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The Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games offer a variety of exciting sports, plenty of action photography with international participants from around the world. They also have a long history (the first games were held in Athens in April 1896), with milestone moments, impressive achievements and visual appeal, all of which offer great possibilities for design on playing cards.

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1968 Worshipful Company Pack

1968 Worshipful Company Pack

Commemorating the Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico, 1968 (Master: Michael J. Amberg).

BMW Promo Top Trumps

BMW Promo Top Trumps

BMW Promo Top Trumps produced as a promotion for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Centennial Olympic Games playing cards

Centennial Olympic Games playing cards

Centennial Olympic Games playing cards celebrating the centenary of the modern Olympic Games, 1896-1996.

Commemorative Olympic Playing Cards

Commemorative Olympic Playing Cards

Commemorative Olympic Playing Cards produced by Waddingtons exclusively for Stanley Gibbons Antiquarian, 1980.

EPCS May 1996 Newsletter

EPCS May 1996 Newsletter Members Only

Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games 1896-1996 • WWII • Schweppes • Welcome to Alexandra • Scottish Historical Playing Cards • Queen Mary of the Seas • Whitbread Story • James English • Banco or Judge and Jury • Woolley & Co • Universal for Romania

Golden Boys

Golden Boys

Players from the 1998 Czech Olympic ice hockey team with photography by Jiří Koliš.

Het Olympisch kaart- en kwartetspel

Het Olympisch kaart- en kwartetspel

Dual-purpose set featuring photos of sporting figures from the Netherlands on every card.

Olympics 2012

Olympics 2012

Each card features a representation of a different sport at the London 2012 Olympic or Paralympic games.

Paris 2024 Olympics 1

Paris 2024 Olympics 1

Modern Paris pattern courts, special ace and jokers for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Paris 2024 Olympics 2

Paris 2024 Olympics 2

A standard French Tarot game pack with passing references to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 Olympics 3

Paris 2024 Olympics 3

Paris Games mascot Phryge engaged in different sports in a Happy Families-type game.

Team GB

Team GB

Great Britains’s Olympic gold medallists from 1964 to 2004 published by the British Olympic Association.