rest are all Pirates.
The Number Cards feature customized pips, and that’s not all – the cards from 2 to 10 will have map fragments behind the pips. Combining them will form a map, which is part of the puzzle quest that is specially designed for the decks.
The tuck box features beautiful artwork of a pirate’s map with a scroll showing the title and a compass. The front of each edition varies: the Sun features growing vines with the sun symbol in gold foil – the Moon features waves of the sea with the moon symbol in silver foil – the Star features puffs of clouds with the star symbol in bronze foil.
The artwork of the box will also have embossing to make it pops out. The numbered print serial will be shown as a seal located on the bottom of the box. The set comes in a collector’s box made with a hard cardboard case with gold foiled artwork, able to store three decks.
Pledge starts at $37 for a single deck between the three editions or $99 for the complete set with the collector’s box on Kickstarter.
