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kevork wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 10:28 am If you were like me and were happy to have a complete NPCCD year, rest assured that is no longer the case

These were shown at the 52 plus joker convention and sold to attendees as an experimental tuck. I can't tell if it's two opposite sides of the same tuck, or two different variations. Alex estimates completion of the frames around November, but no word yet regarding whether these will be released to the public somehow.

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Oh, I’m not falling for being a completionist again. Ok, perhaps with just this super duper set - that seem achievable…

Argh! Ah well, I don't have a complete NPCCD set anyway. It is a bit frustrating as me attending the convention is just impossible.

Might be an unpopular take, Alex is another designer that really should look into setting up a Patreon and make NPCCD his annual reward.

100% agree. Alex should make a patreon and people could pay for these sets throughout the year. He could give behind the scenes progress updates, sketches, stuff like that. If he does do a patreon, there should still be an option to buy the sets and decks straight up without being a patron. Shouldn't lock out anyone who doesn't commit to a monthly thing.

It feels a bit like telling your grandmother how to suck eggs, but he really could duplicate the manner in which Lorenzo @ Stockholm17 does his thing, set it at ... US$20-$35 a month -- if the other designers I contribute to on Patreon are indicative. Have the NPCCD decks as the annual reward and throw in a few extra bit and pieces. I realise that maybe dilutes his exclusivity, but it's an idea. I know I can't be alone in being much happier to give Alex an incremental amount of money each month than $400 (converted) in a single hit.

BTW, the other designer that really should look into Patreon is TGW.

TGW does have a Patreon but not like Lorenzo etc. per se. TGW offers different type of rewards for supporting via Patreon. Here is the link -- https://www.patreon.com/TheGentlemanWake