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How Seven! @howseven.com · 07/08/2026

It's #BandcampFriday, and Blanche has got just the right tunes for a weekend of card games. Grab yourself a comfy drink, a deck of cards, and a copy of the Carte Blanche Original Soundtrack. Available now on 7" vinyl and 3" Mini CD (as well as downloadables). christopher-david-yudichak.ba...

A 7” vinyl record and a 3” Mini CD set on a wooden table. They’re both titled “Carte Blanche Original Soundtrack”. The art features a white-feathered raven holding a playing card in her beak, standing beside a gramophone with music notes coming out of the speaker with card suits for the heads. There’s a record player in the background with the disc on it.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 30/06/2026

The Mini CD version of the soundtrack we released a few weeks ago was made completely in-house. Literally. Assembled on our dining room table, in fact. 😄 Learn more at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafs1... or get your copy today at www.carteblanche.cards/

Cut and scored rectangles of cardstock for the Mini CD sleeve.

A fully-cut sleeve with some Mini CD cases beside it.

Fully assembled sleeves beside two piles of slim Mini CD cases.

Complete Mini CD sets of the Carte Blanche soundtrack piled in front of a colored backdrop.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 08/06/2026

Listen. Hear that? Sounds like Blanche.

A white-feathered raven holding a playing card in her beak. There's a heart above her head with a line coming out of it, upward out of frame.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 25/05/2026

Hmm… Blanche, what did you buy?

A cardboard box that says “Fragile. This side up.” sitting on a table.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 27/04/2026

It's International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day! Our friendly resident raven Blanche wants to celebrate by getting more people to learn and play card games. Until tomorrow, the game and select merch are 30% off. Learn more: www.carteblanche.cards#crow-raven-d... #indieDev #cardGames #playdate

An illustrated white-feathered raven holding a playing card in her beak and standing on a hand of cards. Behind her is a corner of windows, with green trees outside.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 22/04/2026

Blanche enjoys a good game of cribbage, because it combines the strategy of choosing your discards with the tactical play of the count. But sometimes she gets a little indecisive about what to discard. Which cards would you discard here?

A black-and-white screenshot of a cribbage game. The player has a 2, 7, 8, 9, and two Kings. It’s the opponent’s crib, and the prompt says “Choose 2 cards to discard to the crib.”

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 15/03/2026

Sunday afternoons are great for card games. So… Blanche has requested that we give away some cards! We've got five decks of Carte Blanche cards to give away (US only). I'll post the links in a reply below. Each link can only be used once. (And once they're all used, I'll remove the message.)

Decks of black-and-white playing cards stacked on top of each other. The front says "Carte Blanche" and features a white-feathered raven with a playing card in her beak.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 25/02/2026

It's Blanche's birthday! 🎈 (The game, not the bird. I… don't know how old Blanche herself is.) Blanche (the bird this time) has said she'd like to celebrate with some games. So let's play! Join us tonight at 8pm ET for some cozy card game fun. carteblanche.cards/live #indieDev #cardGames

A video thumbnail titled "Blanche Day 2026". It shows the Carte Blanche game playing on a Playdate.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 10/02/2026

Blanche and Christopher are practicing for tonight’s tournament. It’s a lot more work to keep the game on the table in sync with their actual game, but Blanche says it’s worth it because it’s fun. We agree. 8pm ET — carteblanche.cards/live #cribbage #playdate #indieDev

A game of cribbage in progress. There’s also a Playdate with a matching cribbage game in progress.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 09/02/2026

February 10 is Cribbage Day! Do you have any cribbage-y festivities planned? Playing on your @play.date, maybe? Or perhaps stop by our Cribbage Day 2026 Tournament? It's Blanche vs Christopher in a race around the ol' board. Feb 10 at 8pm ET. Visit carteblanche.cards/live for more information.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 25/01/2026

Is it snowing where you are? It's a few decks high so far here. Blanche would completely disappear! Perfect day for staying inside and playing card games. ❄️ www.carteblanche.cards/

A black-and-white deck of cards labeled “Carte Blanche” sitting on a snow-covered wooden railing. The snow is piled up taller than the cards.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 16/12/2025

The tree is decorated, and the presents are… well, Blanche hasn't quite got wrapping down yet. How Seven! merch is 20% off until the end of the year. But get 30% off instead with the code DECKTHEHALLS. shop.howseven.com/promo/DECKT...

A Christmas tree decorated with lights and playing cards.

T-shirts, a hat, and a deck of cards beneath a Christmas tree.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 07/12/2025

It's been a great year for #playdate games, and it's time to celebrate. Nominations are open for this year's Playdate Community Awards! If you have a minute, Blanche would really appreciate if you'd nominate Carte Blanche. Visit www.carteblanche.cards/vote for details.

Carte Blanche
For your consideration
Blanche would love for you to nominate Carte Blanche!
Playdate Community Awards 2025
• Best Puzzle Game
• Best Sim/Strategy Game
• Best Launch Experience
• Best Playdate Soundtrack
• Best Sound Design
carteblanche.cards/vote

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 11/10/2025

In case you weren't aware: we hide a bunny in each of our games. Have you found any of them yet? #indieDev

A lot of bunny-shaped icons on a green background

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 21/08/2025

We’ve got a collection of card games, if that’s of any interest: www.carteblanche.cards (We also made some physical pixel-y cards to match! 😄)

“Carte Blanche” main menu. It looks like an open book with a spread titled “Games” and lists Cribbage, Spite & Malice, Spades, Gin Rummy, and Cassino.

A cribbage game in Carte Blanche. A 4, 4, and 7 have been played. One player has said “2 for Pair”, and the other said “2 for 15”. There’s a cribbage board on the right, showing the current score.

A slot machine with card imagery. A payline in the center is highlighted, showing a 2-3-4 straight.

Physical Carte Blanche cards. The 10 of diamonds and 2 of spades sit beside the box, which shows the title and the raven Blanche holding a card in her beak.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 31/07/2025

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!

A video thumbnail titled "How Seven! Plays: Carte Blanche". The title is set on an angled background, colored with the How Seven! magenta color. The right side of the thumbnail shows the Carte Blanche title on a yellow Playdate console in front of a window with green trees behind it. The screen is showing a cribbage game in progress.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 27/04/2025

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

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 12/04/2025

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

A shelf with decorative plants in the background. The foreground features a deck of cards that says “Carte Blanche”, a cross stitch of a white-feathered raven (whose name happens to be Blanche), a Playdate showing the card view for a game called “Carte Blanche”, and a poker-sized deck of hanafuda cards with the title Kiki’s Koi-Koi on it.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 15/03/2025

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

Some decks of Carte Blanche cards, with some shipping supplies.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 14/03/2025

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

A box filled with packaged decks of cards labeled “Carte Blanche”

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 06/03/2025

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

A screenshot of a drop-down menu from carteblanche.cards. The label says “Theme”, and the options are: Default, Retro Gamer, Neon Purple, Eggplant, Lesser Eggplant, Lagoon, Terminal, Chill, Chill Again, Peach Dreams, and Upsetting

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 28/02/2025

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.

A Playdate playing Carte Blanche sitting atop an issue of Uncrank’d Magazine, open to a page talking about Carte Blanche.

(The full text of the article is a bit long for the alt text, but we’ll publish it somewhere in the near future.)

A Playdate playing Carte Blanche sitting beside an issue of Uncrank’d Magazine, open to a page talking about Carte Blanche.

(The full text of the article is a bit long for the alt text, but we’ll publish it somewhere in the near future.)

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 26/02/2025

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

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 26/02/2025

Thanks for the mention! Blanche says “Thanks”, as well.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 25/02/2025

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

A promotional image of Carte Blanche. The title is shown at the top. Blanche, a white-feathered raven, is standing on a plant, holding a card in her beak. Her black cat, Carte, is sleeping on a chair on the left side. In the center, there is a Playdate console, showing a screenshot of Carte Blanche: a game of Cribbage in progress.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 18/02/2025

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

A picture of a Playdate showing a black-and-white screen of a gallery. Plinths are lined up side-by-side, each with nothing atop it and a label in front. A menu option that says “Directory” is in the top-left corner.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 10/02/2025

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

In the foreground, there’s a Playdate console showing a cribbage game in progress. The Playdate is on a purple mat on a wooden table. Behind the Playdate, the same in-progress cribbage game is being played with physical cards.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 01/02/2025

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

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 28/01/2025

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

A black-and-white screenshot of a video game menu. A white raven named Blanche is beside a speech bubble that says: “These are some of my favorite games. We can play any one you’d like!”. The menu is shaped like an open book. There are five options: Cribbage, Spite & Malice, Spades, Gin Rummy, and Cassino.

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How Seven! @howseven.com · 07/01/2025

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

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