Hi, Francisco here. This time it's not Voidscript writing, it's me, because there's news I need to tell in my own words.
The boxes are here. All of them. Cards, dice, deck boxes, playmats, printed materials and a whole bunch of promotional stuff. Everything that spent the last few months existing only as files open on my computer is now stacked up on my table. And I can't stop poking at it.
I opened the first box and that was it
The first box was the cards. Each one came in its own banded stack, pile next to pile, ready to be checked calmly. And that's more or less what I did: pile by pile, number by number, with a goofy grin on my face the whole time.
Because seeing a card on screen for months on end is one thing. Feeling its weight in your hand, seeing the cut, the finish, the way the light hits the art, is something else entirely. That's the moment a project becomes a real game.
The first cards we picked up looked gorgeous
No picking, no curating, just whatever landed in my hand: the first two were the Codex of Profanation and Maelzhar, the Guardian of the Void. What a pair to start with, huh.
They looked gorgeous. Seriously, gorgeous. The art has a printed presence the screen just doesn't deliver, the text came out clean and readable the way we wanted, and the conjurer's life markers pop in color. I spent ages just turning the two of them in the light, like a kid.
And there's a part that makes me even prouder: each of these artworks was made by a real artist, with a name, a style and a story. Zero artificial intelligence. Seeing these people's work printed and in my hand makes every sleepless night worth it.
The dice really got me
The dice came from Mago dos Dados and turned out exactly like I'd pictured them in my head (sometimes it works!). There are two versions, black and white, with the game's symbols engraved in place of the numbers. And the best part: they arrived bagged one by one, which saved me a whole afternoon of manual work.
Deck boxes, printed materials and playmats
The rest of the shipment is what makes the Alpha Set feel like a product. The deck boxes arrived, the printed materials that come with the kit, the playmats (I'm dying to see these opened up on a table) and the promotional material that's coming with us to the event.
Everything in these photos will be on the table at our first in-person event. And it's right around the corner.
Now it's time to take it all to the event
On September 12 and 13 we'll be at TCGCON 2026, in the TCG Experience area, in São Paulo. That's where this pile of boxes turns into matches: table set up, playmat open, dice rolling and someone learning to play Arcanum in a few minutes.
And that's what excites me most. We made this game with a lot of love, wanting to deliver something new, fun and that makes you want to play again as soon as the match ends. Seeing it in the hands of someone who's never heard of Arcanum will be the best reward possible.
If you're stopping by, come say hi. Seriously, come. I'll be right there next to the boxes.
Made with a lot of love. Now let's play.