My friend Jeff Stormer recently remarked that there appeared to be no tarot deck options ready-made for PlayingCards.io, so I decided to throw one together using public domain parts.
Quick Start
If you're already familiar with how PlayingCards.io works, just follow the steps below to get started:
- Download this .pcio file.
- Head to PlayingCards.io and choose "Other / Custom" to create a new room.
- Enter "Edit Mode" by clicking the suitcase icon in the upper left.
- Expand the edit panel at the bottom of the screen, switch to the "Room Options" tab, click "Import From File," and upload the file you downloaded above.
- Enter "Table Mode" by clicking the suitcase again and play around.
More Info
This post isn't going to be a whole guide to customizing PlayingCards.io, but if you need a boost in that direction, you can start with the site's own documentation.
The .pcio file here will create a room with three example tarot decks: a complete deck, a deck of major arcana (trumps) only, and a deck of minor arcana (suits) only. From your room's Edit Mode, just remove the deck(s) you don't need and you should be able to get rolling straight away.
If you want to customize the decks with new front graphics, the CSV files I used to construct the decks are:
To easily change the card faces, edit the CSV files above and use them to create new decks in PlayingCards.io. To change the card backs, edit the deck template in PlayingCards.io.
Enjoy!
Sources
The graphics for the front images are from the Rider-Waite-Smith "Popular 1910" deck that I grabbed from this site; there are a lot more options avaiable! The card back is the back of the "Pamela-A" deck as sourced from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.