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Tarot (Game)

LC control no.sh 85132687
LC classificationGV1295.T37
Topical headingTarot (Game)
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Variant(s)Taro (Game)
Taroc (Game)
Tarot card games
See alsoCard games
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Scope noteHere are entered works on card games played with tarot decks. Works on the practice of divination with a tarot deck are entered under Tarot.
Found inAraminta (Artist). Älvdansen tarot, 2022.
Wikipedia, Mar. 13, 2023: Tarot card games (arot games are card games played with tarot decks, that is, decks with numbered permanent trumps parallel to the suit cards. The games and decks which English-speakers call by the French name Tarot are called Tarocchi in the original Italian, Tarock in German and various similar words in other languages; the games are known in many variations, mostly cultural and regional)
Britannica online, Mar. 13, 2023: tarot game (tarot game, trick-taking game played with a tarot deck, a special pack of cards containing a fifth suit bearing miscellaneous illustrations and acting as a trump suit. The cards are known as tarots (French), Tarocks (German), tarocchi (Italian), and other variations of the same word, according to the language of the players; in French, Danish, and some Italian games, the full complement of 78 cards is used, but most central European games are played with a 54-card pack)