Tempo TCG Bag

Tempo is the backpack built for trading card game players. Show off your best cards, keep every deck, die and accessory in its own place, and get from your bag to the table in seconds. When game day is over, take the organizer out and Tempo becomes your everyday backpack.

Tempo at a Glance

The Problem Every Player Knows

If you play at locals or tournaments, you know the routine: deck boxes rolling around the bottom of your bag, a playmat folded in half, dice lost in a side pocket, and an opponent waiting while the round clock runs.

Your cards are often worth more than the bag that carries them, yet regular backpacks were never designed for them. One of our co-founders lived this every week at their local game store, so we set out to build the bag we all wanted.

Meet Tempo

One bag, one model, designed around game day: a card display on the front, a removable organizer tray inside, straps for your playmat and a separate compartment for your binder or laptop.

Open. Pull. Play.

The front of Tempo opens like a door, even with your playmat strapped on. Pull the two orange side tabs and the whole organizer tray slides out with your decks, dice and accessories still inside. Set it next to your mat and you are ready for round one.

Your Whole Setup, One Tray

Six deck slots with pull ribbons, a zip dice box, and a mesh pouch for counters, sleeves and tokens. The tray lies flat beside your playmat as a table caddy, so nothing gets lost during a match.

Show Off Your Best Pulls

A clear, UV-protected window on the front holds nine cards in standard 3 × 4 in toploaders. A rigid aluminium backing keeps them flat, and you can swap cards in seconds, no tools needed.

Mat On in Seconds

Two quick-release straps hold a rolled playmat (40–100 mm roll) on the outside of the bag, so it never creases and never takes up space inside.

Binder or Laptop

A padded compartment with its own zip fits a 9-pocket binder up to 350 × 295 × 70 mm, or a laptop up to 16 inches. Reach your binder for a trade without opening the main bag.

Game Day to Every Day

Take the tray out and Tempo is a clean everyday backpack for class, work or travel, with padded straps, a sternum strap, quick pockets and water-repellent fabric.

Tempo vs. a Regular Backpack

From Sketch to Prototype

Tempo started as a page in a notebook: a card display on the front, a mat, and a modular inside. We showed every version to players and changed the design based on what they told us. We moved the playmat outside the bag, sized the display around standard toploaders, and simplified the organizer so it comes out in one go.

What's in the Box

• Tempo backpack (black with orange details)
• Removable organizer tray with 6 deck slots
• Zip dice box
• Mesh accessory pouch
• Two quick-release playmat straps

Specifications

Rewards and Pricing

VVIP — $129. Our thank-you to everyone who reserved with $1. Only 100 spots, available through a private link we send to reservers.

VIP — $139. Limited early-backer spots for launch day.

Insider / Early Bird — $149. The best public price once VIP spots are gone.

Tempo will retail for $189 after the campaign. Add extra trays, display panels, deck boxes and more as add-ons when you pledge.

Why Kickstarter

Making a new bag means meeting factory minimum orders. Your pledge funds our first production run and puts Tempo on your back before anyone else. Every backer also helps shape the final details through project updates.

Timeline

Timeline

We are Brandon Diaz, David Garcia, Davis Zheng and Ryan Viana. Tempo began because one of us plays every week and was tired of carrying valuable cards in a bag that was never made for them. We are building Tempo with players, for players, and we will share every step with our backers.

Own the tempo.

Back Tempo today, share it with your playgroup, and help us bring the bag we all wanted to the table.