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Founders Lori LoCicero and Lisa Pahl created The Death Deck after meeting through hospice in 2008. When Lori’s husband, Joe, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and put on home hospice, Lisa was the social worker assigned to support them. Following Joe’s death, the two “bonded over Lisa’s compassionate expertise and Lori’s willingness to explore her grieving process fully.” Eventually, their time together led to conversations about how to help others discuss the end of life long before having to confront it—and The Death Deck was conceived.
The Death Deck is a 112-question (80 multiple-choice and 32 open-ended) deck of cards. It uses humor and game-friendly questions to make the conversation around death more “approachable and even fun.” Card topics include general thoughts related to death, personal beliefs and desires related to dying, and death preparation and advance care planning. The goal is to normalize conversations on death and dying and help people practice discussing these important topics before facing a medical crisis or life-limiting diagnosis. By starting these conversations early and within the context of a game, players are inspired to continue these discussions and complete the important documents they’ve been avoiding. It also encourages living more in the moment and appreciating life, and leads to feeling more prepared when the inevitable arrives.
The E•O•L Deck, created in 2023, was specifically designed for people in their final chapter of life, including those with a life-limiting diagnosis, hospice and palliative care patients, and people of advanced age. This deck is a little more sensitive, using softer language and images while also utilizing the casual tone and multiple-choice questions like the original Death Deck. The questions are more specifically related to end-of-life preferences (rather than a wide range of death-related topics) and legacy building.