tabletop time machine

HANAFUDA Tabletop games lacking boards and dice are the preserve of tiles and cards, which are their roots are essentially the same: flat objects blank on one side, with significant markings on the other. That there’s no hard-and-fast difference between solid objects like dominoes and flexible objects like playing-cards is illustrated by the Japanese game of Hanafuda. Lying midway between the two, it consists of 48 small cards - about 5.4x3.2cm – with a compensating stiffness that create a pleasing clacking sound when played out. Hanafuda means ‘flower cards’ – a literal description, as they have no numerals or suit symbols and are entirely pictorial. Like regular playing-cards they are divided into ranks and suits, though unlike playing-cards, they are slightly convex when face up. Twelve suits depict the twelve…

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