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Kitten Club

Published October 29, 2010 Updated December 31, 2023

From Empresses to King Cats and One-Eyed Jacks, every game is a pageant of unforgettable cats, each with a story to tell...

2006 USA Inky-Dinky John Littleboy Art & Design Cats Transformation

Kitten Club playing cards

Every card tells a story...

Kitten Club Playing cards, 2006 Kitten Club playing cards, John Littleboy, 2006

“Kitten Club” playing cards, from a series of four decks designed by John Littleboy, 2006. The pip cards have been transformed into a sequence of images which tell a story.

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Update from Peter Burnett

Kitten Club was re-printed in 2020, published by Artiphany and printed by the USPCC. While many of the pip cards have not changed, some certainly have, and the courts are either quite different or better/more fully drawn. See the new box

Kitten Club playing cards second edition, John Littleboy, 2020

Above: Kitten Club playing cards second edition, John Littleboy, 2020.

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