[HN Gopher] The Everdeck: A Universal Card System (2019)
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The Everdeck: A Universal Card System (2019)
Author : surprisetalk
Score : 93 points
Date : 2026-01-28 14:38 UTC (6 days ago)
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| jupitr wrote:
| this feels like excellent foundations for a board game.
| fascinating!
| rspoerri wrote:
| 21$ deck, 27$ delivery... no
| pimlottc wrote:
| Must be US-based, it's $6.14 for the cheapest shopping for me
| pcj-github wrote:
| And then for that shipping price, takes 4-6 weeks for
| delivery? Or you can have it 8 days for something like $130?
| I don't get it.
| imzadi wrote:
| I have one. The cards are pretty well made and it's a nice
| deck. Decent playing cards do tend to be expensive.
| msluyter wrote:
| 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.)
| drpfenderson wrote:
| I went down the rabbit hole of alternative games for this deck,
| and saw Mu mentioned in the forums with some tips alongside a
| table. Hopefully that helps, though I did notice someone
| commented about needing to remember the point values.
|
| https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/303652/more-games-playabl...
| quibono wrote:
| I'm currently looking for some board/card games to play with
| friends so thank you for mentioning Mu, it sounds fun!
|
| Also I didn't know those were called trick-taking games [0]
|
| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-taking_game
| shagie wrote:
| Pagat is a _wonderful_ source for all things card games.
| https://www.pagat.com - in particular
| https://www.pagat.com/class/trick.html which at that level is
| the _groups_ of games (under the trump group is the euchre
| group which itself has six games)
| shagie wrote:
| It is. I do. It is. My simple description of it is that its
| bridge with revealing cards for bidding and dynamic
| partnerships.
|
| There is an iOS version of it -
| https://apps.apple.com/us/app/m%C3%BC/id351448383 (and it runs
| on my mini - https://imgur.com/a/eJsx4Wd )
|
| And yea, the point values would be the problematic parts.
|
| Incidentally, there's been a new issuing of the game: from the
| publisher - https://shop.czechgames.com/mu-more/ though it
| appears to be out of stock there, there is a reseller with the
| new version https://www.cardhaus.com/mu-more/
|
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| I'd also suggest Nyet (
| https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1107/nyet ) which is
| another odd deck count game (3x1, 1x[2...13]) x 4 suits. It was
| originally a ruleset for the Mu deck where you excluded rules
| from the next round ("no - not that rule" -> "Nyet")
| zem wrote:
| "oh hell!" is another great trick taking game for multiple
| players. it's lightweight but lots of fun.
| fellowniusmonk wrote:
| Finally we have a deck that can support my new game Calvin Deck.
| ifh-hn wrote:
| This looks complicated! The only card games I know are patience
| and Uno. Oh and top trumps, but not sure if that counts...
| tines wrote:
| > 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.
|
| This paragraph was designed as ruthless LLM slop.
| shagie wrote:
| That paragraph was written in 2019 which predates LLM slop.
| Some people just write that way.
| buellerbueller wrote:
| Whats worse than AI slop? Humans misclassifying other humans'
| outputs as AI slop.
| goache wrote:
| I created my own multideck a few years ago:
| https://randomlyunique.com/random/2023/improved-multideck/in...
| (SVG in link)
|
| I use this deck all the time too - it was well worth the $25 to
| print it out.
| WorldMaker wrote:
| I think my biggest complaint with this deck is that the Os and 0s
| look the same in the chosen font. They are in opposite corners on
| the card and one should always be colored and the other black, so
| shouldn't be _easily_ confused in an oriented spread or in
| orienting the cards, so it is mostly just an aesthetic complaint.
| Trufa wrote:
| Are there any good svg free deck designs out there? Like the
| traditional looking ones?
| Willamin wrote:
| I'd love to see a variation on the concept that minimizes
| information on each card. It would of course result in a larger
| deck, but would reduce visual noise while playing games.
|
| I think one colored suit symbol and one rank is the most needed.
| Some cards could have symbols like Uno's "skip" card as their
| rank.
| NoSalt wrote:
| What is it about a good card game that is so appealing? I am not
| a fan of dice games at all, but give me some cards to hold, and
| I'm in.
| this_is_a_drill wrote:
| In case no one's mentioned it yet, this reminds me of Heckadeck :
| https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/296334/heckadeck
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