Games & Print Services

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Games & Print Services Limited, of Canvey Island, Essex, once leading producers of playing cards and card games in the UK, are now a part of Cartamundi. Before the take-over Games & Print Services offered their own court designs as well as different sized indexes or pips. These included traditional or Modern English court styles, Dutch courts or customised faces, with standard or jumbo index, two or four pips, silver or gold edges.

Modern English courts

Above: early Games & Print Services cards showing 4 small bridge indexes and ‘modern’ English courts, c.1997  see more →

Traditional English courts

Above: redesigned traditional courts, special typeface for indexes. The jokers have been re-drawn and the Ace of Spades has a © symbol because of an attempted copyright infringement  see more →

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Above: a selection of advertising packs with standard traditional English courts and jokers as well as non-standard designs.

Games & Print Services also produce card games, tarot cards, collector cards and other gaming accessories.

Above: The Fool, The Moon, The Wheel of Fortune and The World from Russell Grant's Astrology Club Tarot, published in 1999.

Above: some examples from the extensive range of game cards produced under licence by Games & Print Services. The Monopoly game has Newcastle on Tyne street names.