Cartes de Conversation
Question and answer game printed by Daveluy, Bruges. Each card contains a question (Q.) and an answer (R.).
Each card contains an answer (R) and a question (Q) in French, decorated with a purple border and centreline. Housed in a box of pasted cardboard and a wrapper . Q&A card games provided a structured, enjoyable way for people to engage in conversation and amuse one another. Also, recent advances in print technology allowed for mass production of books, cards and games, making them more affordable.
Above: ‘Cartes de Conversation’ questions & answers card game printed by Daveluy, Bruges, c.1880. Image credit: National Playing Card Museum, Turnhout.
Reference
National Playing Card Museum, Turnhout: object number S01122►
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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