GAMES NEW AND REDISCOVERED
"Card games—however much disparaged by people who don’t happen to care for them—have made a contribution of great value to the pattern of Western civilization. They offer intellectual stimulus; harmless exciteÂment; and, above all, an occasional respite from the incessant strain to which we are all subject in a frightening and frightened world." Hubert Phillips
Games of chance foreground the uniformly random nature of the cosmos.
Cards and dice reassure us as to the benefits of the preparation of strategies and the stoic acceptance of reversals of fortune, all from the calm of a kitchen table. ​ We present a range of card and dice games in the tradition of fine printing, both new editions of older games and new inventions.
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Packs of cards can be tiny art galleries, featuring the elegance of an artist book in a pocketsize looseleaf codex.
The Flowerdew press has many packs of cards for idle hours, or hours you would like to fill with idleness. Here are some categories to browse - there are 500 card games on our site.
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For our dice games, please visit our dice page here:
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Card game recreations
Old games remade
Zodiac decks
Signs of the zodiac as courts
Ombre packs
Simple but elegant design
New traditional designs
New stylings for old decks
Astronomy & Sky Games
Astronomy and Skyscape games
Dice Cards
Play dice with cards
Colour Games
Games where colour is all
Playing card time machine
Try a pack from the past
Gallery packs
Art in your pocket!
Completions
The great packs of the past complete to 52 cards
Vignette packs
Elegant pocketsize packs
Word Games
Word games new and old for language-lovers.
Encyclopedia Games
Gallery packs dedicated to learning
Domino Cards
Play dominoes with cards
Almanac Packs
Months of the year as courts
Shaped cards
Games of different shapes!
Kopa packs
60 card decks for new and old games
Mahjong Card Decks
Cards that use the water patterns
Divination packs
Play games or read the cards!
Parasurrealist Flipbooks
Packs with flipbook backs!