MALDITORIA: Volume I

Hello and WELCOME!

My name is DANIEL WAYNE LUGO, I'm an artist residing in Oakland, CA known as: EL MALDITO.  

I am raising money to help fund my interactive card game:  MALDITORIA: Volume I


1.  What is MALDITORIA?

MALDITORIA is the combination of the words Maldito and Loteria, which we have defined as:  "Cursed Chance".

This is an interactive card game that fuses elements of Loteria(Mexican Bingo) and Tarot, which allows participants to explore themselves through specific stereotypes, identities and symbolism in Mexican American culture.

I started working on this project in Oakland CA in 2014.


I've worked with an amazing team and have finished all the componets of the game which include: 

1.  A deck of 54 Cards


2.  10 Tablets


3.  Interactive Booklet


2.  Why do we need FUNDING?

Our goal is to raise a BUDGET to print off the first 500 copies of the game as a real product.

This is the start of what will be an on going production of multiple VOLUMES  into the future.

We will be crowd funding for MALDITORIA until the end of 2016.

We plan to LAUNCH the game by early 2017 in the Bay Area!

It starts with your DONATION!


3.  Why did we create MALDITORIA?

We wanted to create a project that gives communities in the United States and Internationally the opportunity  to explore themselves through these unique cultural archetypes.  


As an artist, I feel that it is my PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to bring cultural awareness  in my work.

In these current times, we need different tools to bring healing, communication and creativity in our respected communities.  

MALDITORIA is the perfect medium to do that!


4.  THE CARDS

These are 54 ORIGINAL images, some inspired by cards from Loteria(Mexican Bingo).  

Each card represents direct realities and results of Pre-Colonial and Post Colonial effects in Mexico and the United States.

These cards examine:  

IDENTITY







RACE


HEALTH


NUTRITION


 SPIRITUALITY



HEALING


RELIGION


CULTURAL EXPLOITATION


TRADITIONS


ALCOHOLISM


EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN


SEX TRAFFICKING


STEREOTYPES


CLASSISM


COLOR PRIVILEDGES


GENDER ROLES


FOLKLORE



ENTERTAINMENT



IMMIGRATION


BORDER EFFECTS


POLICE BRUTALITY


DRUG TRAFFICKING


LIBERATION


COMMUNICATION


STIGMAS


GENTRIFICATION


CULTURAL RESURGENCE


SOLIDARITY


UNITY



5.  ANYONE CAN PLAY MALDITORIA!

There are 2 ways to PLAY:


1.  LOTERIA(Mexican Bingo)

Participants can engage with family and friends by playing Loteria, a popular game that goes back over a 100 years in Mexico. 


2.  MALDITORIA Readings

This is a card reading influenced by elements of Tarot.

Participants will read "MALDITORIA", their Cursed Chance, examining 4 cards that represent their:

1. EGO
2. ENERGY
3. VITALITY
4. CONSCIOUSNESS

MALDITORIA readings give participants the opportunity to look beyond the cultural context of each image and look deeper into what each card represents UNIVERSALLY.

Each card has NEGATIVE and POSITIVE energy, a responsibility for participants to find a balance in these dualities, ultimately bringing a balance in ones PRESENT self.



6.  YOUR DONATIONS!

For any project to be truly SUCCESSFUL, it needs the support from family and friends in our respected communities.  

By making a contribution, YOU will now be a part of this project as those who have created it.

YOUR donation will help make this into a full reality that will bring exploration and unity to many people!

Please make any DONATION you can and SHARE with family and friends so we can take MALDITORIA into the FUTURE!

Many THANKS and BLESSINGS!