The short answer is that, while the indeterminacy of our final publishing strategy means that costs are uncertain, $25 is probably about the amount that will allow us (a) to make and ship a physical copy of the deck while (b) retaining some meaningful portion of the donation to fund the project. A lot of successful Kickstarter projects find that their prize costs almost obliterate all the money they've raised, leaving them virtually where they started, and we'd prefer to avoid that pitfall.
As mentioned on the project page, the guide contains high-quality digital pictures of all the cards in the deck, along with discussions of their meaning. If you're interested in the artwork or the theory of the New Tarot, the guide is a useful thing to have, probably about as useful as the deck itself. If you're trying to get something to use for readings...well, I wish we could sell the deck cheaper, but I don't think we can.
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The short answer is that, while the indeterminacy of our final publishing strategy means that costs are uncertain, $25 is probably about the amount that will allow us (a) to make and ship a physical copy of the deck while (b) retaining some meaningful portion of the donation to fund the project. A lot of successful Kickstarter projects find that their prize costs almost obliterate all the money they've raised, leaving them virtually where they started, and we'd prefer to avoid that pitfall.
As mentioned on the project page, the guide contains high-quality digital pictures of all the cards in the deck, along with discussions of their meaning. If you're interested in the artwork or the theory of the New Tarot, the guide is a useful thing to have, probably about as useful as the deck itself. If you're trying to get something to use for readings...well, I wish we could sell the deck cheaper, but I don't think we can.