Deckhand: Tabletop Games

Deckhand is a card game app that turns the phones in the room into a deck of cards. Your phone is your hand. The games are the ones you play at a kitchen table. Start a game, share the code, play. THE GAMES War - 2 players. High card wins. Ties mean war. Bull - 2 to 10 players. Lie about your cards. Get caught, eat the pile. Ride the Bus - 2 to 8 players. Guess wrong, take points. Last one holding rides the bus. Crazy Eights - 2 to 8 players. Match suit or rank. Eights are wild. Go Fish - 2 to 6 players. Ask for a rank, collect books of four. Tri Peaks - 1 player. Solitaire with a twist: clear three peaks of cards, one rank up or down at a time. Aces Up - 1 player. Quiet solitaire: clear the table down to four aces. Popular house rules are built in, so the table plays the version your family already argues about. HOW A TABLE WORKS One phone starts the table. Everyone else joins with a…