Vines PDF
Vines is a suite of more than 20 new trick-taking games with a five-suited deck. This product represents the complete rules in PDF form, but you will also find links to other print-and-play files below, including the cards, individual rules blocks, and even a coloring book of the art.
As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the links below.
Vines is a suite of more than 20 original games and variants with a unique 5-suited deck. This suite of games has been more than five years in the making, and we are thrilled to finally bring you the finished deck with custom artwork!
Release Year: 2021
Game Type: Traditional Card Game
Designer: James Ernest
Artist: Cheyenne Wright
Players: 3 to 6
Playing Time: Varies
Components to Print: Cards, Rules
The Vines deck has 55 cards in five suits, with stunning artwork by Cheyenne Wright, and the usual meticulous attention to detail and unnecessary backstory that you have come to expect from Crab Fragment Labs. You can print your own deck using the files below, or order a high-quality printed deck (or two) from our friends at DriveThruCards.
The “Vines Rules” document below is complete, with all the games and variations, as well as additional information about trick-taking games in general, and notes on the history of the deck. Below it are several smaller sections of the same document, to help you easily find the games you’re looking for, when you’re just popping in for a rules question on your phone.
Printing Files and Links:
Vines Deck on DriveThruCards
Vines Deck, Print-and-Play (PDF)
Vines Rules, Complete Game List with core rules, history and notes, Version 1.3.3 (6/25/22)
Game Block 1, Coralon and Thief (3-6p cutthroat games and 4p partners game)
Game Block 2, Ducks and Geese (4p partners game, including several variants)
Game Block 3, Bishop and Baronet, (4-5p partners game and its gambling variant)
Game Block 4, Chevalier (4p partners game with poison cards)
Game Block 5, Up and Down (5p ad-hoc partners game with divided tricks)
Vines Coloring Pages. Just for fun, 20 pages of the Vines art, in print-and-color form.
A note about the card sheets: Vines has 55 cards, which is just one more than a multiple of nine. So the Deuce of Locks is found in the middle of page 1, which also serves as a cutting guide. Don’t forget to keep that card when you throw away the rest of that page!
Videos:
How to Play Vines: Learn the basics of the games in Block 1, Coralon and Thief
How to Make Cards: Video showing three ways to make your own deck of Vines cards.
You can learn more about Vines on its extended catalog page.