tarotreseacher
I began reading an early edition of The Standard Hoyle, 1887. Under the game of Tarot, it had this to say which I found wonderfully ironic in that, while regarding the rules stated within the Hoyle book it is partly true, but in regard to the decks and use of them, and the name "tarot", it is anything but:
“Tarot has at least this much of interest in it, that it is among the very oldest of games of cards, there being positive evidence of its having been played in Italy at the close of the fourteenth century. Requiring special cards, it is not likely to be ever again much in vogue.”
Being from the United States I found this interesting:
“There are two methods of playing Tarot, either counting points or tricks. In the United States the point game is generally played, and four play. Twelve cards are given to each person, which is forty-eight cards, leaving six cards over.” (Hoyle notes earlier that there are 80, 78 and 54 card Tarot decks, the latter more commonly played in the United States. Hoyle goes on to note that in the United States “all latitude is permissible in Tarot.”
I highly recommend giving this a read, though Tarot is only a small portion of the book.
“Tarot has at least this much of interest in it, that it is among the very oldest of games of cards, there being positive evidence of its having been played in Italy at the close of the fourteenth century. Requiring special cards, it is not likely to be ever again much in vogue.”
Being from the United States I found this interesting:
“There are two methods of playing Tarot, either counting points or tricks. In the United States the point game is generally played, and four play. Twelve cards are given to each person, which is forty-eight cards, leaving six cards over.” (Hoyle notes earlier that there are 80, 78 and 54 card Tarot decks, the latter more commonly played in the United States. Hoyle goes on to note that in the United States “all latitude is permissible in Tarot.”
I highly recommend giving this a read, though Tarot is only a small portion of the book.