New name New website Stygian Darkness no more

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 10 Nov 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

archeon	10 Nov 2004
Hey folks, Just a brief update, The Stygian Darkness Tarot has been changed to the Archeon Tarot. It also has a new website www.archeontarot.com As before you can still view the entire deck by visiting the site. -Tim

Imagemaker	10 Nov 2004
Beautiful! I like the name change!

HudsonGray	10 Nov 2004
But I liked the OLD name! Archeon, to me, is a prehistoric turtle (for real, they call it that).

Imagemaker	10 Nov 2004
The turtle that holds up the world? Which myth was that? Seems like a very appropriate name for a tarot deck!

HudsonGray	11 Nov 2004
Not myth, a real one from the Cretaceous. But it turns out that I got the spelling wrong, it's archelon. I remembered it from an old book we had on prehistoric life. Here's a pic, it was the biggest sea turtle recorded so far for North America, was 16' long and lived in the North Dakota area when we had the inland sea here. (Cool stuff!) http://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/turtle/archelon.html

Fulgour	11 Nov 2004
The new name brings forth interesting sense of revitalisation. Was the revision prompted by the new owners of USGames?

M-Press	11 Nov 2004
HudsonGray wrote: it's archelon. He..he... That discussion made me laugh! HELONA in Greek means turtle... and Archeon means ancient. so I guess this is how the archelon is the ancient turtle? I'm not so sure myself about the name change, becasue i also liked the old one, but I guess it's natural for people to like the new or like the old. I guess Tim feels it's more with his signature, since the name comes from him? Maybe it can be a subtitle? and yes, it's interesting to knwo whether the name change came for you or US games... Anyway, I really like your work Tim, no matter what you call it!!!!! Nice navigation in the website... Good Luck! :)

archeon	11 Nov 2004
The name change was a result of discussions in this forum and elsewhere. It was my decision, it was nothing that was forced on me, and had I wanted it to remain "Stygian Darkness" it would have. I had so many people all telling me the same thing... that they wouldn't even look at the deck initially because they felt the name implied a dark art, goth, or vampire style deck, but when they did look at it they were surprised to see that it wasn't that way at all. Initially, and I think I laid this out in another thread, I chose stygian darkness as an homage to mythology and symbolism, but it was becoming clear that the name conjured up a different image for a lot of people.

archeon	11 Nov 2004
M-Press wrote: Anyway, I really like your work Tim, no matter what you call it!!!!! Nice navigation in the website... Good Luck! :) Thank you!

Sulis	11 Nov 2004
I like it :D Like the new name :D Like the new site :D Like the deck :D Well done :D Love Sulis xx

archeon	13 Nov 2004
Sulis wrote: I like it :D Like the new name :D Like the new site :D Like the deck :D Well done :D Love Sulis xx Thanks!

cirom	13 Nov 2004
I think this is generally one of the best decks ever, and of the photomontage style probably "the" best. A great inspiration for tarot creativity.

tao51	14 Nov 2004
to be one of the more creative decks to be in the to be published category. The title change does not change the mystical qualities of the cards. Still anticipating these cards!--Tao

Scion	15 Nov 2004
Gorgeous deck! Slick website! This one is high priority wishlisted... Is the projected publish date pretty firm?

archeon	15 Nov 2004
Scion wrote: Gorgeous deck! Slick website! This one is high priority wishlisted... Is the projected publish date pretty firm? Thanks! Yes on the date... This will be available in the Spring, right now the book is with the editor and the cards are being prepared for printing...

archeon	15 Nov 2004
cirom wrote: I think this is generally one of the best decks ever, and of the photomontage style probably "the" best. A great inspiration for tarot creativity. Thank you!

rosyelf	26 Nov 2004
Archeon, I keep sneaking back to your site to look at the images. They are so POWERFUL. I have a feeling that no-one is going to be neutral about your deck ! I will definitely be acquiring it in due course. I've seen that it's due to be out in "Spring 2005." Do you have a more exact date yet ?-which month, for example ? Just wondering. thanks again for this great artwork rosyelf

rabble	05 Mar 2005
Well, I am so excited, I just preordered this deck from Amazon, and they have an estimated ship date of 30th March!! I even took expedited shipping! This is like waiting for a baby! :)

archeon	05 Mar 2005
rabble wrote: Well, I am so excited, I just preordered this deck from Amazon, and they have an estimated ship date of 30th March!! I even took expedited shipping! This is like waiting for a baby! :) HA! well I just hope this one gets delivered on time!

archeon	05 Mar 2005
rosyelf wrote: Archeon, I keep sneaking back to your site to look at the images. They are so POWERFUL. I have a feeling that no-one is going to be neutral about your deck ! I will definitely be acquiring it in due course. I've seen that it's due to be out in "Spring 2005." Do you have a more exact date yet ?-which month, for example ? Just wondering. thanks again for this great artwork rosyelf Thank you for the kind words... It looks as though April is going to be the release date, but I still haven't been given anything more official than that. Amazon.com has it listed as March 30, and that sounds right with what I've been told, so hopefully that's accurate. -Tim

WolfSpirit	05 Mar 2005
I hope the cards will be big enough to do justice to the artwork :) I am happy the release date is coming closer now. It will be great to see this deck in real life.

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