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The Everdeck: A Universal Card System (2019)

by surprisetalk on 1/28/2026, 2:38:21 PM

https://thewrongtools.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-everdeck/

Comments

by: msluyter

Really cool deck! Anyone out there play Mu? It's an _excellent_ trick taking card game. One of the few (complex, trick-taking... I'm not counting stuff like Uno in this genre) card games that I know of that works really well with 5 or 6 players. This deck _almost_ would work for Mu, but it'd need different point values. (I keep having to rebuy new Mu games when the deck wears out so I've been contemplating other possibilities.)

2/3/2026, 4:41:35 PM


by: ifh-hn

This looks complicated! The only card games I know are patience and Uno. Oh and top trumps, but not sure if that counts...

2/3/2026, 5:15:18 PM


by: rspoerri

21$ deck, 27$ delivery... no

2/3/2026, 4:26:26 PM


by: tines

&gt; The Everdeck is designed with a ruthless combinatorial efficiency. Beneath its minimalist pen-and-ink design lies layers of mathematical and linguistic patterns. This isn’t just a deck with haphazardly placed extra glyphs; rather, it aims to be both beautiful and practical.<p>This paragraph was designed as ruthless LLM slop.

2/3/2026, 5:26:40 PM


by: fellowniusmonk

Finally we have a deck that can support my new game Calvin Deck.

2/3/2026, 4:44:27 PM


by: jupitr

this feels like excellent foundations for a board game. fascinating!

2/3/2026, 4:13:54 PM