Thanks for that, I assumed they were Australian, but couldn't work out what brand. The Ace of Spades looked very familiar, of course. I just Googled the Jaques Vievil deck. In the past I've found lots of references to the Vieville Tarot circa 1650, but none for this deck. Today I found it for sale o...

Here are some more cheap and nasties from the $2 shop, although these are fun because there are different pictures on each card (the kids love them) And here are my recent purchases, since I discovered all the amazing decks that are available!

Someone also handed me down three identical decks with no brand name or copyright on them. Does anyone recognise these cards? 3decks.jpg Strangely I couldn't find any normal Queens Slipper decks around the house, but I have some Queens Slipper 500 cards (I've always loved the 11s, 12s, and red 13s) ...

Everyone in Australia uses Queens Slipper cards. They are made in Australia and sold at supermarkets, newsagencies and department stores (red and blue backs, international style court cards). My parents and grandparents had a few double sets of cards with pretty pictures on the back, but there was v...

Someone gave me these cards when I was about 10. At first I wondered why they looked really rugged and why someone would bother printing something so messy, but then it was explained to me that they were a copy of really old cards. After that I loved them, and was fascinated by them, and became inte...

They look great. For the Clubs you could do black hair with white outlines, the inverse of what you have for the middle ones (Diamonds?) at the moment, and for their clothes you could have black scales with white outlines, the inverse of the ones on the right (Spades?). The scales could be larger an...