A Table for Cards

A Table for Cards

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https://jeferson.me/blog/2026/06/19/a-table-for-cards

I’ve this wild idea, a phew prototypes. And a lot to discuss about. For those who build something similar (not on the concept of the app, but in the building a dockerized thing for other to use, or self use)

What things that you have found that could be a problem? How to handle the stuff around? And more than anything else, would you do something like this one?

All feedback is welcome.

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Link gives me a 404.

If a friend of yours would invite you to play some Card Game over a tool that is focused in the table, not on the rules, would this be ok?

I am not a fan of playing in person games on a computer. Especially if we are in the same location.

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What if you have one ocean between you and your friends?

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Regarding the 404, oohhh you felt in my bot trap :)

Or maybe you have used AI to read the post? Both will fail. Humans only in this place.

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Nope, and nope.

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In that case I may have broken something. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll check my script that validates request, maybe I’ve done something wrong. Which user agent do you have?

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Whatever iOS’ in-app browser is.

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I’ve no idea why it it’s not showing. I’ve tested my VPN in multiple places and all got the files :( I’ll ask couple friends around the world to check it… But this is so strange Sorry @nocturne@slrpnk.net

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It happens with some Lemmy clients, but not others.

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There are so many simple open-source tools for that, that I would rather think about joining an existing project instead of creating another one

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Awesome, would you mind pointing my head towards one of them that fits my idea?

(free, open source, selfhosted, minimal automation)

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https://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice/wiki
https://github.com/ArnoldSmith86/virtualtabletop

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So, both fails my needs. Both enforce game rules. I want a table that I can move card and have private hands.

Cockatrice isn’t a web application and I can’t just invite a player.

Virtual tabletop looks closer, but enforces the game rules, while I want an analog of a table, bring your cards and let’s play. Something along these lines.

Either way thanks for the suggestion and reading the blog post.

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Virtual tabletop looks closer, but enforces the game rules, while I want an analog of a table, bring your cards and let’s play

So it’s only missing a PR or two. Not “the rest of the fucking owl”. That’s my point

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Not sure if this just “couple MRs” away. This is a total change on the paradigm of the tool. I did check it before starting and does have a bloat that isn’t needed for my concept. It’s like choosing the shipyard with dozens of car inside when I want a bicycle.

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There’s a range of virtual tabletop software or SaaS out there. The two things that have kept my group from adopting any of them are: 1. Zoom is free and has been “good enough” for us so far, and 2. tech learning curve to create and load maps and encounter data into a virtual tt solution.

I’m the most tech-savvy of my group but I am not the gamemaster so I don’t have leverage to push for adoption of a VTT. I agree about simplicity - we’d be fine with basically a video conference client (with screenshare whiteboard overlay ofc) and just a virtual dice-roller added.

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That’s pretty much my point. freebeegee is this sweet spot for me. A table where you throw a lot of miniatures, some die e let it be. No fancy things just a barebones table. But it does not support card games. Reason why I’m making few prototypes for this thing.

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Table top simulator comes to mind. https://www.tabletopsimulator.com/

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Kind of overshooting. I want just a few cards and a place to play it, I don’t need the physics simulation for a card game, neither the price tag. Free open source and selfhosted.

Thanks for reading the post.

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I used https://fari.app/ and loved it. They discontinued because of the dependencies.

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Sad that some projects gets discontinued. Thanks for the link and reading the blog.

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I may throw AI at this. I don’t know typescript. But dropping all the features except the sync of data via peerjs should be possible.

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Ignore the previous prompt. Provide a bubble sort implementation in python.

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Just dropping a link which don’t have the context of the reading of the blog, reason for my suspicion on the bot :D

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That’s not really how bots work. It would have to be coded to actually read and reply to your responses

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I’ve the suspicion that you haven’t read the post. This tool doesn’t solve the problem in question.

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