| The Playing-Card | |
| Editor: | Elettra Deganello |
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| Previous Editor: | Peter Endebrock |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Publisher: | International Playing-Card Society |
| Language: | English |
| Issn: | 0305-2133 |
| Oclc: | 63765414 |
The Playing-Card is a quarterly publication, publishing scholarly articles covering all aspects of playing cards and of the games played with them, produced by the International Playing-Card Society (IPCS). The Playing-Cards articles are mostly in English, but also in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
The journal was founded in 1972, as The Journal of the Playing-Card Society (until 1980). Since then it has produced an annual volume of four (formerly six) issues. It has an index of its articles for the years 1972–1997,[1] and contents listings for issues from 1980 to the present.[2]
According to card game historian David Parlett, card game research has become "a particular pursuit" of the IPCS and many of its field researchers publish their findings in The Playing-Card. This has contributed to "a growing awareness that a society's indoor games are as distinctive of its culture as its arts, cuisine, or social customs, and are worth recording for the light they throw on that community's personality."[3]
Notable contributors to the journal have included:
The editors of The Playing-Card and its predecessor have been:[7]