Illustrated (or “pictorial”) playing cards swap the usual faces for scenes and text, turning a pack into a miniature picture book. Popular in Britain from the late 1600s into the 1700s. By Paul Bostock wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/…

Advice and General Knowledge for Newer Collectors — A short guide to choosing a focus and placing any pack in the wider timeline of playing cards wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/… by Paul Bostock

Oracle Beirut — Cultural transmission and symbolic design in a contemporary oracle deck. — wopc.co.uk/lebanon/oracle… By Simon Wintle

Jeu du Musée de la Compagnie des Indes — Paintings and treasured objects from the Indies, on display in a museum in Port-Louis. — wopc.co.uk/france/france-… By Roddy Somerville

Musical playing cards — Anonymous German song texts and domestic music-making on early 19th-century playing cards. — wopc.co.uk/germany/musica… By Simon Wintle

Cartamundi — Cartamundi is a Belgian playing-card manufacturer formed in 1970 through the consolidation of several Turnhout card makers, with earlier roots reaching back to Brepols (1826). — wopc.co.uk/belgium/carta-… By Paul Bostock

Hoi Polloi Tarot — The Hoi Polloi Tarot is a mainstream Rider-Waite-Smith clone published by Reiss Games Inc. Its name borrows a Greek phrase meaning “the common people”, signalling the deck’s mass-market audience. — wopc.co.uk/tarot/hoi-poll… By Adam West-Watson

Cartes à jouer républicaines — Political cards engraved by Gaillard in Lyon during the Franco-Prussian War and the birth of the Third Republic. — wopc.co.uk/france/cartes-… By Simon Wintle

Paper Empires by Jason McKinstry — A review of Jason McKinstry’s Paper Empires, Volume I, an illustrated study of early American playing-card makers and the firms behind them. — wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/… By Paul Bostock

Le Geant, or Second Empire pack — Transformation cards issued during the Second Empire under Napoleon III. — wopc.co.uk/transformation… By Anastasia Dancenco

Premio para los ninõs — A fantasy Spanish-style children's card game making a map, published in France. — wopc.co.uk/france/premio-… By Simon Wintle

Playing Card Books - References — A guide to reference books for playing-card collectors, focusing on museum catalogues, collection surveys and bibliographies useful for identification, dating and further research. — wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/… By Paul Bostock

Pictures of Early Whist writers and their stories — The Invisible Experts: Tracking the Elusive Faces of Whist History. — wopc.co.uk/members/tony-h… By Tony Hall

Early nineteenth-century Transformation cards — Vernacular hand-painted Transformation cards, probably early 19th century. — wopc.co.uk/transformation… By Ronald Wells

History of Tarot and Playing Cards: Timeline & Origins — An alternative history of tarot and playing cards – from Mamluk Egypt to the invention of tarot in Renaissance Italy. — wopc.co.uk/the-history-of… By Ana Cortez

Federal 52 — Federal 52 (2013) was Jackson Robinson’s first Kings Wild playing card release, based on the engraved style of United States banknotes. — wopc.co.uk/usa/kings-wild… By Adam Wintle

Windows Error Playing Cards — Monya’s Windows Error Playing Cards (エラートランプ) turns Windows-style system alerts into a deck of cards. — wopc.co.uk/japan/windows-… By Adam Wintle

Good Pals Valentine’s Playing Cards — A thoughtfully designed and elegantly presented Valentine’s gift deck. — wopc.co.uk/china/good-pal… By Simon Wintle

Tarot by IELLO Games — A modern French tarot deck designed by Charlène Ingouff with radiant Art Nouveau echoes. — wopc.co.uk/france/tarot-b… By Marek Brejcha

The Dark Knight Joker Calling Cards — Joker “Calling Card” set issued in connection with the film The Dark Knight (2008). — wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/… By Adam Wintle