Odd Historical Decks ~ January 2016

fractalgranny

by playing tarot, do you mean european tarock cards?
 

dancing_moon

Madame Squee said:
Hi dancing_moon,

I'd love to sign up!

My first choice is the Egipcios Kier.

Will it fit into the Odd Historical category?

xos
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Looks good. There are so many odd historical decks, really. :bugeyed:

Metafizzypop said:
What about the Saint-German Egyptian Tarot, from 1901? It's this deck here:

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/egyptian/

From what I can tell, it's an Etteilla deck, too.
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Perfect. :thumbsup: I'd love to see this deck in action!

fractalgranny said:
by playing tarot, do you mean european tarock cards?
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Yes, I mean the decks that have the usual Tarot structure (22 Majors, 56 Minors, 16 Courts), but the Minors are closer to playing cards in style, and the Majors are usually (but not always) double-ended and may depict scenes from everyday life (a ballroom, miners at work, etc.), flowers, animals, etc. Example
 

AnemoneRosie

Metafizzypop, that's what I was going to use! Not that I don't have a few others to choose from, but...
 

Metafizzypop

AnemoneRosie said:
Metafizzypop, that's what I was going to use! Not that I don't have a few others to choose from, but...
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Why would you have to choose one of the others? No one said that two people can't use the same deck.
 

dancing_moon

Metafizzypop said:
Why would you have to choose one of the others? No one said that two people can't use the same deck.
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Sure, two or more people can use the same deck. If you want to, you can even be paired up with each other so that you're on the same page with the deck. :)
 

FLizarraga

I'm glad to see this come back. In!
 

strings of life

Edited to add that I'll participate in one of these in the future, but not this month.

I hope this becomes a regular exchange.
 
Original coloring of TdM? Yoav Ben-Dov Video