1) do the Jacks have 2 with one eye?
2) do 3 Kings and 3 Queens face one way and 1 the other?
3) do the Kings have 1 with one eye?
4) do their faces look like drawings of real former Kings and Queens and Princes?
2006-07-02 08:57:44 · 6 answers · asked by AggieMom 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Card Games
http://i-p-c-s.org/history.html
http://www.woodenhorsebooks.com/Playing-Card-Names.html
Actually, cards as we know them came from Tarot Cards which became illegal due to religous persecution in the inquisition. So they changed the shape and pictures on the cards and knocked out the Major Arcana. Playing cards then took off in the courts of Europe, lol, with no one the wiser. Rofl.
2006-07-02 09:10:00 · answer #1 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its all 2-D
2006-07-02 16:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Curious-about-Everything Jeremy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Variation and to keep people like you amused noticing it all.
2006-07-03 03:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by StatIdiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Don't Know!
2006-07-02 18:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by sara f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's just how they designed it.
2006-07-03 14:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by C-Recks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know!
2006-07-02 16:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by naoba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋