Playing cards and Dominion

Playing cards and Dominion

Written on December 31, 2009 – 2:23 pm | by Game Fan |

A picture of four Unters of German cards

Here’s something geeky: an inventory of my playing cards.

Tarock (54 cards)

Wiener Veduten Tarock (Piatnik gift set w/ booklet)
Nr. 1934 (Piatnik)
Nr. 1936 (Piatnik)
Das Constitutions Tarock (Piatnik)
Cego (ASS)
Grazer Tarock (Piatnik)
Allerfeinste Kaffeehaus Tarock, nr. 1909 (Piatnik)
Luxus Tarock, nr. 1903 (Piatnik)

Tarot (78 cards)

Versailles (Carta Mundi)
Tarot de Marseille, Jean Noblet (Le Tarot)
Lo Tarot (Japon Brand)
Jeu de Tarot (France Cartes)
78 Cartes Super Luxe (Piatnik)

Hungarian Tarock (42 cards)

Ungarisches Ansichten Tarock (Piatnik)

Italian Tarocco (62-78 cards)

Tarocco Siciliano (Modiano)
Tarocco Bolognese (Modiano)
Tarocco Piemontese (Modiano)

Doppelkopf (2 x 24 cards)

Doppelkopf Deutsches Bild (ASS)
Doppelkopf Franz. Bild (Piatnik)

Standard 52-card packs (52-55 cards)

Caravelle, red x 3 (Carta Mundi)
Caravelle, blue (Carta Mundi)
100% plastic, red x 4 (Copag)
100% plastic, blue (Copag)
Anglo, blue (Offason)
Anglo, red (Offason)
Invisible Cards (Kikkerland)
Öbergs spelkort (Esselte)
Playing cards, red x 2 (Cart Classics)
Great Russia Standard, red (Piatnik)
Great Russia Standard, blue (Piatnik)

Binokel Gaigel (2 x 24 cards)

Binokel Gaigel, Württemb. Bild (Nürnberger)
Binokel Gaigel, Württemb. Bild (Piatnik)

Skat, Wilhelm Tell, others (32-33 cards)

Skat aus Berlin (?)
Skat Turnier Bild x 5 (ASS)
Skat (Couer?)
Mariàs dvojhlavy (Piatnik)
Wilhelm Tell Wilmos (Piatnik)
Magyar kártya, red (Piatnik)
Jednohlavé Hrací karty, Prager bild (Piatnik)
Zeleznicárské karty (Akord) (really cool train-themed pack!)

36 card packs

Russian souvenir pack (?)

Schnapsen (24 cards)

Doppeldeutsche Schnapskarten (Piatnik)

Schafkopf Tarock packs (36 cards)

Schafkopf Tarock, Bayerisches Bild (Piatnik)
Tarock Schafkopf, Bayerisches Bild (ASS)

Jass (36 cards)

Jass (Piatnik)

Spanish cards (40 cards)

32 (Fournier)
Barajas Espanolas (Piatnik)

Italian styles (40-52 cards)

Bresciane (Modiano)
Napoletane (Modiano)
Piacentine (Modiano)
Piacentine (Dal Negro)
Primiera Bolognese (Dal Negro)
Salzburger (Dal Negro)
Sarde (Modiano)
Siciliane (Modiano)
Toscane (Dal Negro)
Trevigiane (Modiano)
Triestine (Piatnik)
Triestine (Modiano)

The last game I played this year was Dominion, two games with Johanna. The year 2009 review is coming soon, I’ve got most of it done already. This session, by the way, pushed Dominion to over 50 plays, seventh game to reach such lofty heights (yeah, I don’t do a lot of repeat plays in general).