A bit of history
Although the origin of card games is not known for sure, the majority opinion indicates that they were created in China, around 800 years ago in the 12th century. These early cards were paper representations of dominoes. As they passed through India and Persia around the 16th century, would begin to appear playing cards as we know them now.
In those days, playing cards were made of various materials.
Paper, papyrus, wooden slats, and even ivory. And they included numbered images of common objects, which would eventually evolve into what are now known as suits of the deck. Historians indicate that this arose from the migration of cards through Muslim territories, reaching Europe through Spain and then up through France and distributed to neighboring nations. Other sources indicate that they may have come from the hands of the crusaders, who had had contact with them in their forays into the holy land. They also expanded eastward, reaching beyond Japan where they created games like karuta.
The decks were regionalized offering variants more suited to the folklore of the particular region.
The most popular deck format was established in Spain, it had 4 suits (golds, cups, clubs and swords), and each one had 12 pieces (numbers from 1 to 10 and the figures jack, horse and king), when passing to France it continued to preserve its structure, but the suits changed (spade, heart, diamond and clover), this being the one that spread the most. At some point, later the decks were regionalized offering variants more suited to the folklore of the particular region (German, Swiss, Hindu). After that the collection deck games appeared, that they were nothing more than conventional decks where the sticks were replaced or decorated with a motif or sequence of images with a specific theme, either to suit a special audience (children, adults), landscapes or even advertising purposes.
Collection deck games.
In these decks, the change was particularly aesthetic. Well with some exceptions, the game method didn’t change. That is, although the deck was decorated with different patterns, it was used for the same games associated with the type of deck (like the trick for the Spanish or the poker for the French). It wasn’t until the late 19th century that new variants of the card game began to appear. With your own cards, suits, and rules.
A game that broke with the card game schemes that existed until now.
It was the beginning of trading and collectible card games (T.C.G). In these, the rules only indicate how the cards are played, while each card describes its effects within the game. The amount of cards and their different types in a deck comes to the user’s liking (with some exceptions) and it is with that in mind that the strategies are structured.
Evolution in board games
Thanks to this modality, many companies have published their card games and important franchises have migrated part of their products to these new digital format. With the advent of the digital age, almost all card game formats have jumped to the electronic model. Watching video games on various devices and game modes.
