Simon Wintle
- Spain • 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.
Natuurkwartet
Nature Quartet game published by Staatsbosbeheer, printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen.
Sprookjes Kwartet
Fairy Tales quartet published by Heinrich Schwarz + Co for Dutch market, c.1970.
Corner Indices
Corner Indices were a major innovation in playing card production.
Timothy Curtis Art
Timothy Curtis Art custom Bicycle playing cards, 2018.
Cefacidal
“Cefacidal” / Mead Johnson medical humour advertising playing cards, c.1975.
Solitaire
We worked with the Solitaired.com to customise this game using traditional woodblock courts.
Welsh Language Playing Cards
Welsh Language Playing Cards designed by Richard Ruston-Burgess, made in Wales, 2020.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair No.41 Playing Cards by the United States Playing Card Co, 1895. All the number cards have been imaginatively transformed.
Squared Faro #366
Squared Faro #366 by Russell & Morgan Co. first issued in 1887.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables playing cards by I. Kirk, c.1759.
Friendly Felines
‘Friendly Felines’ playing cards designed by Azured Ox, 2017.
Bicycle Cybertech
Bicycle Cybertech playing cards inspired by cyberpunk genre, illustrated by Jamie Meza, 2019.
Alice in Wonderland by Sasha Dounaevski
Alice in Wonderland playing cards designed by Sasha Dounaevski, 2018.
Fungi Mycological Playing Cards
Mystic Mushrooms Playing Cards, 2018.
Egyptian Tarot
Egyptian Tarot inspired by ancient Egyptian art, mythology, and iconography, published by Naipes La Banca, Buenos Aires, c.1980.
Naipes Criollos
“Naipes Criollos” Gaucho playing cards, 1995.
Naipes Cardón
Naipes Cardón designed by Mario Luis Rivero depicting traditional Argentine culture and identity, 2002.
El Oráculo de la Bruja
“El Oráculo de la Bruja” fortune-telling cards, 2003.
Hesslers Rider Back Playing Cards
Hesslers Rider Back Playing Cards with two different coloured backs, 2019.
Martín Fierro
Naipes “Martín Fierro” based on the epic poem by José Hernandez.
On The Cards
A Motley Pack - transformation playing cards & ‘On The Cards’ book facsimile published by Sunish Chabba, 2019.
Boxing Greats
Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, a compilation of boxing icons in history.
Views of New Zealand
Views of New Zealand published by G.B.Scott Souvenirs, Auckland, c.1960.
The Four Worlds
The Four Worlds playing cards by artist Aleksey Zhiryakov in the stylistic traditions of Palekh, 2018.
Gunfighters
Gunfighters playing cards from the Wild West Series by SPCC, 2018.
Atouts de la Vie
“Atouts de la Vie” wartime card game created by Madame Lucien Willemetz, c.1940.
Prisoners of War
Hand-made playing cards by French prisoners of war in Porchester Castle, Hampshire, c.1796.
Ocean to Ocean Canada Souvenir
“Ocean to Ocean” Canadian Pictorial Souvenir packs by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd, c.1906 & 1911.
Iohann Christoph Hes Tarot c.1750
Facsimile of Tarot de Marseille by Iohann Christoph Hes, Augsburg, c.1750.
Kalevala
Kalevala playing cards by Sunish Chabba and Ishan Trivedi inspired by ancient Finnish mythology.
Notgeld - Emergen¢y Money
Notgeld - Emergency Money - was in rare cases issued on playing cards.
Chicken Playing Cards
Chicken Playing Cards designed by Susan Krupp, 2017.
Virginie Houdet
Virginie Houdet “Cartes à Jouer” limited edition, 2017.
Kinney Transparent Cards
Kinney Bros Transparent playing cards with hidden images and fortunes, c.1890.
The Royal Historical Game of Cards
The Royal Historical Game of Cards invented by Jane Roberts and published by Robert Hardwicke, c.1840.
Bharata Playing Cards
Bharata Playing Cards - Series 2, based on Indian folk art, published by Sunish Chabba, 2018.
Victory Snap
Wartime Snap, a memoir of past times, c.1941.
Naipes Parliament por Caloi
Carlos Loiseau, better known as ‘Caloi’, was a cartoonist whose designs for Parliament Cigarettes were first published in the early 1970s.
World Leaders Snap
World Leaders Snap published around WW2, c.1940.
Chief Cities Quartettes
Hand-made ‘Chief Cities Quartettes’ card game, c.1910.
Conjuring Decks
Conjuring Decks by Universal Playing Card Co (Alf Cooke) and others...
Modern English Court
Modern English court style by Games & Print Services Limited, c.1997.
Minifusor Tipo Español
Naipes "Minifusor" tipo Español published by Difusora S.A., c.1980.
Clark’s Industries
Clark’s Industries Spanish Cards, c.1975.
Amorous Translucent Playing Cards
Amorous Translucent Playing Cards, French, c.1850.
El Tripero
Hand-drawn semi-erotic, satirical playing cards by Lautaro Fiszman ‘El Tripero’, 2002.
Translucent Playing Cards
Translucent Playing Cards, 19th century French from the Biedermeier period
Zum
Zum card game published by Milton Bradley Co., c.1905.
Native American Warriors
Native American Warriors from the Wild West Series published by SPCC, 2018.
Star Kings
Star Kings playing cards inspired by space opera, 2017.
Bharata Major Arcana Tarot
Bharata Major Arcana Tarot inspired by Indian art forms by Ishan Trivedi & Sunish Chabba, 2018.