Vintage Piatnick Tarock Deck No. 1936 - Austrian for Sale

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Vintage Piatnick Tarock Deck No. 1936 - Austrian For Sale

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Vintage Piatnick Tarock Deck No. 1936 - Austrian :
$50.00

Box is pretty beat up but the cards are in great shape. There is a small instruction book that\'s missing the cover. The instructions are in German.
4 1/2\" x 2 1/2\"Piatnik are Austria\'s top card makers. These are quality cards. Rules for most of the games are on wikipedia. Look up and play the classic games of Viennese coffee house culture!
---------There are 54 cards in all of which 22 are tarocks. The rest divided into the four familiar suits of Clubs, Spades, Hearts and Diamonds, but with an unusual twist. Each suit comes with a King, Queen, Cavalier and Jack. The black suits only have the high pips - 7, 8, 9, 10 - and the red suits only have the low pips - Ace, 2, 3 and 4. The reason is historical, but this is now the normal composition of the pack and the rules cater for that. If you\'re new to Tarock games, start with Tapp Tarock or Dreiertarock and branch out from there. The designs are traditional but beautiful, with Alpine scenes on the tarocks as well as images from around the historical Austro-Hungarian Empire. Be aware they are not the type designed for fortune telling or cartomancy, just for playing great games.