The Everdeck (2019)

The Everdeck is a card game system that can be adapted to play many traditional and modern games. It’s a portable travel companion, universal proxy deck, and game designer’s prototyping tool all in one. This isn’t just a deck with extra ranks and suits. Its 120 cards can map to many distinct game systems: Two standard decks, Tarot and Hanafuda; modern games in many combinations of ranks and suits; sequential decks; even word games and social games. 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. Please visit the homepage or look at the design document in the files section to see the Everdeck's systems and symbology in action. Its accompanying geeklist shows games that can be mapped to the system. —description from the designer