Today's the last day of the 2025 Augustravaganza sale! Pick up some great games at low, low prices. (…including this one game that has a bunch of card games and a bird and a slot machine and prizes and a bird, did I mention the bird?) Also, you can buy some cards: shop.howseven.com/en-usd/produ...

The sale's still going through tomorrow, so let's do it again. We'll be live in 15 minutes: YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/3zvkQSS... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/howseven

We’re live! Grab a drink, find a cozy chair, and join us for some card games. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUK... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/howseven

Happy August! Carte Blanche is 20% off through August 7th. Check out www.carteblanche.cards for links and more information. Also, all our merch is on sale! Get 15% off, or 25% off orders of $50 or more. Get some cards or shirts at shop.howseven.com. Thanks to @rae.wtf for organizing! #indieDev

We'll be streaming some gameplay of our @play.date game "Carte Blanche" on our YouTube and Twitch channels this Saturday, August 2 at 3pm (ET). Join @theoddlinguist.bsky.social for a cozy afternoon of card games and friendly birds. Visit www.carteblanche.cards#live for more details!

No, it's not a typo (well, depending on whom you ask): Cassino is a strategic card game that'll have you planning right to the finish. Match cards from your hand to those on the table. No matches? Then build the cards you need. See how it works: youtu.be/PXkbgAx6ZPk #cardGames #playdate #indieGame

Big thanks to @cheymac.bsky.social (of @engadget.bsky.social) for including Carte Blanche in this wonderful roundup of great Playdate games. Blanche is honored to be in such great company. www.engadget.com/gaming/best-...

It's International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day! Today, we celebrate our own friendly little raven, Blanche. She's always willing to make time for a game, teach you how to play, and share her treasures with you when you win. Thanks for being awesome, Blanche. #playdate #cardGames #indieDev

Spades is a fun trick-taking game, commonly for four players. But if you’re low on players, that’s no problem! Blanche loves to spend an afternoon drafting, bidding, and taking tricks—all with just two players. See how it works: youtu.be/ZiXAz4gSwE4 #cardGames #playdate #indieGame

Weekends are a great time for hobbies: card games, cross stitch, hanging out with friendly birds… What sorts of fun are you up to this weekend? #cardGames #crossStitch #friendlyBirds

Can you count to 15? How about 31? Well, grab your wooden board, because Blanche has got just the game for you! Cribbage is a game where your hand of cards is just as valuable as how well you can play them. See how it works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AtG... #cardGames #playdate #indieGame

I love it, thank you! Carte Blanche is an excellent library of classic card games, translated excellently to the @play.date, for those unfamiliar. I played cribbage several times…outstanding!

It might not sound like the sort of game a friendly raven like Blanche would play, but Spite & Malice is one of her favorites! A simple game of stacking cards, familiar to players of solitaire classics like Klondike. See how it works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXA... #cardGames #playdate #indieGame

Check out my short review of Carte Blanche by @howseven.com for @play.date ! It’s a game that’s quickly become part of my nightly routine. quartercircleforward.blog/2025/03/16/c...

Shipping out some cards right now! Get some of your own for your next game night.

@rdigiorgi.bsky.social is about to play some Carte Blanche on his stream! Stop by: www.twitch.tv/rdigiorgi

The Carte Blanche cards have arrived! If you’d like to try out some of the new card games you’ve learned from Blanche with friends and family, you can now pick up a raven-approved deck of your own! shop.howseven.com/collections/... #cardGames #indieDev

This bird taught me an excellent two-player Spades variant and helped me finally nail down the byzantine building rules of Cassino. Honestly NYU should have paid for my copy as some sort of adjunct development grant.

"Carte Blanche is one of – if not the – most pleasant games I’ve ever played. It’s 'cozy' in a way that modern 'cozy games' are not." — @thegamellama.bsky.social, Playdate Unofficial (www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/ca...) Sunday afternoons were made for card games. www.carteblanche.cards

Have you tried all the themes on carteblanche.cards? Which one is your favorite?

Today’s the last day of our merch shop’s “Carte Blanche” Launch Promo. Get 20% off any order of $50 or more! Get a shirt with Blanche’s face on it. Or order a deck of cards to play your new favorites with friends and family. shop.howseven.com (If you’d prefer radio-style: youtu.be/17SbawE4WIo)

Check out @fletchmakes.bsky.social's VOD to see him playing Carte Blanche and more great @play.date games! Cranky Cove, Suborbital Salvage, Faraway Fairway, XTRIS, and more are available now on Playdate Catalog: play.date/games

Issue 6 of @uncrankdpd.bsky.social has arrived! …and within its pages, you’ll find some words @theoddlinguist.bsky.social wrote about Carte Blanche and its development. Thanks for letting us tell a little of Blanche’s story.

In about an hour (9am ET), @fletchmakes.bsky.social (developer of XTRIS) will be playing some Playdate games on their stream. (And if time permits, a little bird told me she might show up.) Be sure to stop by for some cozy, friendly gaming: twitch.tv/fletchmakes

It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours or so. Thanks so much for your support! We’re so happy to see people are enjoying their time at Carte Blanche. What have you been playing? Looking to pick up a shirt or some cards of your own? All our merch is 20% off with an order of $50 or more: shop.howseven.com

There’s quite a lot of good stuff to play on the Playdate all of a sudden. • @fletchmakes.bsky.social • @jonsimantov.bsky.social • Powerdive Games • Henry Fehlner I think you all may have something to do with this. All that free time I was supposed to have has gone missing. 😄 play.date/games

Pssst 👀 be sure to check out the Carte Blanche merch shop once you're done practicing with Blanche 😉 shop.howseven.com/en-usd/colle...

Carte Blanche is available now! ♥️♣️♦️♠️ Learn and play five classic card games with a friendly raven. Only on @play.date. Catalog: play.date/games/carte-... Itch: howseven.itch.io/carte-blanche Site: www.carteblanche.cards Merch: shop.howseven.com/collections/... #indieDev #gameDev

Looking to learn more about Carte Blanche? You're in luck! We've just published an overview video to showcase the game. Stop by and see what Carte Blanche is all about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmI...

I've informed Blanche that she's been described as both pleasant and patient, and she's honored. Now she's even more excited to teach everyone some card games. Thanks for visiting Carte Blanche, @thegamellama.bsky.social!

One more week until Carte Blanche launches! Blanche is looking forward to filling this gallery with all sorts of treasures. How many will you collect? www.carteblanche.cards

It’s International #Cribbage Day! Blanche is getting ready to share her love of cribbage with everyone: from new players to pros. Will you be joining her? February 25 — carteblanche.cards #playdate #indieDev

It’s almost time! Carte Blanche will be arriving on a @play.date near you very soon. Get ready for card games, a friendly bird, and a shiny marble she found on a playground and is excited to share with you. (It’s not really that shiny, but let her have this.) #indieDev www.carteblanche.cards

Only four weeks until Blanche arrives, ready to teach and play some of her favorite card games. Which one is your favorite? www.carteblanche.cards

If you'd like to see @theoddlinguist.bsky.social talk about Blanche, card games, and whether or not he *might* in fact be a bird… check out the latest episode of Uncrank'd TV!

Welcome to Carte Blanche! ♦️♣️♥️♠️ Carte Blanche is a collection of two-player card games you can learn and play with the help of a friendly raven named Blanche. • Cribbage • Gin Rummy • Spades • Cassino • Spite & Malice Launching February 25 on @play.date Catalog and @itch.io carteblanche.cards

Hello there! Nice to meet you. We're How Seven!, a husband-and-wife team making fun stuff to play on your phone, tablet, and elsewhere. You can follow us here to keep up-to-date or check out our website to see what we've worked on. Thanks for stopping by. 😄 www.howseven.com