Before I can explain the Minideck, let me tell you about the Everdeck. The Everdeck is 120 cards“designed with a ruthless combinatorial efficiency” to be useful in playing and prototyping a variety of games.1 It maps to many existing decks and even includes provisions for Scrabble-like word games and cartomancy. I wanted to make something like that, but with only 18 cards. Why? I knew someone excitedly working on Buttonshy’s 18 Card Challenge last year. I haven’t stopped turning it ov...
