Pairs is a “New Classic Pub Game” designed by James Ernest and Paul Peterson. It’s a simple press-your luck card game with no winner just one loser. The deck is 55 cards numbered 1 through 10 with 1×1 2×2 3×3 and so on up to 10×10. It’s simple fast and fun. The Shallow Ones deck contains cartoons of various adorable little Cthulhu monsters illustrated by cartoonist John Kovalic (Munchkin Apples to Apples). The deck also contains the rules to Monster a gambling game for 4 to 8 players.