There are loads of games you get pressured into buying at conventions that you could just as well play with a regular deck of cards. In this drop-in activity, you’ll get to learn some of them. Expect some well-known favourites, with a slightly different look.

In addition to the games you may already know, we’ll teach freshly designed card games that only use a standard deck, as well as a few we think most people have missed. You’ll find everything from team games to free-for-alls, co-ops, and solitaires. Come alone or bring a bunch of friends.
If you're extra nice and well-behaved, you might even get to play games that use some more unusual decks.

Hopefully, you’ll leave with one or two new favorites you can play anytime there’s a deck of cards nearby. And there usually is.

This event is part of Materialist Game Labs’ line-up at GothCon. We want to look at gaming culture from a fresh perspective and find ways to make it more fair, welcoming, and accessible—all in the hope that together we can build a living gaming culture rather than just a commercial hobby.

Thom Király is a game designer and game educator based in Malmö. He will act as your guide on this journey through a cheapskate's attempts to use their 52 friends to avoid stuffing their shelves with games that would work just as well with standard cards.

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