# Flipping the top of the deck

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/flipping-the-top-of-the-deck/72331>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 12, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/flipping-the-top-of-the-deck/72331 "2021-09-12T16:11:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![slimy](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/slimy/32/4448_2.png) [@slimy](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/slimy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/flipping-the-top-of-the-deck/72331/1 "2021-09-12T16:11:20Z")

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I have discussed the underlying issue [here](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/deck-issue-dominant-species/72283/7).

At the moment you can specify that the contents of a deck are face-up (“Never”), face-down (“Always”) or “via right-Click menu”. None of these quite fit the needs of Dominant Species.

I can definitely see ways of making the module comply with the game rules, but it won’t look exactly like a real game would. I can maybe see ways of improving the situation, but so far I have failed.

The natural solution would be that one could specify that the deck should be face-down but that the top card can be flipped to face-up (preferably via all the usual means: menu, hot-key etc.)