How to Make Italian Playing Cards Using an English Deck
English playing cards are used all over the world and are the accepted default deck in most places. There are a few countries in southern Europe that have their own unique playing cards. In Italy, most games are played with a 40-card deck adorned with items like coins, cups and swords. Italy has many fast-paced card games. If you want to partake in these games but have only an English standard deck, don't fear. It's easy to turn that English deck into a 40-card Italian deck of playing cards.
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Instructions
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Lay out your playing cards to ensure that you have all 54 cards. You will avoid frustration later if you know that you have all of your cards at the onset.
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You will be removing 14 cards beginning with the Joker cards. Put these back in the card box.
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Remove all of the eights from your deck. This should be easy if you've organized your cards into numerical piles.
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Place the nines and tens back into the card box along with the discarded Jokers and eights. Set your card box aside. You should now have 40 cards left to play with.
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During play your Queen will now be known as a Knight, or Cavallo. You can either simply remember this distinction or you can mark the cards any way you choose.
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Tips & Warnings
Learn some Italian card games and hold an Italian feast with your friends and family.
