Our reviews and reflections on creative playing card and Kickstarter projects from around the web
Spider Solitaire
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by Simon Wintle
Spider Solitaire is a free web site offering new versions of the classic solitaire card game
Tesseract Mobile Solitaire Games
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by Simon Wintle
Tesseract Mobile’s new Solitaire card games for Android devices features dynamic playing cards that change style...
Divine Art Playing Cards - Relaunch
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by Simon Wintle
Divine Art Playing Cards by Sunish Chabba & Guru Playing Card Company, 2016.
Whimsical Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Whimsical Playing Cards by Turkish designer & illustrator Oksal Yesilok, 2016.
Hidden meanings in painting by Jheronimus Bosch
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by Simon Wintle
Medieval View of Gambling in the ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Jheronimus Bosch
Guru Ganjifa
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by Simon Wintle
Sunish Chabba is working on an initiative to revive traditional Ganjifa, the card game most popular 17th Century India.
Dogs
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by Simon Wintle
‘Dogs’ playing cards showcases 52 canine portraits in four suits as authors, artists, musicians and film stars, illustrated by Chet Phillips, 2016
Four Point
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by Simon Wintle
“Four Point” playing cards, a labour of love designed and illustrated by Ben Vierck, 2014
Zombie Bride Cards and Game by Gerad Taylor
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by Adam Wintle
Are you a fan of the undead? Vampires and zombies that have risen from the grave? Then this is a deck for you; the creatures featured on this pack are part-zombie and part-vampire. As Gerad Taylor, the creator of this deck, likes to call them "Zompires".
Hoyle® Official Card Games Collection
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by Simon Wintle
The Hoyle® Official Card Games Collection 2015 includes plenty of favourites, and also includes the official rules for the games as well as tips and strategies, allowing you to easily try out and learn new games.
Announcing Ken Lodge’s Blog
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by Adam Wintle
We're excited to announce that Ken Lodge, one of the foremost experts on the standard English pattern, is relocating his blog to the World of Playing Cards. From now onwards you will be able to enjoy Ken's insights and opinions here from Ken's new blog page.
GoFishFriday
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by Adam Wintle
GoFishFriday is a unique deck of playing cards designed and created in an offbeat and quirky horror-punk style by Catch Phrase Dan
Interview with Tom and Judy Dawson from 52 Plus Joker
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by Adam Wintle
Interview with Tom and Judy Dawson from 52 Plus Joker. Chatting about the history of playing cards, uses of cards and collecting.
Mantecore Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Mantecore playing cards, named as a tribute to magicians Siegfried and Roy's famous tiger, 2015.
Dragons Playing Cards by Robert Burke
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by Adam Wintle
A gorgeous deck of cards featuring the dragon art of Kerem Beyit and printed by the United States Playing Card Company.
Firefly Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
The first-ever officially licensed Firefly Playing Cards. A tribute to the Firefly TV series, featuring iconic symbols and images from the Firefly universe.
Card Crawl, a mobile dungeon crawl card game
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by Adam Wintle
Card Crawl is a Dungeon Crawler build around a modified deck of standard cards. The basic idea of the game is to clear the Dungeon (a fixed deck of 54 cards) without dying and as much gold as possible. The gameplay evolves around managing your limited inventory and health, by using equipment and special cards. Monsters and equipment cards are fixed, but each play trough you can use 5 special ability cards that can be chosen by the player (mini deck building). Different ability cards can be unlocked by spending the collected gold.
Cats and Dogs Royale Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Two collectable sets of cards featuring Cats and Dogs as Royalty through the ages.
40 Years of Jaws Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
This special pack celebrates the 40th anniversary of the film Jaws.
Viridian Playing Cards by Kardify
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by Adam Wintle
Viridian playing cards are a modern twist inspired by the classics. Influenced by vintage design and refined by modern aesthetics.
Celtic Myth Playing Cards by Cultúrlán Enterprises
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by Adam Wintle
Celtic Myth playing cards are the third and final set of cards in a series based around the themes of Celtic mythology and society.
Omnia Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Inspired by ancient symbology and traditional playing cards, Omnia is the third pack designed by Giovanni Meroni, 2015.
Cultura Playing Card Deck by Mankin Chan
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by Adam Wintle
A full custom deck of playing cards, inspired by the different cultures of the world; including China, Italy, USA and the Netherlands.
Royal Pulp Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Two beautifully crafted custom playing cards decks. Featuring brightly colored illustrations and gorgeous typography.
AO MATU Playing Cards by Nastya KFKS
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by Adam Wintle
A custom deck with magnificent characters, illustrations and tropical design. Inspired by the nature of the Polynesian islands. Wild and truly unique.
Pathfinder Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
The Pathfinder deck of cards has been inspired by Odin, the Norse god of wisdom, war and death.
The Retro Deck- Pocono Modern Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
The Retro Deck, illustrated by Kraig Kalashian, was originally inspired by vintage matchbox art from the 50s, the simplicity of timeless mid-century modern design.
Poker Faces by Alex Elsen
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by Simon Wintle
Poker Faces playing cards were illustrated by Alex Elsen and published by Verlag Um Die Ecke, Germany, 2015
Earth Dragons and Other Rare Creatures
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by Adam Wintle
Jessica Feinberg, mostly known for her unique mythic paintings of nature, dragons, is a creator the Earth Dragons and Other Rare Creatures playing cards.
Ordnance Recognition
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by Simon Wintle
Ordnance Recognition Playing Cards cards designed to help people at risk from unexploded bombs
Lingo Phrasebook Playing Cards by Diana Stanciulescu
Lingo is an interactive phrasebook providing you new way of learning new language through playing cards
Cult Movie Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Paul Willoughby has cleverly captured the quintessence from 54 classic cult movies into a pack of playing cards. How many can you identify?
The Lumberjacks
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by Simon Wintle
2nd edition of Lumberjacks designed by Vadim Smolenskiy and manufactured by U.S.P.C.C.
