1. Clearing up Any Preconceived Notions First and foremost, before explaining what this group is about, let me be clear that this group has nothing whatsoever to do with fortune-telling or any other mystical use of Tarot cards for divination, path-working, magic, etc. We use a modern version of the Tarot deck in an activity for which Tarot cards were originally invented, playing a trick-taking card game. This is a fact of which few people in America are aware. It is never discussed in our school …

This group is all about gathering with other card game lovers on a Wednesday or Saturday and playing one or more traditional card games for any portion of the day between 8:00 am and 3:30 pm. By "traditional card games" we mean games that are played with either the standard American 52-card playing deck, or any other traditional playing card deck from any country around the world! The group is also about learning new card games, mainly the classic games from continental Europe, countries such as …

The Erie Card Game Players (ECGP) is a sister-group of the Cleveland Card Game Players (CCGP) which is one of the busiest Meetup groups in the Cleveland area (just take a look at their calendar). The CCGP was once comprised of three separate Meetup groups, which were each focused on a different type of card game; American games, European games, and a very old family of European trick-taking games played with a special deck known as Tarocchi in Italy, Tarock in Austria, and Tarot in France. These …