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Real-life Pazaak Deck Options
SignerJ
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:46:47 AM
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Have you ever wanted your own physical Pazaak deck, so you can play without the computer?

A while ago, I came across this thread talking about buying a Pazaak deck in real life. From there, I found images of the Pazaak card designs and was directed, to artscow.com. Once on ArtsCow, I was able to custom-make and order my very own Pazaak cards.

I chose to go the route of making three custom decks of 54 cards. In those three 54 card decks (which I recall buying for less than $30 with free shipping), I received the following:
- Two full Pazaak main decks (4 copies of each card from 1 to 10)
- Four of every Plus card (from +1 to +6)
- Four of every Minus card (from -1 to -6)
- Four of every Plus/Minus card (from +/-1 to +/-6)
- Two Doubles
- Two +/-1 Ties
- Three 3&6 Sign Swaps
- Three 2&4 Sign Swaps

I think that they turned out pretty well. The results can be seen below:
Individual Deck Card Display
Circle Deck Card Display[url]
Minus cards
Plus Cards
Plus/Minus Cards
[url=http://i.imgur.com/NUi6IYG.jpg]Special Cards

If you wish to buy your own Pazaak cards, the three 54 card deck designs I used can be found at the below links:
http://www.artscow.com/ClientDesigner/Designer.aspx?DesignId=84792382
http://www.artscow.com/ClientDesigner/Designer.aspx?DesignId=84969805
http://www.artscow.com/ClientDesigner/Designer.aspx?DesignId=84969931

Alternatively, if you don't want to buy as many cards, you can make your own deck designs on ArtsCow using the following Pazaak images (courtesy of one of the users in the aforementioned thread):
http://s243.photobucket.com/user/JCarter426/library/Pazaak/?start=0#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ24


The best thing about this website, though, isn't that you can make your own card designs; rather, it is all of the special deals and coupons they offer. Currently, using the coupon 35OFFSITE during checkout will reduce the price of all items by 35%. Using the coupon code POKERFACE makes a custom designed deck of 54 cards (such as mine) cost only $7.99, and you also get free shipping. (Free shipping is kind of important, since the company is based in Hong Kong.) These special offers are what have prompted me to make this post now, instead of putting it off longer. I don't know when these coupons expire, but they don't tend to last more than a week.
Alternatively, if you don't want to buy the cards now, but might be interested in buying something from ArtsCow in the future, you can subscribe to their mailing list, and they will email coupons to you periodically. Sometimes you'll get a coupon for an even better deal. (And sometimes, you'll get a coupon for which you have no use.)

So, uh, yes. This definitely isn't an excuse for me to show off my fancy Pazaak cards... Razz
pegolego
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2014 8:54:50 PM
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Hmm, I wonder if this company would be a good place to print the cards for our custom community set once we're ready?
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