Deck Tet

[] This is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is, perhaps, the kind of tarot deck they use in the alternate universe where Charlemagne was a badger. Since it is structurally unlike earthly playing card and tarot decks, you can do different things with it.

A a

B b

C c

There are ten ranks of cards in the basic deck: Aces are rank one, 2s are rank two, 3s and so on up through 9s, and Crowns + are rank ten. There are dozens of different games that can be played with the Decktet. To find rules and more, visit Http://www.DEcktEt.com

B b

C c

A a

E e

D d

F f

The website also has information about professionally printed copies of the deck, the iconoclastic Deco Decktet, and the Decktet Book. The Decktet is offered for free under an open license, thanks in part to support from the Decktet community.

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revised November, 2010 ©2008-10 by P.D. Magnus. CC Some rights reserved.

the SAILOR

4 C c d D ^the JOURNEY

3 A a c C

the SAILOR ^the JOURNEY the PAINTER

3 D d e E 2 C c d D

the PAINTER

3 B b f F

|the DESERT

4 E e f F ^the BATTLE

the SAVAGE

|^the ORIGIN

2 A a f F

|the DESERT

2 B b e E

the AUTHOR

4 C c D d 3 A a C c 3 B b F f 2 B b E e

^the BATTLE the SAVAGE

4 E e F f |^the ORIGIN

3 D d E e the AUTHOR

2 C c D d 2 A a F f

|the CASTLE

7 B b f F the LUNATIC

6 A a c C

|the CASTLE the LUNATIC |the FOREST

6 B b e E 5 E e f F

|the FOREST

5 A a d D

^the DISCOVERY

6 D d f F |^the MARKET

the PENITENT

the SOLDIER

4 A a b B

^the DISCOVERY

5 B b c C

|the MOUNTAIN

7 B b F f 6 A a C c 5 A a D d 5 B b C c

|^the MARKET the PENITENT

6 D d F f the SOLDIER

6 B b E e |the MOUNTAIN

5 E e F f 4 A a B b

|the DARKNESS

9 C c e E ^the PACT

9 A a b B

|the DARKNESS ^the PACT the DIPLOMAT

8 C c d D 8 E e f F

the DIPLOMAT

8 A a b B

|the CAVE

9 D d f F the MERCHANT

|the MILL

the MERCHANT |the MILL ^the BETRAYAL ^the CHANCE MEETING

^the BETRAYAL

7 A a d D

|the CAVE

7 C c e E

^the CHANCE MEETING

9 C c E e 9 A a B b 8 A a B b 7 C c E e

9 D d F f 8 C c D d 8 E e F f 7 A a D d

Ace, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, $, //, +

^the WINDFALL

the EXCUSE

|the SEA

the HUNTRESS

the BARD ^the CALAMITY

The Pawns $ and Courts // (next page) are two additional ranks. Pawns and Courts have three suits each. With Pawns and Courts in play, the order of ranks typically becomes:

the EXCUSE

|the SEA

^the CALAMITY

* d D

|^the END

* e E

* a A |^the END

* C c

Many games have default rules for the basic deck and optional rules for the extended deck cards. If you think of game design as cooking, then the extended deck cards are like adding cream. Adding them makes some games richer, but it just adds fat to others. And in some games, it goes wrong and curdles. One of the extended deck cards is the Excuse (below). It has no suits and no rank.

* c C

* b B

* E e

* F f ^the WINDFALL

the BARD

the HUNTRESS

* D d

* B b

* f F

* A a

The thirty-six card basic deck, with ten ranks of cards, is the core of the Decktet. There are nine further cards that add on to make the extended deck.

%% B b C c e E |the ISLAND

%% A a D d e E

|the ISLAND ^the RITE the LIGHT KEEPER

%% A a C c f F ^the RITE

# A a B b d D

# B b C c f F the LIGHT KEEPER

# A a E e f F

# C c D d e E |the BORDERLAND

|the BORDERLAND

%% B b D d f F |the WINDOW

the CONSUL

^the HARVEST

the WATCHMAN

%% B b C c E e %% A a D d E e # B b C c F f # C c D d E e

|the WINDOW the CONSUL

%% B b D d F f ^the HARVEST

%% A a C c F f the WATCHMAN

# A a B b D d # A a E e F f