Analyzing the Mirror Deck for Game Design
It's been a few years since I created the Mirror Deck and posted it on DriveThruCards . As a reminder, it's a deck of cards numbered 1 through 99, where each number can have its digits transposed, so the deck is only 54 cards. I asked some advice from other game designers recently on where to take the deck next. James Ernest was especially helpful, recommending that I look for any rarities or natural "sets" in the deck that would lend themselves to game mechanisms. I'm looking at how I can make a two-player trick-taking game out of the Mirror Deck. Triangular Numbers There are 13 triangular numbers in the deck's range, which I could mark with a triangle "suit" icon. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91 Perfect Squares There are 9 numbers in the deck's range, which I could mark with a square "suit" icon. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81 Primes There are 25 prime numbers in the deck's range, which I could mark with a &quo