lord of the ring cards

Maryann

i was looking at them the other day and found them to be very pretty, but due to them being game cards to i couldnt take them seriously, how do you feel about them? can they be taken seriously?
 

contrascarpe

Maryann

thanks for that
 

DoctorArcanus

Maryann said:
i was looking at them the other day and found them to be very pretty, but due to them being game cards to i couldnt take them seriously, how do you feel about them? can they be taken seriously?
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Maryann and Contrascarpe, are you talking about the same deck?
There's a LOTR Tarot by US Games
and a Trading Card Game by Decipher whose images seem to be taken from the movie: finding a way of using them for divination could be fun :)

Maryann, which are the "game cards" you are interested in? One of these or a third LOTR card game?

Marco
 

DoctorArcanus

Maryann said:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t.../103-1794733-0684649?v=glance&s=toys&n=507846 these, not really interested in them just wondered what other people thought, i couldnt personally take cards that are also designed to be played with seriously.
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So Contrascarpe correctly identified the deck you are interested in.

About not taking seriously cards that were also designed for playing, as far as I know, all ancient decks, from the 15th to all the 18th century, were designed for play. Here on ATF you find a lot of people who take these decks seriously.....I do :)
I think that a deck that you like can be a good deck and can be taken seriously, independently from the goal it was designed for.
So, trust you instinct!

Marco
 

WolfSpirit

I agree with everything DoctorArcanus said.

I have even done readings with LOTR trading cards. The story has touched me deeply and I find it very easy to connect with these cards, even though they were not designed for readings - but neither were the first tarot decks.
 
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