The universality of playing cards has resulted in a seemingly limitless number of games to play. But we’re all using — more or less — the same deck. That’s kind of magic.

Cartomancy uses playing cards to tell the future, but it's different from tarot. Experts explain how the spiritual practice works and what each card means.

Claim: The four kings in a deck of playing cards represent Charlemagne, David, Caesar, and Alexander. Status: False. Origins: The origins of European playing cards are highly speculative, with ...

For graphic designers, playing cards are a playground: The simple constraints of four suits and thirteen different cards accommodate tons of creativity without overcomplicating things. And there ...

Number recognition and maths skills also benefit from regular card playing. Anyone can learn to play cards, but learning to play them skilfully is always going to take time. By applying yourself to ...

1889: Fusajiro Yamauchi founds Nintendo Koppai in Kyoto, Japan, to manufacture hanafuda, Japanese playing cards. Western-style playing cards originally came to Japan in the 16th century with ...