Foragers playing cards

Although there is a fair bit of information about each of the plants, berries and mushrooms featured in this pack, it is doubtful whether the illustrations would be sufficient for the purposes of unequivocal identification. Each item depicted is graded according to how edible it is, or whether it is edible after treatment, poisonous, or extremely poisonous/deadly. Further explanations comprise how findable and how recognisable they are, and in what season they appear. The tuck box and one of the extra cards boast that the pack “consists of multiple card games in one”; however, these are not explained or identified. The cards themselves are not good quality, being see-through. See the box►

Above: “Foragers playing cards” designed by Koen Campman for the Kikkerland Design Challenge with the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands, c2019. Published by Kikkerland Design. Made in Lithuania. 52 cards + 2 Jokers + 4 extra cards in tuck box. Size: 63 x 88 mm. Purchased at the V&A Museum Shop, London, July 2022.