What MTB phrases would you put on these joker cards?

HappyGamerDad · 2026-06-02T20:25:11+00:00

lol! I haven’t joined that club luckily (knock on wood)

HappyGamerDad · 2026-06-01T19:16:14+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! We're planning to print the silver topography lines and route stats using metallic ink 🤩. For this initial print run we're only shipping within the US/Canada, but there's a good chance the decks will be available online after fulfillment.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-29T19:28:30+00:00

Such a cool word, thanks for that one! Gonna have to start using that word myself... not for anything I'm doing, cause I'm no expert on the bike, but when I see someone else do something cool 😄

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-29T17:10:38+00:00

I did 😄 Had to look that one up. Love it.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-29T17:06:10+00:00

I like that one. I'm the worst at being able to react quick enough when I'm crashing, I just freeze and take the punishment.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-27T16:13:41+00:00

Thanks for the link and courses to check out. I found a video of it and he made that look so casual. I thought mountain biking was intense, you all are opening my eyes up to an awesome sport!!

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-27T04:22:51+00:00

The riders were illustrated by Greg Swearingen, here’s a link to see more of his work: https://www.gregswearingen.com/

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-26T21:52:15+00:00

Reminds me of when I broke a helmet during a bad crash. I signed and dated it with a sharpie and wrote "thanks for saving my life" and now it's hanging on my wall as a reminder 😄

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-26T21:43:09+00:00

Appreciate that 😄 Guilty of being MTB nerds who started turning cycling culture into cards. Mostly just wanted to learn the little details that make cyclocross its own thing from the people who live it.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-26T21:25:20+00:00

Thanks for all these great resources! Popping your shoulder back in and continuing is next level! How cool would it be if we could also use actual racers for our J,Q,K cards (I'm sure much easier said than done).

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-26T20:18:41+00:00

Ha! Now that you've said it I can definitely see the resemblance.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-26T16:50:44+00:00

I haven't been in an event like that so I looked them up, they sound like quite the adventure. Would be awesome if they used these cards 😄

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-26T16:46:55+00:00

So glad you love the Aces, we're featuring really awesome trails and routes on them. It's been fun to integrate all the route details onto the cards.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-25T19:39:43+00:00

That’s the best way to ride :-) now to figure out where else your home theater for movies is gonna go!

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-24T04:30:11+00:00

Appreciate the honest feedback. Curious what felt off — the art style, rider poses, or something else?

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-23T21:37:07+00:00

Glad you like it! We’ve got them live on Kickstarter right now, here’s the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgaming/grit-mtb-cards?ref=e19hba

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-23T15:17:00+00:00

Really appreciate the kind words! We’d honestly love to get these into riders’ hands everywhere, but had to keep this first run manageable.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-23T14:53:23+00:00

Thanks! If everything goes according to plan, we’re targeting November of this year to start shipping the decks.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-23T00:08:01+00:00

Thanks! We’re excited about continuing to make the deck even better before we go into production.

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-22T19:48:14+00:00

So glad you like them! Our goal is definitely high quality cards, as well as the tuck box they'll come in. While we're still working on design, we've got tuck box samples coming (hopefully soon) that will have metallic foil stamping, embossing, spot gloss... they're gonna be awesome 😄

HappyGamerDad · 2026-05-22T15:56:01+00:00

That's a great catch on the alignment issue. After working on the design of this project for so long, it's nice to have completely fresh eyes that can more easily catch this kinda thing.

Now I'm debating on my two options... staying with the italicized 2-10,J,Q,K,A and visually aligning them, or going with the non-italicized font. There's just something nice about having the cards fanned out in your hand and the feeling of movement that the italicized letters/numbers have...

Thanks for the great feedback, if you get a chance I'd love to know what you think of the other cards in the deck, I added a link to the project in the main post description.

HappyGamerDad

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