CARD-tamen™ is a debate and rhetoric card game through which players hold back-and-forth discussions about people, places, ideas, and technologies from a wide variety of disciplines. During standard play, the group rotates through two roles—Judges (i.e., individuals who evaluate player competency) and Provocateurs/Challengers (i.e., individuals tasked with making arguments on behalf of their chosen cards). Each round’s Provocateurs/Challengers have two minutes to provide the most compelling argument as to why their chosen card best addresses a particular controversy (randomly determined by a d20 dice roll corresponding to a list of controversies provided with the game), and the Judges award a point to whomever they believe made the strongest case on behalf of their card.

The game is available for Life Science, US History, Roman History, Greek History, Mythology, Healthcare, and Education. The best part? All CARD-tamen™ decks can be played together through the use of the universal controversy card, which makes richly-authentic interdisciplinary debate possible with players representing every domain.