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'''Cards!''' is a set of card games.

== Design Principles ==

Standard design principles include:

* '''Physical deck''': cards printed with symbols and skinning
** Symbols comply with deck syntax, and provide basis for game syntax
** Skinning is decoration, on top of syntax
* '''Deck syntax''': logical structure of deck symbols
* '''Game syntax''': logical structure of game rules
* '''Skinning''': decoration on top of syntax
** Simple skinning is merely decorative, does not affect game syntax
** Complex skinning modifies game syntax (and is decorative as well)
* [[Plug-in card|Plug-in cards]]: "Specials" which add marketing appeal, game options, etc.

=== Physical deck ===

* Custom-printed deck of 52 standard-size playing cards
** Plus two [[Plug-in Card|Plug-in cards]] ("specials")

=== Deck syntax ===

* The Forty-Eight - set of forty-eight cards
* The Four - set of four

=== Game syntax ===

Rules of the game, for a given:

* Physical deck
* Deck syntax

Game syntax expresses game logic in a symbolic form.

Use standard terminology and abstract symbols to express game syntax.

Give names to individual game syntaxes.

* Each game syntax will be re-usable across multiple decks, with multiple skins
* A given deck might have two or more different game syntaxes

=== Skinning ===

Skinning is the process of creating a "skin" for a given deck.

Skinning adds decoration, and can optionally modify gameplay.

* Simple skins are merely decorative features which express the deck syntax.
* Complex skins also affect gameplay: the skin specifies new game syntax, modifications to existing game syntax, etc.

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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleCards BattleCards] @ Wikipedia		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleCards BattleCards] @ Wikipedia
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	See [[Deck One (Cards!)]].		See [[Deck One (Cards!)]].
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		+	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleCards BattleCards] @ Wikipedia

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	* Simple skins are merely decorative features which express the deck syntax.		* Simple skins are merely decorative features which express the deck syntax.
	* Complex skins also affect gameplay: the skin specifies new game syntax, modifications to existing game syntax, etc.		* Complex skins also affect gameplay: the skin specifies new game syntax, modifications to existing game syntax, etc.
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		+	== Deck One ==
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		+	See [[Deck One (Cards!)]].