The new Italian tradition of gaming cards by Riccardo Baldani A deck of artist's cards to rewrite the Italian tradition of New Year's Eve games

Decks of playing cards are perhaps among the most common items to be found in homes throughout Italy. Each region of our country has its own, different in graphics but identical in structure, which together form a cultural heritage in its own right made of games that have their traditional setting on Christmas and New Year holidays. The Roman arista Riccardo Baldani has thought of an update of tradition in creating Baldani le Contemporanee, a deck of limited edition handmade playing cards that want to celebrate and overwrite the most famous regional models of Rome, the Neapolitan and Piacenza decks, with a new model inspired by the classic vintage cards proposing a new model – right in Rome,  as the artist says, «the last attempt at a popularly recognized regional deck dates back to just before 1600».

The baldani le Contemporanee deck of arigianal cards is available online on the artist's official Instagram shop.