🎃 Early-bird rewards are live now with our best launch-day pricing, but they’ll vanish fast. Join the dance before the skeletons return to their graves! 💀🕯️
🎃 Front End Shipping: Shipping is now handled entirely through Kickstarter — no separate BackerKit payments later.
💀 Shorter, Stronger Campaign: A focused 21-day run (Oct 7–28) keeps energy high and momentum strong.
👻 Lower Pricing Goals: We’ve adjusted funding targets to make the deck more affordable — and if we hit the milestone of at least 500 backers, we’ll keep future decks at the same price point. If we hit over 800 backers we'll lower the price of our future decks.
✨ Expanded Rewards: The pouch and cloth are now full reward tiers, not just add-ons.
📦 Shipping Update for Steamboat Arcana 1928
All Steamboat Arcana 1928 shipping was completed in July! 🎉
If you haven’t received your deck, it’s likely because your survey wasn’t filled out or your card didn’t process in BackerKit.
Please email us at [email protected] — we’re here, we’re fast, and ready to get your decks to you. ✉️✨
Your enthusiasm keeps this world spinning, the music playing, and the skeletons dancing under the stars. 🌕🎶👻
With gratitude, Mark & the Steamboat Arcana Team
💀✨ Coming Soon: The Skeleton Dance Arcana Tarot Deck ✨💀
6 months ago
– Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 05:54:37 AM
Hi everyone,
We’re excited to share that our next project is about to launch — just in time for spooky season!
🌙💀🎶 The Skeleton Dance Arcana 🎶💀🌙
In 1929, Walt Disney released The Skeleton Dance, the very first Silly Symphony short, where skeletons climbed from their graves to dance in the moonlight. The following year, The Haunted House brought back the same eerie, playful imagery with Mickey and more skeletal gags.
Now, nearly a century later, both classics are in the public domain — and for the first time ever, their charm has been fused into a full 78-card tarot deck: The Skeleton Dance Arcana.
This deck captures the spirit of vintage animation while staying true to tarot traditions. Like our previous projects, stretch goals will unlock premium upgrades: foil, spot UV, a full-color guidebook, collectible extras, and even a lenticular hologram inside the box.
🎯 Follow for Launch
The campaign goes live this October, and you can be the first to know when it launches by following the prelaunch page.
We’ll also have exclusive rewards for returning backers, available through a private backers-only link once the campaign goes live.
🪄 Stretch Goal Highlights
As the campaign grows, we’ll unlock:
Magnetic box upgrades with foil & spot UV
A printed companion guidebook
Bonus cards & collectible extras
A lenticular 3D hologram effect on the inside of the magnetic box flap
Every backer benefits as these goals are reached!
We’re really proud of this project and can’t wait to share more with you in October. Thank you again for supporting Steamboat Arcana 1928 — this series wouldn’t exist without you, and we’re thrilled to bring you along for the next step in the journey.
With gratitude, — Mark & The Steamboat Arcana Team 🚢✨
⏳ 48 Hours Left for the Steamboat Arcana Horace and Clarabelle Expansion Pack – Let’s Unlock One Last Bonus!
8 months ago
– Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 05:14:19 PM
⏳ 48 Hours Left – Let’s Unlock One Last Bonus!
Hi everyone,
We’re officially down to the last 48 hours of the ✨⚓ Steamboat Arcana 1928 Tarot with Expansion Pack ⚓✨ campaign!
Thanks to your amazing support, we’ve already raised $11,743 — and to celebrate, we’re adding a final stretch goal.
If we reach $14,000 before the campaign closes, every Standard Expansion Pack will come with a special 3D lenticular card as a bonus.
That’s just a little over $2,200 away — well within reach if we give one final push.
If you’d like to help unlock this bonus, here’s how you can support:
Upgrade or adjust your pledge if you’ve had your eye on any add-ons.
Share the campaign link with a friend who might love Steamboat Arcana as much as you do.
Thank you for being part of this journey and for helping us bring the Steamboat Arcana world to life. We can’t wait to see how this campaign finishes — and we’d love to unlock this last little surprise together!
With gratitude, — The Steamboat Arcana Team
🎉 Steamboat Arcana Expansion Funded on Day One! 🎉
8 months ago
– Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 06:49:29 AM
Dear Backers,
We’re thrilled to share that the Steamboat Arcana 1928 Expansion Pack reached its funding goal of $6,000 on Day One—all thanks to your incredible support! With your help, the Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow Expansion Pack is now officially on track for production.
We are currently at around $12,000
🔓 Up Next: $18,000 Stretch Goal – Mini Deck Expansion Cards
At $18,000, we’ll unlock mini deck versions of the Horace and Clarabelle cards, designed to match the original Steamboat Arcana mini decks.
As many of you know, when we first launched Steamboat Arcana, Horace and Clarabelle weren’t yet in the public domain—so we made a promise to include them when the time was right. That moment has arrived, and we’re keeping our word.
These expansion packs are easy to get: Just pledge $1, and if you're a U.S. backer, shipping is only $10.
We’ve also built a small buffer into the stretch goal to help fund future projects we’re excited about—like The Aviator’s Arcana and The Skeleton Dance Arcana—and your continued support is what makes them possible.
Thank you again for believing in Steamboat Arcana. Let’s hit that stretch goal together!
— The Steamboat Arcana Team
✨⚓ Steamboat Arcana 1928 Tarot with Expansion Pack is Now Live ⚓ ✨
8 months ago
– Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 07:54:35 AM
As you’re aware, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow were originally planned for the Steamboat Arcana 1928 Major Arcana, but had to be removed before printing because they weren’t yet in the public domain.
Now, as of January 2025, these beloved characters—first seen in 1929—are finally public domain. And we’re keeping our promise by offering a limited-edition Expansion Pack that completes the deck as originally envisioned.
✨ What’s in the Expansion Pack?
🃏 Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow Major Arcana tarot cards
🎨 Matching cardstock, size, finish, and style as the original 1928 Standard Deck
📦 A limited print run
✨ For Returning U.S. Standard Deck Backers
If you backed the original Steamboat Arcana 1928Standard Deck, you’re eligible to receive the Expansion Pack for free—just cover shipping.
Here’s how to claim it:
Visit the live campaign
Choose the “Expansion Pack – Mailing List” reward tier and pledge $1
After the campaign ends, you’ll receive a BackerKit survey
In the survey, you’ll be able to add the Expansion Pack to your order for $9 shipping & handling (U.S. only)
This keeps the process simple while letting us thank you for being part of the original launch.
✨ For Returning International Standard Deck Backers
You’re absolutely welcome to join as well! Shipping will be calculated based on your region in BackerKit. To reduce postage, we recommend bundling your Expansion Pack with a future campaign—like Aviator’s Arcana or Skeleton Dance Arcana—and we’ll make sure that option is available for you.
✨ For Mini Deck Backers
The Mini Decks were not as popular as the Standard Decks for the original campaign. However, a Mini Deck Expansion Set will be unlocked as our $18,000 Stretch Goal. Once unlocked, the process will be the same:
Pledge $1 using the Mailing List tier
After the campaign, you can add the mini Expansion Pack in BackerKit
We’re incredibly proud of these decks and grateful to all of you who helped bring Steamboat Arcana to life. This Expansion Pack is our way of completing that vision and celebrating the next wave of public domain history.
Thank you for being part of it all. We hope you’ll join us once more.
