Deck of 1000 Spreads—New Spreadcrafting Tool

Lee, it was that I was referring to - it was brilliant!

Reminded me of how we use the Transparent tarot to overlay and get one holistic take. You have done the same with this deck for spreads or posing a question.

I have read a review recently, and it did raise an interesting point.

Could there in the future, be an add on pack for this deck? The reviewer mentioned positions for the zodiac/chakras as well as questions for authors who could use the questions when writing a piece of fiction.
Therefore the currently published deck is the basis and one that would apply 95% of the time (ish) but the add on pack could cater for those who use the deck in other ways.

Just a thought...

I have a puzzle game here called tantrix (yep the title always makes me giggle like a 14 year old who hasn't grown up yet) but once I played the game I then went and bought the add on boards for further puzzles.

Hi, Shadowdancer. That was actually an intention I had at the time...an add-on pack. And it might be time to talk to Llewellyn about that.

The reason I didn't do it from the get-go was because all the thoughts I had quickly brought the total number of cards to near 100. In my own mind at the time, I thought 100 cards might be very overwhelming...might make individual cards hard to find. And that would be a pretty huge deck to shuffle, etc. So I decided to start with a set that represented the basic, classic spreads and see how that went. In my proposal, though, I did put that bug out in case this was a success. In that case, it would deck only....no book. Kind of like Lo Scarabeo is doing with As Above and So Below. At least I assume So Below will be deck only.

Thank you for your comments. And Lee's suggestions have blown my mind so far...haha.

What an interesting thread! I just used my Barnes & Noble 20% coupon and ordered the Deck of 1000 Spreads.

Can't wait to get it!

Patti

I've had mine a week or so and I'm loving it. One of the unexpected benefits for me is that it has made tarot journaling much more useful. I always take a picture of my personal readings and attach it to my journal (on Evernote). Well, now I can look back and get much more out of that picture since the positions are clearly marked in the photo. I'm loving that!

Oh, I like that Juliana. Do you mind if I take that tip and add it to 1000spreads.com?

schmedrake said:

Oh, I like that Juliana. Do you mind if I take that tip and add it to 1000spreads.com?

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Sure. Please do! It really is handy. No more looking back at photos and trying to remember what spread positions I used!

Still waiting for my copy to arrive. Should be any day now

Schmedrake, I know any initial discussions with publishers will be private etc, but as and when you know, and are able to share, can you update us on what will happen in the future with regards to any add on pack?

I think the potential here to cover specialist uses makes this deck and the idea behind it particularly unique.

I have just had a 2 day festival of readings, and this would have been great to use. I ditched the Celtic Cross and came up with an 8 card spread which I know you have card positions for - it would have looked so polished, and none of the other readers would have offered it. Next time round it will be used...lol (Sept)

I hope you get it soon, Shadowdancer!

I think an add-on pack will be dependent on the success of this deck. And it's too early to tell how successful it has been. Like, they know how many have been ordered by booksellers, but they don't know what actual sales are yet. Then the question would be how long it would take to get them done. BUT I am keeping a list of suggestions and some ideas I've had. I bet we could do a pack that's about the same amount of cards as this one. And maybe we could add some more blanks, too. So fingers crossed it's a HUGE GLOBAL SUCCESS...haha.

I picked these cards up tonight at Barnes & Noble. I think I'm going to like this Toolkit.

Hi Schmedrake!

What a fabulous idea you've put into action!! I can't wait to get copy of this deck!!

Have you thought about turning it into a iPad app??? I'm not sure exactly how it would translate, but I bet it would make a great app if it was developed correctly!!

Just a thought...