These cards came as a great disappointment.

I have purchased all of the books, and enjoy the art style and direction of the game manuals.

Upon opening the package, the first two cards I am greeted with were the jokers (which had a couple of the larger scenes from the books on them), and I was hopeful for the rest of the deck. However the remainder of the cards were disappointing. The face cards and the aces are the only cards (besides the jokers) with any art on them. The art is in the style of the game, but very minimal, and lackluster.

The number cards are all of the standard suits, and have slightly stylized pips.

Nothing about these cards is interesting enough to make me want to use them as a stylized set of themed cards, let alone want to include them in a game of Never Going Home. I believe this is a missed opportunity to really drive home the ambiance of a campaign.

If you want a thematic deck to add to the atmosphere of your game, look elsewhere, or just use a standard deck of cards, you won't miss anything.

So, just Narrated my first game tonight, and I have to say, I was excited going into the game, but it ended up being a SMASH HIT with my group, and now they want me to run another game.

I ran the two of them (with myself playing a supporting rifleman) through the "Corpse Factory" and they managed to avoid almost every encounter possible (through a high level of dumb luck).

They spent the entire session at the edges of their seats wondering what would happen next, and were walking on eggshells in fear of encountering a sudden, gory demise.

The system is easy to pick up and play, with the journey cards giving a fun little roleplay start to the mission,setting the tone and giving the characters hard choices to make (such as upgrading now, or saving your cards that may save your life later).

Strongly recommend.