This game uses the full 78 card tarot deck - 14 cards of each of the four suits, 21 trumps, and the fool. To demonstrate how Tarot games are played, I am going to be using the example of French Tarot, which is one of the most popular Tarot games played today. While these games never really caught on in English-speaking parts of the world, they are still widely played in many countries, particularly Italy and France. There are many varieties of Tarot games played around Europe in areas such as Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland, and while they all have slight differences much of the rules are the same. As they spread the decks were often modified by the different regions, as were the rules of the games that were played. Tarot decks are believed to have originated in Italy, and spread through much of Europe. Like most playing cards, Tarot cards were, and still are in much of Europe, used to play card games. In the early days these decks would have been hand- painted and very rare, and no complete sets of these early Tarot decks have been found. These decks became known as Trionfi, which means Triumph, and which evolved into the English word Trump. However, these decks would not truly become Tarot decks until around the mid 1400’s, when cards with allegorical illustrations began to be added to standard decks of playing cards.
These decks had many recognizable features, including four suits of the same size, which are similar to the suited cards in a tarot deck. History of the Tarot Deckĭecks that resemble modern playing cards have been found in Europe since the late 1300’s, and are thought to have been brought there from an area in Egypt known as Mamluk. In occult decks the fool is often grouped in with the trumps, and given the number 0. There is also 1 additional card, The Fool, which is a special card with its own rules in most Tarot games.
There are 21 of these trump cards, and instead of a suit each of these cards have individual names, ranging from Number 1: The Magician to Number 21: The World. The main thing that sets the Tarot cards apart from other decks of cards is that is has a dedicated set of “Trump cards” that stand above the other cards.
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