Simon Wintle
- Spain • Member since February 01, 1996
I am the founder of The World of Playing Cards (est. 1996), a website dedicated to the history, artistry and cultural significance of playing cards and tarot. Over the years I have researched various areas of the subject, acquired and traded collections and contributed as a committee member of the IPCS and graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal. Having lived in Chile, England, Wales, and now Spain, these experiences have shaped my work and passion for playing cards. Amongst my achievements is producing a limited-edition replica of a 17th-century English pack using woodblocks and stencils—a labour of love. Today, the World of Playing Cards is a global collaborative project, with my son Adam serving as the technical driving force behind its development. His innovative efforts have helped shape the site into the thriving hub it is today. You are warmly invited to become a contributor and share your enthusiasm.
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.
Castle Lager
Castle Lager playing cards, c.2012.
Five Suit Bridge
Five Suit Bridge was invented in Vienna in 1937 by Walter W. Marseille and Dr. Paul Stern.
De Land’s Nifty playing cards
De Land’s Nifty playing cards published by S. S. Adams Co, c.1930.
Jonas Fouquet Navarra Pattern
Navarra Pattern by Jonas Fouquet, c.1720 and c.1820.
Vizaĝo playing cards
Vizaĝo playing cards created by Annette Abolins, 2017.
Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
Black Cat Fortune Telling Game published by Parker Bros, 1897
Navarra Pattern, 1682
Navarra pattern produced for the Pamplona General Hospital Monopoly in 1682.
Navarra Pattern
Navarra Pattern produced for the Pamplona General Hospital Monopoly.
Tarocchini Bolognesi by Carlo Zanardi
Tarocchini Bolognesi by Carlo Zanardi, c.1850
Hermanos Solesio
“Money Bag” pattern by Hermanos Solesi, late 18th c.
V. F. Solesio Tarot
V. F. Solesio Tarot, Genoa, mid-late 19th century.
Kem ‘Spanish’ playing cards
Kem ‘Spanish’ playing cards appear to depict Spanish conquistadors © 1994.
Columbian Exposition Souvenir
Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893.
Piatnik No.97
Non-standard French-suited cards published by Ferd Piatnik & Sõhne, Vienna, c.1940s.
Navarra Pattern, 1793
Navarra pattern by an unknown cardmaker with initials I. I., 1793.
Spider Solitaire
Spider Solitaire is a free web site offering new versions of the classic solitaire card game
Tô Tôm №1204
Tô Tôm is played with a 120-card Chinese-style deck.
Mordillo Skat
Mordillo Skat designed by Guillermo Mordillo, c.1979
Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher
Card games produced in Germany by Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher.
Qajar Dynasty playing cards
Qajar Dynasty playing cards, Iran, 19th century.
Hindooly
Hindooly published by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd with four newly designed suits, c.1904.
Fortune Telling playing cards
English Fortune Telling cards probably published c.1770.
4C Gemstone playing cards for De Beers
4C Gemstone playing cards for De Beers, 1988.
Baraja “Neoclásica”, Madrid, 1810
Baraja “Neoclásica” engraved by José Martínez de Castro, first published by Clemente Roxas, Madrid, 1810.
Baraja Mitológica
“Baraja Mitológica” was first published in Madrid in c.1815 by Josef Monjardín from engravings by José Martínez de Castro.
Waddington’s 1940 Trade Brochure
Waddington’s 1940 Trade Brochure.
America
“America” playing cards designed by Teodoro N Miciano, 1960.
Baraja Taurina Toranzo
Baraja Taurina Mexicana Toranzo with paintings by Antonio Navarrete, 2003
Bucktrout & Co. Ltd
Half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey) c.1930.
Gallo Intransparente
Gallo Extra Intransparente by Clemente Jacques y Cia S.A., Mexico.
Tarocchi di Mantegna, c.1465
The so-called Tarocchi di Mantegna (c.1465) reflect an ideological structure bringing to mind the soul's progress towards perfection.
Tesseract Mobile Solitaire Games
Tesseract Mobile’s new Solitaire card games for Android devices features dynamic playing cards that change style...