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More than a year after launching the first deck, this series comes to an end with COTTA’S ALMANAC #6: KNIGTHLY ORDERS. This is the sixth volume in this series of transformation decks produced by Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com). A project that stems from painstaking research on transformation cards and their origins coupled with Will’s interest in rescuing […]
The Emperor Augustus wanted to attribute a mythical origin to the Roman Empire and, to glorify it, he asked the poet Virgil to write a great epic. In meticulous work of more than ten years, Virgil rewrote the works of Homer to present the founding of Rome with the use of all the Greek myths […]
Although Turandot is known worldwide as one of Puccini’s best operas, its origin is in a Persian book written in the 12th century, later revisited by François de la Croix in 1710 in his tales of “The thousand and one days” and turned into a commedia dell’arte play theater play in 1762 by Carlo Gozzi. […]
Following the resounding success of the previous two campaigns, Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com) continues with this series of transformation decks, now offering the third one: COTTA’S ALMANAC #3. This project stems from painstaking research on transformation cards and their origins coupled with Will’s interest in rescuing cards from the past in high-quality restorations thanks to the meticulous […]
A few months ago Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com) offered us the first in a series of transformation decks. Now, and with overwhelming success, he has just released the second one: COTTA’S ALMANAC #2. This project stems from painstaking research on transformation cards and their origins coupled with Will’s interest in rescuing cards from the past in high-quality […]
Throughout history, transformation decks have been very special collectibles. They represent a further step in custom playing cards converting each card’s pips into the true protagonists in the design. Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com) wanted to rescue one of the most important historical contributions to the transformation decks: COTTA’S ALMANAC #1. This project stems from painstaking research on […]
Rescuing cards from the past is a magnificent work of dissemination and love for collecting. After finishing the Cotta’s Almanac series, Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com) begins a new adventure of restoration of historical playing cards: NEW ROYAL. NEW ROYAL are inspired by those originally published in 1927-28 by Charles Hodges, a London bookseller who made engraved playing […]