Chronicle Books Heckadeck Playing Cards

Price: $19.95 - $13.96
(as of May 08, 2025 16:27:29 UTC – Details)

This unique, hand-illustrated expanded deck playing cards is a real gamechanger, featuring eight suits, new faces such as Beasts and Travelers, and much more. Play all the games you love or give them a twist, play all-new games (instructions included), or invent your own.

The standard deck of 52 playing cards is a staple of game night—but what if it could be so much more!? Introducing the Heckadeck, a 160-card deck that not only includes the classic cards, but adds all-new ranks, suits, face cards, and other creative elements that open a whole range of exciting new play possibilities.

The deck includes hearts through diamonds and Aces through Kings, but also acorns, clouds, arrows, and planets—heck yeah!—plus zeroes and elevens, Beasts, Hunters, Travelers, an all-suited Watcher, and other delightfully illustrated additions.

The accompanying booklet offers twists on classic games (Crazier Eights, Hearts [and Clouds], Go Fish with Dynamite), plus rules for new games (Epic Match, Beast Hunters), guidance for inventing your own games, and even tips on predicting the future with this unique and family-friendly heckafun card deck.
HECKA WHAT?: A deck unlike any other, the Heckadeck brings a whole experience to card games beloved and brand new.
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS: This deck allows players to enjoy fun favorites (Go Fish, Spoons, War, etc.), including games that must be played with two decks (Bridge, Whist), but it also encourages playing games only possible with the Heckadeck. Rules for a dozen games—heckafun twists on classics and brand new games—are included in the illustrated instructions. Or you can start inventing your own!
FUN ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ALL AGES: Travis Nichols’ colorfully playful style marries the familiar aesthetic of classic playing cards with brand new fun designs, suitable for kids and adults alike.
WHAT’S IN THE DECK? 8 SUITS (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs, knives, acorns, planets, and clouds) OF 16 CARDS (Aces through Kings, plus Zeroes, Elevens, and Beasts). ADDITIONAL CARDS: 4 two-suited Travelers, 4 two-suited Hunters, 1 all-suited Watcher, 8 un-suited Arrows, 8 un-suited color Talismans, 1 all-color Omnihedron, 4 un-suited Jokers, 1 un-suited Crone, and 1 un-suited Darkness card. PLUS: In addition to the 160 playing cards, there is 1 blank-faced card for whatever addition you want, and 1 card that MUST BE DESTROYED. Don’t ask why, just destroy it, quick!
FOR: 2 to 8 players, ages 6 and up, plays in approximately 15 to 30 minutes.