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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. 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

A a

B b

C c

D d
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.

E e

F f

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

BY:

C c F f

E e

B b

A a D d

4 C c d D

4 E e f F 4 C c D d
the SAILOR ^the BATTLE

4 E e F f

3 A a C c 3 B b F f 2 B b E e
|the DESERT the PAINTER

3 D d E e

the SAVAGE

2 C c D d

|^the ORIGIN

2 A a F f

the AUTHOR

^the JOURNEY

the SAILOR

|^the ORIGIN

^the BATTLE

3 D d e E
^the JOURNEY

3 A a c C

the SAVAGE

2 C c d D 2 A a f F

the PAINTER

3 B b f F 2 B b e E

the AUTHOR

|the DESERT

6 D d f F
|^the MARKET |the CASTLE

7 B b f F

6 D d F f

7 B b F f 6 A a c C 6 A a C c 5 A a D d 5 B b C c
^the DISCOVERY |the FOREST the LUNATIC the LUNATIC

6 B b E e

the PENITENT

5 E e F f

the SOLDIER

4 A a B b

|the MOUNTAIN

|the CASTLE

|the MOUNTAIN

the PENITENT

|^the MARKET

6 B b e E 5 E e f F 4 A a b B 5 A a d D
|the FOREST ^the DISCOVERY

the SOLDIER

5 B b c C

9 C c e E

9 D d f F 9 C c E e
|the DARKNESS the MERCHANT |the MILL

9 D d F f

8 C c D d

9 A a B b 8 A a B b 7 C c E e
|the CAVE the DIPLOMAT

8 E e F f

^the BETRAYAL

7 A a D d

^the CHANCE MEETING

|the DARKNESS

^the PACT

^the CHANCE MEETING

^the BETRAYAL

the MERCHANT

9 A a b B

8 C c d D
^the PACT

|the MILL

8 E e f F 7 A a d D

the DIPLOMAT

8 A a b B 7 C c e E
|the CAVE

the HUNTRESS

the BARD

^the WINDFALL

* A a
the HUNTRESS

* B b

* F f
^the WINDFALL

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

the BARD

|^the END

^the CALAMITY

|the SEA

the EXCUSE the EXCUSE

* D d

* E e
^the CALAMITY

* C c

* c C

* f F

* b B * e E

* a A * d D

|^the END

|the SEA

%% B b C c e E

%% B b D d F f

%% B b C c E e
|the ISLAND

|the WINDOW

%% A a C c F f

the CONSUL

%% A a D d E e # B b C c F f # C c D d E e
the LIGHT KEEPER |the BORDERLAND

# A a B b D d

^the HARVEST

# A a E e F f

the WATCHMAN

|the ISLAND

%% B b D d f F %% A a D d e E %% A a C c f F
^the RITE ^the RITE

the WATCHMAN

|the WINDOW ^the HARVEST the CONSUL

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

the LIGHT KEEPER

|the BORDERLAND

# B b C c f F # C c D d e E