My Princess Bride Tarot
Disclaimer: This post is not intended as a statement either for or against the practice of Tarot reading.
While working on the vector art for the giant floor-covering hex mats of Settlers of Catan for Penguicon, I came across this old work of mine from years ago. In 2001, I wanted to play the game of Gnostica invented by Looney Labs, which involves a Tarot deck. The only people I knew with whom to play games, in my pre-SF-Convention days, were my siblings, but I knew I had to conceal the occult connection from my parents or they wouldn't let my siblings play it. In fact, they were likely to not allow such a deck in their home. So I invented this deck, and before long, it occured to me to make the royalty cards be Princess Bride characters; from there the major and minor arcana took their disguise from the movie as well. I'm sure I still have a hard copy glued to index cards somewhere. I abandoned the deck when I made my Gnostica learner's deck, but I can't believe I forgot about this deck after all the work I put into it! I've posted most of it to my LJ pictures gallery.
Comments
raendrop on Feb. 7, 2005 3:06 AM
Pretty cool. I've been trying to come up with a Harry Potter tarot deck for a while, but it's been on the back burner.
sothisislife on Feb. 7, 2005 3:06 AM
Inconceivable!
twoofdtm on Feb. 7, 2005 5:17 PM
Must... not... succumb... to... desire... of... playing... *faint*
matt-arnold on Feb. 7, 2005 5:28 PM
Please succomb! I love to convert more people to Gnostica fans!
ericthemage on Feb. 7, 2005 5:56 PM
See, now there's a tarot deck worth owning. :) You should get some printed up.
treebones on Feb. 8, 2005 2:12 PM — Okay...
...that's just *brilliant*. (:
matt-arnold on Feb. 8, 2005 2:33 PM — Re: Okay...
Thank you!
Now I really should find a way to get these decently printed up...
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