Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Tim explores more of his unusual playing cards!
The 13 of Clubs? The 15 of Diamonds? And what about the 3½ of Clubs?
A deck where every card is the 3 of Hearts... for magicians!
A deck of cards, possibly from the 1930s, which as well as having the normal playing card symbols on them, also have dominos printed on them; in addition the letters at one end of the cards can be used in a spelling game. 3 games in 1 !
The Queen's Slipper Cards are an Australian brand of playing card. For some reason this deck includes the 11 and 12 for two of the suits, and the 11, 12 and 13 for the other two suits. There are enclosed instructions for playing the game that requires these extra cards.
A deck of cards from Austria, which appears to be normal. But the backs of the cards each have a different piece of artwork on it. Of course after a while you would start to learn which piece of artwork corresponded to which value of card!
Finally, a deck of cards where the face of each card had been designed by a different artist. From the UK, and possibly from the 1970s or 1980s.
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Tim explores more of his unusual playing cards!
The 13 of Clubs? The 15 of Diamonds? And what about the 3½ of Clubs?
A deck where every card is the 3 of Hearts... for magicians!
A deck of cards, possibly from the 1930s, which as well as having the normal playing card symbols on them, also have dominos printed on them; in addition the letters at one end of the cards can be used in a spelling game. 3 games in 1 !
The Queen's Slipper Cards are an Australian brand of playing card. For some reason this deck includes the 11 and 12 for two of the suits, and the 11, 12 and 13 for the other two suits. There are enclosed instructions for playing the game that requires these extra cards.
A deck of cards from Austria, which appears to be normal. But the backs of the cards each have a different piece of artwork on it. Of course after a while you would start to learn which piece of artwork corresponded to which value of card!
Finally, a deck of cards where the face of each card had been designed by a different artist. From the UK, and possibly from the 1970s or 1980s.
