I am an easy yes when someone says “goblin tarot.” But the story behind The Goblin’s Tarot is what made me want a closer look: its main character has the chance to give up being a god and actually live among other people.
When I asked creator Seven Dane Asmund what makes the Goblin’s Journey different, the answer was considerably more interesting than a cute character on a card.
A goblin who has to decide what a life is worth
In an email to Totally The Bomb, Asmund explained that the Publishing Goblin is a Fallen God in Ajurea. This fictional world pulls in people, places, objects, magic and technology from other worlds. Old towns can sit beside advanced technology. Strange things arriving is practically the local routine.
And yet the Goblin keeps their distance from all of it.
They once had the power to create whatever they wanted. Now their divinity is fading, and continuing down that path means eventually fading away themselves. There is another possibility: surrender that remaining divinity for a mortal life.
Asmund described the journey as learning to live among the world instead of above it. The Goblin stumbles along the way, but ultimately finds a single lifetime with the people of Ajurea more valuable than an eternity spent alone.
That is a lot of feeling to tuck into a tarot deck. The little goblin has an actual existential problem.
What’s in the deck?
According to Publishing Goblin’s project page, the 78-card deck features illustrations by Sam Dow and green foil borders. Keywords on the cards offer reminders of their meanings, and the imagery draws on Rider-Waite-Smith elements.
The deck-only version includes a meanings booklet and a magnetic-close box. The full set adds a linen hardcover guidebook with expanded meanings, art and background on the Goblin’s story.
The campaign has ended. What happens next?
The BackerKit campaign is now marked ended. We have not confirmed a late-pledge or preorder option.
There is also a shipping discrepancy worth knowing: the project header estimates March 2027, while its detailed shipping section says April/May. Those are estimates, not a confirmed delivery date.
This is a look at the project and the creator’s explanation, rather than a hands-on review. Asmund told us early review copies were unavailable. Follow the official project updates for fulfillment news and any later ordering announcement.
