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2026 Deck Hand Game Design Contest 2026 Deck Hand Game Design Contest Deck Hand Games is a collection of 18-card games that work seamlessly with any standard deck of playing cards. These games offer fresh, exciting twists on classic c...

2026 Deck Hand Games Design Contest!

The Challenge: To make an 18-card game that works in conjunction with any standard play of playing cards.

Deadline: May 1st, 2026 (11:59 EST time)

The Prize for 1st place: $100

The Details: click link below docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Wave 1 and 2. Wave 3 announcing soon…

Only a couple of days left … don’t miss out on these 2 games!

Agents, we recently learn your upcoming mission to Toronto was a false flag, a trap from an enemy agency. We are scrubbing that mission and picking a new city to send a dead drop to. Our allies in the Kickstarter community will be helping with this mission. check out our KS

Deck Hand Games: Wave 2 Deck Hand Games sets sail again, with a second wave of TWO NEW exciting 18-card games you play with a deck of cards.

We are live with the next 2 games in our series. Deck Hand Games are 18-card games that you add to any standard deck of playing cards to get a new game experince. Check us out at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dhg...

Coming soon: Deck Hand Games: Wave 2 Deck Hand Games sets sail again, with a second wave of TWO NEW exciting 18-card games you play with a deck of cards.

Our newest KS hits next week. Only 10 days long so don’t miss it! You can sign up to be notified here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dhg...

Coming soon to KS. Pogo Possum Posse Poker was designed by Lisa & Michael Eskue (Trash Pandas, Titan Dice), and submitted to the 2025 Deck Hand Game Design Contest. It quickly became a favorite of the judges, who instantly knew it had to become part of the Deck Hand Games family!

Spymaster One, is a 30-minute family card game for 2-4 players, designed by Kristen Mott (Prowl, Insectarium) that uses 18 special cards along with any standard deck of playing cards. Can you outwit your opponents and become the number one spymaster?

Coming soon to Kickstarter!

London. Berlin. Washington. Moscow. Step into the role of Director of Operations during turbulent times in Spymaster One. Dispatch agents across the globe, scoring points for infiltrating cities and having the right intel in front of you by the end of the game.

Today we like to announce we have signed a game with Kristen Mott.

Spymaster One is a tense lane battler where you deploy secret agents from your hand to various cities to complete missions.

FEESH! At Protospiel North this weekend. FEESH! Is a modern take on traditional fishing games like Scopa and Escoba, where players are otters trying to catch fish.

Daniel is at Protospiel North with Huff n Puff Construction. A possible future Deck Hand game. If you’re there check it out.

@timwkbrown.bsky.social

Magnifiers by Tim W. K. Brown YouTube video by Tim W. K. Brown

Magnifiers is a deck-builder that flows extremely well, was tight, and had tense moments as you count your hand to see if you have just enough points to buy a coveted Joker card. Here is Tim's pitch video if you'd like to learn more about the game: m.youtube.com/watch?v=9odZ...

The winner of our 2025 Design Contest is Magnifiers by Tim W.K. Brown. You may know Tim from his other game with Kid's Table BG, Wreck Raiders.

All of the above

Finalist games were played this weekend and we are aiming to announce a winner this coming week! Here are Red Wire Black Wire and Sky Commanders being played, though they werent the only games played

Trying to play games in the design contest tonight. Either another designer payed Reggie to try to block us from playing other finalists in the contest or he wanted to play too. Either way, the cat was moved and the Sky Commanders was played.

Deck Hand Games samples unboxing YouTube video by Daniel Rocchi

If you want to see a less compressed version of the video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Shi...

We got samples in! Dan took a video. Only 3 days left on the Kickstarter.

Finalists in the Spring 2025 Deck Hand Games Design Contest These are the finalist that staff will be playing and deciding on for the winning entry. This time we will just be giving the pitch videos, so everyone can remember or learn for the first time what ar...

The finalists of the Spring 2025 Deck Hand Design Contest are:

♦️ Soccer 54: Premier by Greg Pool

♣️ Magnifiers by Tim W. K. Brown

♥️ Queen’s Regiment by Mike Berg

♠️ Red Wire Black Wire by Daniel Olivier

⭐ Sky Commanders by Scott Czysz

See all the pitch videos at: forms.gle/Fuek1Kjc1jfs...

You knocked it out of the park with this games illustrations

The winner of Round 4 and the last game advancing into the finals of the Spring 2025 Deck Hand Games Design Contest is Sky Commanders by Scott Czysz.

Soccer 54 premier

Magnifiers

Queen’s regiment

Played the first finalists of our design contests games tonight. Soccer 54 Premier by @haoleboygames.com, Magnifiers by @timwkbrown.bsky.social , and Queen’s Regiment by @weheart.games

Round 4 voting has begun. This time we have 5 games:

♦️ Snaaake by Daniel Olivier

♣️ Pile-Up by Nick Kashyap

♥️ Sky Commanders by Scott Czysz

♠️ Poker Salad by Nico Valdez

⭐ Anubis by AJ Brandon

Voting is for backers, and is until May 15, Noon EST

Deck Hand Games Two new and innovative 18-card games that you play with a standard deck of cards!

The Kickstarter can be found at www.kickstarter.com/projects/196...

Round 3 voting results are in for our design contest, and the winner is Red Wire Black Wire by Daniel Olivier bit will be moving on to the finals.

Our Kickstarter is running a pay-what-you-want (min $1 CAD) for BOTH games. Learn more about it and what comes with it at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/196...

Currently on Kickstarter, The Dig: Treasure Island is an 18-card game that you play with a deck of cards. In the game, players are trying to claim the most points worth of treasure over two rounds.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/196...