Between Steeps is a tea-and-conversation card deck in open development. This is the first development note in what will be a running series: what exists, what is being tested, and what remains undecided. No orders, preorders, reservations, or payments are open, and nothing on this page is finished retail packaging.
Where the deck stands
The working playtest deck is 54 cards, sequenced to move a table from easy laughter toward sensory attention, stories, and optional deeper reflection. A free 12-card public sampler is available as a PDF, and the founder’s playtest interest list is open. The deck is designed for adults, 18 and up.
What we are testing first
Three questions lead this round of testing. Does the sequencing actually work at a real table, or do groups skip ahead to the deeper prompts before trust has formed? Do the sensory cards work with whatever tea people already have, or do they quietly assume a cabinet of loose leaf? And which cards get set aside unused—the honest signal that a prompt reads better than it plays.
How to help
Download the sampler, play a session, and send three sentences through the feedback form on the playtest page: who played, what worked, and where a card landed wrong. Sessions that went badly are at least as useful as sessions that went well.
Production research continues in parallel—an individually designed card face for every card rules out several print-on-demand options, and a physical proof copy will be ordered and inspected before any edition is described as approved. Future notes will report those results as they actually happen.
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