This item:
- is a poker deck
- was designed by Stockholm17
- is part of the “House of the Rising Spade” set
- has a story written in symbols on the tuck box – see below
- is listed on Deck Collect
- is listed on PlayingCardHub
- is listed on Portfolio52
- has been scanned by macstrat of the Playing Card Scan Archive
- has been scanned by Mary Cusack
- is one of my favourite decks
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Bonus material
When this deck was released, Lorenzo Gaggiotti (the deck’s designer and the man behind Stockholm17) set a quest: transcode the symbols on the tuck box to the alphabet, and then translate the story to find the name of The Queen of Diamonds. The prizes on offer have been won but you can still complete the quest.
To help, I can offer five aids, each more spoiler-filled than the previous:
- A print version of the tuck box (PDF, 1.2MB).
- The deciphered alphabet (PDF, 200KB).
- The completed tuck box transcript (PDF, 40KB).
- The solution and explanation, posted on Instagram and Facebook.
- A shortcut to the answer posted on Facebook.