Card games have been around for as long as games have existed; they’re almost as old as civilization. Some people believe they began in China in the 9th century before finding their way to the west, ...

“Queen of Nooses” from “The Cloisters Playing Cards” (South Netherlandish, Burgundian territories, 1475–80), paper (four layers in pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied ...

In 1983, The Metropolitan Museum of Art bought a 52-card deck of South Netherlandish playing cards. The cards dated from the 15th century and were in incredible condition — but they were almost lost ...

Nintendo might be synonymous with video games today, but the company actually got its start as a playing card company. Founded in 1889, Nintendo originally produced Hanafuda--a type of card used to ...