If being unexpected makes the winning hand, then these strange vintage playing card decks can’t be beat. From wartime card decks that might have saved some lives to x-rated decks straight out of the ...

Opening card packs are most exciting, especially when these packs are limited edition and old. Whether it be Pokemon cards, Magic the Gathering, or Yu-Gi-Oh!, the rarer the pack, the more thrilling ...

A chance find in Japan provides a glimpse at how children experienced the country's post-war occupation. Used in menko, a traditional Japanese card game played by children, the vintage playing cards ...

We've covered Nintendo's history a lot here at NL, and not just the video game side. At this point, it's pretty well known that before Nintendo jumped into gaming, it was well known for producing ...

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 ...

Two packs of ‘Kyoto Souvenir Playing Cards’, made by Nintendo in the 1950s Photo: Before Mario Erik Voskuil, who runs the wonderful Before Mario (and has written an excellent book by the same name), ...