So, I just thought of a new card deck idea. I call it the Eclipse Deck.
It’s only 34 cards, with three suits of 11 cards, plus one extra card.
The three suits are suns, moons, and sun and moon, together.
What makes this deck unique, you may ask? Well, apart from being a shortened deck of cards, the cards have different numbers on them.
The sun and moon suits are numbered from 1-11…but the “eclipse” suit is numbered not only from 1-11, but 12-22.
This means the value of the card can change depending on the rules of the game you’re playing.
The main idea I had for this value-changing mechanic was in a trick-taking game. This Eclipse Deck might replace Ten-Point Buck.
When a card of the Eclipse suit is led, it acts as the higher value on the card. But when it’s thrown offsuit, the lower value takes effect.
I also am trying to think of another game to play with this deck. Two, in fact.
One game is a press-your-luck card game, and the other is a game where you’re trying to form “eclipses” for points.
For now, that’s all I have to say with regards to this deck.