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The English Playing Card Society

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Promoting research into English card history since 1984. Members receive the EPCS magazine three times a year.

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Satire

Satire turns playing cards into comment and critique. Publishers, artists and magazines lampoon leaders, parties and public life; others mock clergy, professions and social fashions. Formats include standard packs with cartoons, transformed faces, quartet sets, teaching games and occasional tarot trumps. Some were election souvenirs or banned issues; others served as wartime propaganda or venue and brand promotions.
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