Deck One (Cards!)

Deck One is a deck in Cards!, designed by Patrick Ladwig.

Physical deck

Uniform back, customized front.

Deck syntax

Deck syntax (basic):

The Four:

Let F be a set of four elements.

Let the elements of F be designated F1, F2, F3, F4.

Let the four elements be idempotent::

• Equally powerful, equally interchangeable.
• In effect, four instances of a single entity (a singleton).

The Twelve = The Forty-Eight, separated into Four Groups of Three:

Let T designate The Twelve.

Let the elements of T be designated T1, T2, T3, T4.

Enumerate an attribute function for each Tn:

• T1 (F1)
• T2 (F2)
• T3 (F3)
• T4 (F4)

Read as "T1 function F1, T1 function B," etc.

Game syntax

Patrick's notes:

• Four Suits/Categories/Colors
• One each, Elite/Captain/Stealth/Phantom
• Twelve each, Characters

Goal: collect one character from each color for trick/book.

• Draw-discard rummy (?)
• First empty hand wins (?)

Game syntax (basic):

• Deal 6 cards to each player
• Set deck face down in middle
• Turn over top card to create discard pile
• Player to dealer's left goes first
• Player takes top card from discard pile, if desired,
  • Or draws the top card on the deck and adds it to hand
  • if player has all four colors of villain, book the set
• Player selects a card from hand to discard
• Play continues clockwise
• First player to book all cards wins the game.

Advanced

Alternate game syntax:

• Individual Fn cards have significance: F1, F2, F3, F3

Alternate goals:

• Get rid of Fn card, don't be last to exit game, loser ends up holding all Fn cards
• Fn cards are dealt out separately at start of game, face down. Each player looks but does not reveal their color. At some point, a player may choose to reveal their color, perhaps a one-time special event, after which gameplay proceeds differently -- details to be worked out.

Skins

Line	Four	Forty-Eight
"Deck One"	Four Phantoms	Twelve Villains
Lords Phantom	Four Projectors	Twelve Lords
Carnevale Tenebre	Four Prizes	Twelve Characters

"Deck One"

The Twelve are Villains related to Green Lantern.

Line
Sinestro
Parallax
Tattooed Man
Black Hand
Baron Tyrano
Star Sapphire
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

Lords of the Phantom Zone

The Twelve are DC Characters (superheroes, or their allies) who have be transformed into Lords of the Phantom Zone:

Line
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
Flash
Green Arrow
Lois Lane
Amanda Waller
Martian Manhunter
Zatana
Supergirl
Uncle Sam

Carnevale Tenebre

Four Prizes:

• Golden Voucher
• Green ...
• Red ...
• Blue ...

Twelve characters:

Line
TBA
TBA
Havelock (Oracle Man)
Hollerith (Ticket Man)
Sons of Hercules
Sons of Hercules (conjoined)
Fire Warden
Homme Brulant
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

Alternately:

• Four Barkers, Twelve Acts
• Four Destinies, Twelve Volunteers
• Four Souls, Twelve Terrors
• Four Freaks, Twelve Tourists
• Four Tickets, Twelve Rides