02 / Worlds & variants
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A deck can carry a different court, belong to a game, or point toward a system still being designed. The connections matter as much as the names.
One Sealed Deck, five interpretations.
Design merged · receiving contract under review
Original hero-card experiment
Return to the Void develops independent characters, tactical modifiers and consequential authored choices. One original hero, one modifier and one choice is the first playable milestone. Paragon-Reborn #17 is merged; Engine #53 remains draft. No runtime mechanics, canonical four-player rules, PIXIE identity or unrelated bots change through this documentation.
- Deck connection
- Return to the Void · historical Paragon deck archived
- Companion connection
- No implemented game bot
Board model · card conversion open
The Systems Quartet
The King’s side of the Dueling Systems: Cannon’s Biome, Coulter’s Cybernetic Loop, Veblen’s Leisure Class and Fresco’s Resource Economy. The design currently uses open board information. Its personal-deck conversion and shared rules with Sufi Tariqah remain an open problem.
- Deck connection
- Sufi Tariqah / The Weaver
- Companion connection
- No dedicated bot verified
Canonical design target
Veiled Dominion
The four-player, 14×14 cross-board game has its own GDD and rulebook. The Sealed Deck and older dice/card/chess work are part of its design history; their mechanics do not automatically become current canon.
- Deck connection
- Sealed Deck / 52 Cards of War
- Companion connection
- The Rift: posting source; Sealed Deck narration proposed
Experimental game
Duet: Solo
A separate two-player, 8×8 mechanics lab. The Weaver connects the personal decks narratively, while PIXIE provides bounded fixed-answer help in source. Current serving revision and accessibility acceptance require their own evidence.
- Deck connection
- Sufi Tariqah / Systems Quartet relationship in design
- Companion connection
- PIXIE / The Rift
16-card paper prototype
Inpatient Corridors / Break the Grid
The earlier phase-shifting pressure concept developed into an independent module with Boundary, Connection, Resource and Voice cards. The compact deck retains its own setup and provisional balance.
- Deck connection
- Break the Grid
- Companion connection
- No deck-specific bot verified
Permission-dependent historical reference
Back in Derry / Sewers & Shadows
The horror reference study and Violet/Pennywise exhibition history are documented. Float Cards has a separate standard-pack engine. The retired Discord deployment is not an available play service.
- Deck connection
- Float Cards
- Companion connection
- Violet / Pennywise · retired service
Original model · documentation only
Dread Pressure
A later original variant studies movement pressure through a Lure token. It is a systems-design example, not a completed card deck or a promoted canonical rule.
- Deck connection
- Related board experiment; no deck defined
- Companion connection
- No bot verified
Incubating · documentation only
Corrupted ROM
The current original abstraction uses damaged-digital presentation with a required Safe Mode and stable rules information. The earlier SICKBOI.EXE document remains historical inspiration, not a claim of artist participation.
- Deck connection
- Related presentation variant; no deck defined
- Companion connection
- No bot verified
Board design concept
Dark Bauhaus / Gallery Edition
A design study where geometry communicates piece movement and state. It is a physical/digital board direction, not an independently specified deck.
- Deck connection
- Veiled Dominion visual study
- Companion connection
- No bot verified
Board design concept
Street Level / Syndicate
An urban visual treatment explores visibility, shelter and restraint. No separate card list or dedicated bot was verified.
- Deck connection
- Veiled Dominion visual study
- Companion connection
- No bot verified
Historical reference study
The Paracausal Edition
A science-fiction light/dark mapping exists in the planning archive. It is recorded here as a reference study; no standalone deck, bot or licensed release was verified.
- Deck connection
- Veiled Dominion reference study
- Companion connection
- No bot verified
Exploratory note
Space / Aether fifth suit
The archive explores a fifth tarot suit associated with space. It has no complete card list and is not added to the existing Paragon 78-card count.
- Deck connection
- Tarot design exploration
- Companion connection
- No bot verified