Hungarian Seasons pattern

Although primarily associated with Hungary, the deck was also used in Austria, Bohemia and Bosnia. Featuring German suit symbols, the 'Hungarian' or 'Seasons' pattern depicts seasonal scenes on the four deuces. For example, the Two of Acorns shown below (top row) depicts a man warming his hands, representing winter... and so on. The Kings are mounted on horseback and the over- and under-knaves are usually named and portray medieval Central European heroes. Cards are double-ended and packs contain 24, 32 or 36 cards.

"...this is the most popular card type in Hungary. Maybe it's more popular than French style poker cards. With the Hungarian deck you can play a lot of card games. Every village has its own game and rules with this card deck. I know about 50 games with it. And everybody can play with these cards minimum 1 game. So this is the why I say this is the most popular card type in Hungary."   [Attila Bagossy]

Above: Hungarian 'Seasons' pattern, 32 cards.

Attila Bagossy writes: "I used some name conventions in the name of the files:
abbreviation | Hungarian name | English name (in my opininon)

- Colors -
m - Makk - Nut
t - Tök - Pumpkin
p -Piros - Red
z - Zöld - Green

- Card Types -
also - Alsó - Lower
asz - Ász - Ace
felso - Fels? - Upper
het - Hét - Seven
kilenc - Kilenc - Nine
kiraly - Király - King
nyolc - Nyolc - Eight
tiz - Tíz - Ten

I hope this'll help you !"
Attila Bagossy