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Cube Cards

© 2017, Nathaniel Hellerstein

Cube cards Defined

          Each Cube Card has three dimensions; face, number and suit. A card’s face is Jack, Queen or King; its number is One, Two or Three; and its suit is Scissors (S), Paper (P) or Rock (R). There are 27 cards in all. Each bears a letter, including θ.

                    J1R   =  A  ;        J2R   =  B  ;        J3R  =  C  ;

                    J1P   =  D  ;        J2P   =  E  ;         J3P  =  F  ;

                    J1S   =  G  ;        J2S   =  H  ;        J3S   =  I  ;

                    Q1R   =  J  ;        Q2R  =  K  ;       Q3R  =  L  ;

                    Q1P   =  M  ;      Q2P   =  N  ;       Q3P  =  O  ;

                    Q1S   =  P  ;       Q2S   =  Q  ;       Q3S  =  R ;

                    K1R   =  S  ;       K2R   =  T   ;      K3R  =  U  ;

                    K1P   =  V  ;       K2P   =  W  ;      K3P  =  X  ;

                    K1S   =  Y  ;       K2S   =  Z   ;      K3S   =  θ .

          The cube card deck has fewer cards than the 52-card deck, but more dimensions. Every card is a face card, every card is a number card, every card is a letter card, and the suits go ro-sham-bo.