This is a pack of cards that come out of an alternative history, where there is a fusion of the Swiss and Saxon patterns, resulting in only plant iconography. The idea is that a possible path in the evolution of card pack design could be to grow the number of cards, and have fewer suits. There is a precedent: the Liechtenstein pattern adds the Swiss Shields suit to the Latin pattern (Cups, Coins, Sticks and Swords), and some have two lower courts (Knight and Squire). Drawing

We mentioned a while ago Lewis Carroll's own card game, Court Circular , and provided instructions as to how you can play it with a regular pack of cards. But we also thought it would be nice to make a dedicated three-suit Snark pack, designed to play the game. It has three suits, Hearts, Diamonds and a red Club pattern we designed for our Stroop effect pack . It features portraits of the crew taking from Holiday's illustrations, including a proposed illustration of Boots. He

The Stroop effect is a psychological phenomenon whereby a person is liable to misread, or at least be slowed down in their reading, by a colour word written in a different hue. So BLUE and RED and GREEN will be misread, or at the very least cause confusion. You can read more about the Stroop Effect here . We thought it would be a useful tool to employ to give an expert card player an in-game handicap, without requiring any adjustment to the rules. Here are the four Aces: A