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		<title>The World of Playing Cards</title>
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		<description>The small rectangular pieces of cardboard have been a medium for games of luck and skill, as well as a focus for design, advertising, political propaganda, art, history and much more... a miniature encyclopedia of social anthropology</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Luchadores mexicanos]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/mexico/anonymous/luchadores-mexicanos</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rostros ocultos, leyendas vivas - la fuerza detrás de la máscara. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Alberto Pérez González</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Playing Card Games Online]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/members/tony-hall/playing-card-games-online</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From Cribbage to Canasta: why old card games have found a new digital home. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Tony Hall</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[79: Goodall in Italy]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/members/ken-lodge/79-goodall-in-italy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A survey of the influence Goodall's courts had in Italian cards.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Ken Lodge</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Naufragio en Alderney]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/spain/naufragio-en-alderney</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Una baraja anónima con historia - probablemente destinada a México. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Alberto Pérez González</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sicilian Playing Cards]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/italy/sicilian-playing-cards</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sicilian Playing Cards by Dal Negro (Carte da Gioco). ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Konrad Hämmerle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tarock Cards by Antonín Kratochvíl]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/austria/tarock-cards-by-antonin-kratochvil</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from the catalog of a prominent Prague workshop. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Marek Brejcha</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[La baraja “Alacrán”]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/spain/la-baraja-alacran</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Una sátira política con aire caribeño. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Alberto Pérez González</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Łódź souvenir playing cards]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/poland/lodz-souvenir-playing-cards</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Light and atmospheric  watercolour illustrations of city views by Polish artist Katarzyna Tomala. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Konrad Hämmerle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[French Spanish-suited cards for South America]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Early example of the Parisian Spanish style before it became standardized by later Parisian publishers. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Simon Wintle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The New Deal Playing Card Company]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Publishers of a range of ergocards intended to be easy to hold and easy to shuffle. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Roddy Somerville</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Memento Mori: Genesis]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/the-united-states-playing-card-company/memento-mori-genesis</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A prismatic meditation on mortality and Genesis, crafted for magic and cardistry. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Konrad Hämmerle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Patience-Whist No. 140 by Piatnik]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/austria/piatnik/patience-whist-140</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Small Connection Between Austria, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Marek Brejcha</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Der Abend]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/bielefelder/der-abend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Caricatural designs by Aribert Nesslinger for the Berlin newspaper Der Abend. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Roddy Somerville</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Learning to play Cribbage]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/members/tony-hall/learning-to-play-cribbage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I learned to pay cribbage when I was very young, aged around six or seven. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Tony Hall</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Persian Courts]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/spain/fournier/persian-courts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Encapsulation of Persia’s rich heritage as conceived by Spanish artist Violeta Monreal. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Roddy Somerville</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antikriegsspielkarte]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/antikriegsspielkarte</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hand- and stencilcolored anti-war playing cards by Siegfried Heilmeier, 1983]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Alois Rank</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chinese Calligraphy Playing Cards]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/members/roddy-somerville/cards-with-chinese-characters</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cards with stylised Chinese characters, designed by M.F. Cynthia Ngai. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Roddy Somerville</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Paraphernalia of Card Play]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/members/tony-hall/the-paraphernalia-of-card-play</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Innovation and novelties in the accessories on the card table. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Tony Hall</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Early Cadiz pattern by Marchan]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/spain/early-cadiz-pattern-by-marchan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Typical early Cadiz pattern by Marchan of Cadiz, 1817. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Roddy Somerville</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[König Otto von Griechenland]]></title>
			<link>https://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/king-otto-of-greece</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A chapter from European history in the collection of the Münchner Stadtmuseum. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Marek Brejcha</dc:creator>
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