New Spanish Playing Cards by David Genco

[manu]

https://newspanish.cards/ (Coming soon, there's a waitlist you can sign up for)

A distilled tradition and modular system of play.
Spanish-suited playing cards are among the oldest card design systems, dating back to the 14th century.
This edition distills each suit into fundamental modules through reduction rather than stylistic reinterpretation.
A recursive visual system where every element, from numbered cards to face cards, emerges from the same core geometry.

[kevork]

These look like flash cards for toddlers.

[mardem1976]

I get the direction, but a bit too minimalist for me. I actually really like the reference cards

[Honeybee]

Does anybody know what specific deck this reference deck is?

[axolotl2026]

Does anybody know what specific deck this reference deck is?

As a Hispanic person I feel like I see plenty of similar Spanish decks. Not sure the exact one but it looks very standard imo

[Honeybee]

I couldn't find one that nice with a google hunt

[manu]

It looks like the Napoletane pattern of Italian playing cards. Here's a scan on wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... mpleto.jpg

If you search for Napoletane playing cards you can find some for sale.

[Honeybee]

Thanks so much manu. I thought it may have been Italian not Spanish

[Honeybee]

There are plenty of the usual around but I cannot find one with that buff background color which so suits an old style deck

[Honeybee]

I know we are getting away from this new deck but in the vein of the originals the closest I came to the reference deck - with that old age look was the deck reviewed below



Worth getting? Or does anybody know of a better option