Decks & component groups

A component-group is a named set of components that belong together — most commonly a deck of cards that share one back image. A group owns its members (which components, and how many of each via a per-member quantity) and an optional shared back, so you can drop the whole group into a zone instead of every component one by one.

A deck is just a component-group of cards: the drawable cards are its members, and the shared back is what makes them read as one deck face-down — exactly like a real shuffled deck. Any component kind may belong to a group (a token supply, a set of pieces), not only cards.

The pile itself is an ordinary draw zone — a zone whose role is draw and whose arrangement is stack. There is no special "deck" object: a deck is the group of cards plus the zone players draw them from. taybl never deals or shuffles on its own beyond the optional setup automation you configure.

What makes a deck

How to edit in the Studio

Open your game → Layout editor → the Component Groups section in the left nav (just below Components). Each group lists its members and their quantities. From here you can:

• Create a group and give it a name.
• Add members — assign any component to the group; each member can carry a quantity (e.g. three copies of one wild card).
• Set a shared back — one back image applied to every member that has none.

Setting the shared back writes it onto each member’s faces.back, and the per-member quantity drives how many copies are placed. The draw-pile zone itself — its position and size — is edited on the canvas like any other zone; place the whole group into it with a single setup placement that targets the group.

Related

• Card — the component a deck is made of
• Zone roles — the draw role
• Zone arrangement — the stack arrangement
• Setup placements — place a whole group into a zone
• Setup automation — shuffle and deal at game start