Card Players and Poker Faces Ceramic Tree Decoration

A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardised rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person. Homage to "Vera Rockline":http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vera_Rockline_The_Card_Players.jpg (Russian, 1896-1934) "Vera Rockline":http://www.artinconnu.com/2009/04/vera-rockline-1896-1934.html was a powerful personality who forged a noteable career in the Montparnasse of the 1920's and 30's and although very little is known of her brief existence, it was said that her life was "full of aspirations and contrasts." She was born Vera Schlezinger Rockline in Moscow in 1896 to a Russian father and a mother from Burgundy. The author died in 1934, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less.