Not-a-Tarot: Dixit

Posted: February 28, 2010 in decks, symbols

Dixit is a story-telling/betting board game (which reminds me eerily of TAT, the most ridiculously skewed psych test in the known universe) currently being discussed on Aeclectic Tarot.

I agree very much with the comments there, that this deck would double excellently as an oracle – oracular work is storytelling for divination, after all – except that the game comes with 84 cards, substantially more than the average oracle deck! I especially like the look of the cards from Dixit 2, which seems to be a little darker and hence more appealing to my horribly warped adult mind. Further samples of the artwork can be viewed on the artist’s website. The only bummer is that the game seems impossible (or ridiculously expensive) to order! Will have to investigate further.

Look – pretty! And creeeeeepy… just the way I like it :)

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Comments
  1. erishilton says:

    Looks like you might be able to pre-order in March… http://www.cardhaus.com/cgi-local/shop3.pl/SID=5796064805655665595

    They look like they’d be worth checking out… One of the first “methods” I learned for working with tarot was telling a story with the cards. While these aren’t tarot, or an oracle exactly, I don’t see why it couldn’t also have divinatory uses also. Besides… I happen to have a very creative little niece who wants to play board games with grown-ups, but struggles when the rules are complicated. She LOOOOVES telling crazy stories (I wonder who she got that from…), so this is something I’d definitely love to try with her.

    Besides… they’re quirky and just dark enough. Too much good stuff… ARRGGHHH!

    • submerina says:

      Yessss… yeeeeeessssssss… corrupt them while they’re young! :D I struggle when the rules are complicated too, so I feel her pain. That’s why I just sit in the corner and play with… er, by myself. And if there’s too much good stuff, know that I am suffering along with you. Does that make it better?

  2. Ooh mah gah!! Perfectly quirky and well-drawn! You could make up your own interpretations, why tha heck not?! Storytelling would be such fun with these!

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