Baba Studio/Magic Realist

[thejeopardymaze]

 According to comments in their FaceBook account, they plan on rereleasing the Victorian Romantic Tarot, with some revisions. Not so good news, 2012 will be the earliest you can count on it being released in to the wild, since they're working on another Tarot deck. 

 While I am starting to fall in love with their 2nd edition of the Bohemian Gothic Tarot (in fact it's the main reason I've decided to start building a collection of gothic tarot decks recently), it was the Victorian Romantic I wanted the most long beforehand, so I am very happy to hear this news, even if it might be awhile before it gets published again.

Comments

[thejeopardymaze]

I can't comment on the Victorian because the 2nd isn't out yet, and I don't even have the first. The Bohemian Gothic deck is a bit harder, because I don't have the first, but the 2nd seems to have much darker tones than the 1rst, if you read them at a club you will need a nearby lightsource.

Gothic Darkness

[squigglingserpent]

The general opinion is that the second version of the Bohemian Gothic is not as dark as the first and more focused on the main characters in each scene. Cannot really compare as the silver first edition is supposed to be a rather different beast than the standard deck. The silver is definitely darker but varies very much depending on the light
As for the VR - hoping to be one of the lucky few who snatches a deck or two of the new Russian version
Otherwise will just have to join the queue and live in hope that there is a second edition some time in the not too distant future
Lots of folks claim that the VR is much darker and spookier than the BG deck. There does seem to be something seriously creepy about it which is precisely why this serpent has resorted to stalking the baba store in hope of snaffling yet another deck of darkness

Re: Gothic Darkness

[thejeopardymaze]

Shading =/= spooky.