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In the lies game it has recently been suggested that all of Shakespeare's plays were based on board games (the only surviving example, of course, being Othello). So here's an opportunity to give full details of the remainder...
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[Raak] I reckon that's marketable ! Brilliant.
*takes notes surreptitiously*
Ok, a week's long enough to wait.

The Shakespearian Tarot Deck.

The Minor Arcana consists of a card for each sonnet, bearing the text of the sonnet printed over an emblem of its meaning. They are divided into four suits: Hearts (Love), Bones (Death), Winds (Fortune or Fate) and Coins (The World). The Major Arcana include a card for each play, divided into a Lower Rank of Comedies, and an Upper Rank of Tragedies. Each card bears a picture of the central character or an emblem of the theme of the play (e.g. The Tempest). There is an extra Major Arcana card ranking above the rest, representing The Playwright.

The deck comes with a book describing the Significances and Correspondences of the cards, methods of fortune telling, and the rules for games that can be played with the deck. All of this esoteric information is derived from a study of the codes hidden in Shakespeare's works, which also prove their authorship by Francis Bacon.

[Raak] I'm frankly surprised that that someone hasn't released that, given The Lord of the Rings Oracle...
[Dunx] Ye Gods! Clicking through some of the links from there, I came across a list called "No nonsense tarot books". Contradiction in terms, really.
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