They’re Not Toys!
August 17th, 2007
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August 17th, 2007 at 16:00
Curiously, Tarot did start off as a card game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot_card_games
How they went from that to spiritual is a mystery.
August 18th, 2007 at 23:36
Actually, I did know that.
But everyone knows Go Fish is the funniest card game.
August 19th, 2007 at 02:26
It is, yet I’ve never seen anyone actually play it.
I do imagine there must be a lot of Death cards in Tarot, given that they seem to mean anything but Death.
August 21st, 2007 at 21:00
Just for general info, I’ll butt in and say what it’s all about. Sorry to go all factual, I developed a minor obsession with Tarot at one point! It’s got none of the mystical tarot stuff, just the usual 4 suits, except with an added court card between the jack and the queen, called the chevalier. There is also a 5th suit, called the Trump suit (you’ll never guess what it does), which is simply numbered 1 – 21. There is also a sort of wild card, called l’excuse, but generally known as The Gay Banjo Player because, well, you can probably guess what’s on the card. You play it kind of like whist but for points, not tricks.
May 10th, 2009 at 09:24
I’ll add to what KP says. Tarot cards were invented in 15th century Italy for playing card games – games that are still played throughout continental Europe today!
Most of the games are now played with a French suited tarot pack but the traditional Italian designs are still used in Italy, Sicily, and Switzerland.
The games are only like whist in that they are trick taking games with trumps. However, these are point trick games, so different cards carry different point values – it is therefore not the number of tricks won that matters but the card points in your tricks.