Can’t find it any more, but I heard W. Eric Martin say that, in a card game, every hand is like a new world unfolding before you. I don’t know. Something glamorous like that would really jazz up this section.
The Decktet is a cross-suited deck of 36 cards - and 9 additionally. Cards may have one to three suits. Each of the six suits has its own distribution - other suits it most commonly appears with. New games seem to show up infrequently.
The central A to Z directory of historic playing card art. I do like Jean Picart le Doux. It is pleasing to me that they have a section entitled Patience & Miniature.
