Circular or Round Playing Cards

Round and oval playing cards appear as early engravings and later novelties, souvenirs and teaching sets. Examples include Master PW’s circular cards, I. N. Richardson’s patented “Globe” deck and Waddington’s Cir-Q-Lar, with round cards also traditional in Indian ganjifa and seen in modern tarot (e.g., Motherpeace) and children’s games (e.g., Donald’s Circular Snap).