What is PLAY4D?
PLAY4D is a new game system for playing cards.
You can use PLAY4D playing cards as traditional playing cards or as enhanced playing cards to add fun new twists to your favorite card games!
PLAY4D ONLINE
Check out the NEW ONLINE GAME to see PLAY4D Playing Cards in action. See if you can get an ANY 2, ANY 3 or the rare ANY 4 Bonus!
PHYSICAL CARDS ARE ON SALE!
All PLAY4D Cards are printed by Cartamundi USA on high-quality, poker-size, linen paper stock and come in a durable DECK ARMOR plastic box with velcro closure made by MAX PROTECTION.
The Standard Edition of PLAY4D DECK SET #1 contains two 55-card decks of enhanced playing cards you can use to play your favorite card games and one 27-card deck of optional game system cards you can use to conveniently create and display bonuses.
The Limited Edition of PLAY4D DECK SET #1 includes the three decks from the Standard Edition, plus a Certificate that is signed and numbered by the inventor of PLAY4D to certify that the Limited Edition PLAY4D DECK SET #1 is one of the 1,000 limited edition sets. The Limited Edition set also contains two copies of Card #LE-1.
Enhanced Playing Cards
PLAY4D expands the potential for games by enhancing traditional cards with new dimensions.
DATE PARTS MAPPED TO SUITS
You can see that the Current NOW Bonus Cards above are enhanced with calendar dimensions that are mapped to traditional suits:
• Years are mapped to Spades
• Months are mapped to Hearts
• Dates-of-Month are mapped to Diamonds
• Days-of-Week are mapped to Clubs
ASSIGN BONUS POINTS
Make card games more fun by assigning BONUS POINTS to the cards that reflect the current date, your birthday, and/or a special date! For example, you could make each of the cards shown above worth 20 BONUS POINTS in a game of Rummy.
SWAP IN THE BLACK CARDS
To make it even more fun when you get the bonus cards, swap out the white cards from the play deck and put in the black cards. A six-year-old we recently played cards with loved getting her black "DECEMBER/Queen of Hearts" birthday month bonus card!
Game System Cards
You can use game system cards to help remind
players what bonuses are active and how much they
are worth ... but you don’t have to.
THE PLAY4D ZONE
To help players remember active bonuses, a section of the playing surface (called the “PLAY4D ZONE”) may be used to create and display bonus cards from the 27-card game system deck and one of the 55-card playing card decks.
The Current PLAY4D NOW Bonus cards shown above would be put into the PLAY4D ZONE.
GAME SYSTEM DECK
PLAY4D DECK SET #1 contains 3 Dimension Bonus Cards, 4 Dimension Suit Cards, 12 Point Cards, 5 Any Dimension Bonus Cards and 3 Trump Modification Cards.
