Piatnik, in Vienna, was responsible for this “Black Peter” deck. Black Peter accompanies St. Nicholas at Christmas; the card game is similar to “Old Maid,” with Peter as the jinx. He was once represented as an African in colorful silk, but is now usually seen as a chimney sweep. In this animal themed deck, he’s a black cat.
(Posted by Doug Skinner)
5 responses so far ↓
1 Lisa // Feb 13, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Love that cat!
2 Doug // Feb 13, 2012 at 7:18 pm
I like the astonished beetle, too. Ovulation!
3 Gail // Mar 14, 2012 at 10:06 pm
these are so close to the edge….that beetle may be sorry for what he asked for……
4 Alicia // Aug 14, 2012 at 4:59 am
My brother and I were just talking about playing this game endlessly with our gran. This was the deck she had, and we loved the pictures. Do you have any more?
5 Doug // Aug 14, 2012 at 11:34 am
I have the whole deck, but just post one or two cards from each game as a sample. The anonymous artists of card games came up with some wonderful graphics…