The Turtle Club was founded in 1998 by Mike Moore and Peter Tierney on the grounds of the Vanderbilt Beach Resort, which was the very first hotel established on Vanderbilt Beach in 1951, and which has been operated by the Moore family since 1968. Mick Moore joined the Turtle Club in 2004, and over the past twenty years, The Turtle Club has come to represent perhaps the finest fusion of Olde Florida and New Florida in Naples - combining a relaxed casual Olde Florida beach environment with sophisticated modern cuisine and outstanding gracious hospitality.

We share a very simple philosophy with a strong emphasis on hospitality and authenticity. We believe in extending gracious hospitality to all of our guests and employees. In a fast paced and frenetic world, we are focused on providing a place where our guests can relax, unplug, unwind and rejuvenate themselves as they spend time with their loved ones and friends. We recognize that true hospitality is a step above excellent service and we strive to combine high quality food and wine with service marked by courtesy, kindness, friendliness, and authenticity -- all in a simple and beautiful beach side setting.

A caterpillar themed limited edition Bicycle poker size deck suitable for all your playing card needs. Makes a great gift for the caterpillar lover in your life or for anyone who appreciates great design. Have fun finding the caterpillars on every card. Previous decks in the critter series sold out quickly so don't miss out!

Full Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/996-bicycle_caterpillar_light_dark

A caterpillar themed limited edition Bicycle poker size deck suitable for all your playing card needs. Makes a great gift for the caterpillar lover in your life or for anyone who appreciates great design. Have fun finding the caterpillars on every card. Previous decks in the critter series sold out quickly so don't miss out!

Full Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/996-bicycle_caterpillar_light_dark

China’s extraordinary history dates back to more than 5000 years and provides a rich collection of royal subjects which forms the basis of the Chao Playing Cards (limited production run of 12k each).

Over the lengthy span of Chinese history, each Chao (which is the pronounced word for dynasty in the Chinese language) is distinguished by the name and the impact of the individuals that ruled over that period of time. This very special and unique deck of cards pays tribute to four of the greatest and most recognized dynasties in Chinese history – Han, Tang, Ming and Qing. Each dynasty has an outstanding and reputable Emperor, Empress and General, each with their own notorious traits and fascinating stories. The Chao depict these influential men and women that were renowned and celebrated from each of the four famous dynasties.

To ensure we captured the essence of each dynasty, we invested a lot of time and resource into the research part of this project. The illustrations and design takes inspiration from not only the renowned rulers of the four Dynasties but also from Chinese culture itself, which is visible throughout the deck.

The chosen Chinese Emperors, Empresses and Generals all represent great power, wealth and wisdom, each with different traits and personalities and each dynasty holds their own trademarks to differentiate them from others. Inspired by these different elements, each Emperor features distinct clothing and accessories from their era, Empress’s have different hair pieces and holds the instrument that they played and Generals wear armor and yield the weapon used to fight in their notorious battles. Fine intricate details are added onto each court card, allowing each individual to possess different facial features which best reflects their character.

The Chao was designed to closely follow that of a traditional deck of cards in terms of positioning including head facing direction, hand placements and the presence of weapons and artifacts.

The 4 aces includes very detailed Chinese patterns. We also added a Chinese dragon on the ace of spades – a symbolism of imperial power and strength.

Each suit i.e. Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds reflects one of the four chosen dynasties (Han, Tang, Ming and Qing), with a renowned Emperor, Empress and General from that dynasty representing the King, Queen and Jack. Choosing who or what to use to represent the Jokers was not a straight forward task as we wanted these 2 very important cards to have some significant value so we chose 2 very important figures which are still looked very highly upon even up until this present day.

The Chao playing cards represents the History of China and where better to produce this deck than in China itself.

This is not just any ordinary deck of cards from China, but a completely new limited edition deck (only 12k of each will be produced) manufactured by MPC in terms of design and materials. We broke down the elements that make a great deck of cards and re-engineered it in its entirety from card stock finishing to varnishing used. The card stock is a new much lighter card stock which was specifically developed to obtain a perfect balance between the softness and stiffness needed to excel in performance such as for cardistry, magic tricks and handling. The new varnishing was a monumental part to this project which has been in development over the past 2 years. It took longer than we wanted but it was completely worth the time and investment. The outcome is truly exceptional. I guess you will have to try it to feel the unique difference of this newly engineered deck. As this deck is a limited edition, once it runs out, that’ll be it. If we have any more decks left after this project, they will be sold at a higher price on our website until they run out.

The tuck box completes the overall aesthetics of the deck and come in a carefully chosen choice of two significant and representative colors of China, porcelain blue and vermilion red. Embossing and gold foil stamping is used to symbolize wealth and royalty.

The Chao Playing Cards are designed and manufactured by MakePlayingCards.com (MPC), a professional playing cards manufacturer with over 35 years of experience specializing in custom playing cards and game cards. We are very proud to introduce the Chao Playing Cards, the first of its kind, brought to you by MPC.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/makeplayingcards/chao-dynasties-of-china-an-imperial-deck-of-playin?ref=discovery&term=chao

Full deck scan by macstrat @ https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/104-chao

China’s extraordinary history dates back to more than 5000 years and provides a rich collection of royal subjects which forms the basis of the Chao Playing Cards. The Imperial Yellow edition CHAO playing cards has a limited production run of 2500.

Over the lengthy span of Chinese history, each Chao (which is the pronounced word for dynasty in the Chinese language) is distinguished by the name and the impact of the individuals that ruled over that period of time. This very special and unique deck of cards pays tribute to four of the greatest and most recognized dynasties in Chinese history – Han, Tang, Ming and Qing. Each dynasty has an outstanding and reputable Emperor, Empress and General, each with their own notorious traits and fascinating stories. The CHAO depict these influential men and women that were renowned and celebrated from each of the four famous dynasties.

This is the fourth edition of the CHAO playing card deck series which takes on an imperial yellow color. Yellow is a very important and traditional color in China and back in the days of the dynasty, yellow was a forbidden color as only high-ranking officials and the Emperor’s body guards with high honor wore this color. The color represents power, royalty and prosperity which we have used in this edition of CHAO, used on the card backs and also on the tuck box where it is also embossed and imperially gold foil stamped.

To capture the essence of each dynasty, much time and resource was put into the research part of this project. The illustrations and design takes inspiration from not only the renowned rulers of the four Dynasties but also from Chinese culture itself, which is visible throughout the deck.

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/makeplayingcards/chao-imperial-yellow-ed-playing-cards-a-historical-deck

scans of each cards can be seen at http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/Cards/Hive2.html

The Hive 2 is the next playing card deck in The Hive series designed and illustrated by artistBrendan Hong and produced in collaboration with Kings Wild Project. With a completely new set of court cards and tuck design, the HIVE 2 will make a great addition to The HIVE series.

The Hive 2 will be printed by the Expert Playing Card Company and will be printed in 2 editions.

Hive 2 Standard Edition

• Unlimited print run to match the demand needed for this campaign
• Matte stock tuckcase embellished with foil and interior artwork
• Fully embossed
• Silver Foil
• Full 54 custom cards
  • Unique custom court cards
  • Unique pips and indices
  • Unique Jokers (with one Joker reveal)
  • Unique Ace of Spades
  • Finished using the new EPCC Classic Finish

Four alien races: Peekians, Boobians, Threphians, and Zervians have started the conquest to conquer & enslave new planets, rich with natural resources. This led them into the Solar System of the Milky Way Galaxy, where they faced Earthlings' desperate opposition. In this epic battle aliens not only have to conquer a new planet but they also have to fight each other or even collaborate with others Extra-Terrestrial forms to ensure their power over the Earth.

This piece of paper was found at the UFO's landing site. It isn't perfect but the DNA, that was found on it, allowed us to recreate the original identities of intruders. Right now it is contained inside of molecular vessel as a part of my private collection of aliens relics & artifacts.

The deck is going to be produced at Expert Playing Card Company (www.expertplayingcard.com). It will be printed on the classic stock, both faces and backs will contain silver metallic ink.

Kickstarter campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortyfourth/invasion-high-quality-custom-playing-cards

China’s extraordinary history dates back to more than 5000 years and provides a rich collection of royal subjects which forms the basis of the Chao Playing Cards (limited production run of 12k each).

Over the lengthy span of Chinese history, each Chao (which is the pronounced word for dynasty in the Chinese language) is distinguished by the name and the impact of the individuals that ruled over that period of time. This very special and unique deck of cards pays tribute to four of the greatest and most recognized dynasties in Chinese history – Han, Tang, Ming and Qing. Each dynasty has an outstanding and reputable Emperor, Empress and General, each with their own notorious traits and fascinating stories. The Chao depict these influential men and women that were renowned and celebrated from each of the four famous dynasties.

To ensure we captured the essence of each dynasty, we invested a lot of time and resource into the research part of this project. The illustrations and design takes inspiration from not only the renowned rulers of the four Dynasties but also from Chinese culture itself, which is visible throughout the deck.

The chosen Chinese Emperors, Empresses and Generals all represent great power, wealth and wisdom, each with different traits and personalities and each dynasty holds their own trademarks to differentiate them from others. Inspired by these different elements, each Emperor features distinct clothing and accessories from their era, Empress’s have different hair pieces and holds the instrument that they played and Generals wear armor and yield the weapon used to fight in their notorious battles. Fine intricate details are added onto each court card, allowing each individual to possess different facial features which best reflects their character.

The Chao was designed to closely follow that of a traditional deck of cards in terms of positioning including head facing direction, hand placements and the presence of weapons and artifacts.

The 4 aces includes very detailed Chinese patterns. We also added a Chinese dragon on the ace of spades – a symbolism of imperial power and strength.

Each suit i.e. Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds reflects one of the four chosen dynasties (Han, Tang, Ming and Qing), with a renowned Emperor, Empress and General from that dynasty representing the King, Queen and Jack. Choosing who or what to use to represent the Jokers was not a straight forward task as we wanted these 2 very important cards to have some significant value so we chose 2 very important figures which are still looked very highly upon even up until this present day.

The Chao playing cards represents the History of China and where better to produce this deck than in China itself.

This is not just any ordinary deck of cards from China, but a completely new limited edition deck (only 12k of each will be produced) manufactured by MPC in terms of design and materials. We broke down the elements that make a great deck of cards and re-engineered it in its entirety from card stock finishing to varnishing used. The card stock is a new much lighter card stock which was specifically developed to obtain a perfect balance between the softness and stiffness needed to excel in performance such as for cardistry, magic tricks and handling. The new varnishing was a monumental part to this project which has been in development over the past 2 years. It took longer than we wanted but it was completely worth the time and investment. The outcome is truly exceptional. I guess you will have to try it to feel the unique difference of this newly engineered deck. As this deck is a limited edition, once it runs out, that’ll be it. If we have any more decks left after this project, they will be sold at a higher price on our website until they run out.

The tuck box completes the overall aesthetics of the deck and come in a carefully chosen choice of two significant and representative colors of China, porcelain blue and vermilion red. Embossing and gold foil stamping is used to symbolize wealth and royalty.

The Chao Playing Cards are designed and manufactured by MakePlayingCards.com (MPC), a professional playing cards manufacturer with over 35 years of experience specializing in custom playing cards and game cards. We are very proud to introduce the Chao Playing Cards, the first of its kind, brought to you by MPC.

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/makeplayingcards/chao-dynasties-of-china-an-imperial-deck-of-playin

Phoenix playing cards created by Card Shark Playing Cards.