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                             1000 Blank White Cards
                                        
[Blank Cards 1000-Count] [1] 

Spring [2], Gregory and I played our very first game of 1000 Blank White
Cards [3] today. I've been interested in the game for quite some time [4],
but it wasn't until Spring found a reference [5] to the game and bought a box
of 1000 blank white cards that we got a chance to try out this game.

I suspect that not only is this the first deck in South Florida, but the
first deck to actually use official 1000 Blank White Cards [6], at a very
narrow dimension of 3½″×1½″.

[Surf ARKANSAS / +100 points (GP)] [7] [This is the title / your arms are
wavy +200 (SLS)] [8] [STEAL THIS CARD / +100 FOR PLAYING CARD / +200 FOR
STEALING FROM DISCARD PILE (SPC)] [9] 

There are no real “official” rules to 1000 Blank White Cards (1KBWC); in
fact, Spring and I have found three different sets of rules, so we adapted
what we liked, and discarded what we didn't like. We played by the following
rules (more or less):

* Obtain a box of Blank Cards—1000-Count and a Pilot Roller-Ball pen for each
  player.
* Each player starts with 10 blank card. Each player then fills up each card.
  
* Obligatory Sidebar Links
  
* 1000 Blank White Cards [10]
   Cards [11]
   I want my 1000 Blank White Cards [12]
   1000 blank white cards [13]
   Seattle Electric Grimmeldeck [14]
   The Blank Card Game [15]
   
  
  
* * The cards can be used in either portrait orientation or landscape
    orientation.
* * Each card has a title across the top.
* * Each card as a picture.
* * Each card has a description of what the card does, or a point value, or
    both.
* * The point value can be any value, positive, zero, or negative, and is
    usually in multiples of 100, but it doesn't have to be.
* * Each card is also initialed by the player so we know who is responsible
    for each card.
  
* Once all the cards are created, they are collected and shuffled.
* The dealer deals out five cards to each player. The remaining cards are
  placed face down in the middle of the table to form the … um … draw deck
  (as you'll see, the term “draw” has several meanings in this game).
* The dealer also hands out five blank cards to each player.
* Player starts with the person to the dealer's left and proceeds clockwise
  (unless a card states otherwise).
* During a turn: 
* * Play either selects a card from his hand to play, or creates a new one
    from the blank cards in her possession.
* * The player may elect to play the card on herself, another player or
    everyone playing the game.
* * If the card affects the gameplay in some way, it will remain on the
    table, visible at all times until such time it is removed from the game
    (as a result of another card removing it).
* * Cards played go to a discard pile.
* * The score of any affected players is updated.
* * The player then selects another card from the draw pile, if there are
    cards still available in the draw pile.
* * Players can create new cards at any time, as long as they have a blank
    card upon which to create a new card.
  
* The game ends when no more cards can be played, enough people lose interest
  in continuing the game, the cops arrive, or everyone falls asleep.
* The player with the most positive points wins (unless a card changes the
  winning conditions, which is possible … I guess).

The game is actually fun, despite how it might sound in the rules presented
above. And now I need to scan cards and create webpages for the “Blank Cards—
1000-Count Deck” (although naming it the “Surf Arkansas Deck” is appealing to
me … )

[Dig the sample card shown!] [16] 

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/20/okbwc.front.jpg
[2] http://www.springdew.com/
[3] http://steaky.dhs.org/chorus/cards.html
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/01/18.1
[5] http://www.springdew.com/mimosa/m15.htm
[6] http://www.vis-ed.com/catalog/081-4.html
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/20/gcp-0001m.jpg
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/20/sls-0001m.jpg
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/20/spc-0001m.jpg
[10] http://www.geocities.com/nconner23/bwcards.html
[11] http://steaky.dhs.org/chorus/cards.html
[12] http://www.gamegrene.com/game_material/i_want_my_1000_blank_white_cards.shtml
[13] http://www.trouserarousal.nu/cards/
[14] http://www.virelai.net/cards/
[15] http://www.stormwerks.net/cards/
[16] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/20/okbwc.back.jpg

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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