1000 Blank White Cards
Shares rank 8 of 15 card games by recommenders
Fans recommend it as a fun, open-ended card game where players invent cards in reaction to each other. Critics say it can be too far out for some groups.
Fans recommend it as a fun, open-ended card game where players invent cards in reaction to each other. Critics say it can be too far out for some groups.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun to play
“It was very fun, especially fun to see what cards were being played and then creating one as a direct reaction to it!”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “1000 Blank White Cards” “This game is a ton of fun.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “1000 Blank White Cards” Creative, surprising play
“It was very fun, especially fun to see what cards were being played and then creating one as a direct reaction to it!”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “1000 Blank White Cards” “Play it with friends you'll be surprised with what people come up with!”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “1000 Blank White Cards”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Too far out for some groups
“It was too far out for the group.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “1000 Blank White Cards”
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The four most recommended other card games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic: The Gathering | 27 | 25 | 52% | 10 | 31 yrs7 owners | — |
| Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino | 14 | 4 | 78% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Inscryption | 11 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Solitaire Alone Together | 11 | 1 | 92% | 1 | — | — |
| 1000 Blank White CardsThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I introduced this to so many people as the only one who knew how to play.”
“Play it with friends you'll be surprised with what people come up with!”
“This game is a ton of fun.”
“I can imagine this being useful to use as a framework when developing a new boardgame”
“It was very fun, especially fun to see what cards were being played and then creating one as a direct reaction to it!”
“I feel like this is an autist's worst nightmare. There's no way I could have fun playing this!”
“It was too far out for the group.”
“Its flexibility and lack of rigid structure make it adaptable to very different groups of players.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.