Various mid-fourteenth-century European writers show an interest in games, but no writer of this period mentions the playing of cards  Nor do any of the mid-fourteenth-century statutes that proscribe or limit the play of games mention cards, though they do mention dice, chess, and other games
It is ttherefore likely that, contrary to what is sometimes claimed, at that time playing cards was not yet common in Europe
This evening's television news reported that the cruise ship was only damaged in the fire last night, whereas the newspaper reported that it was destroyed. The television news is based on more recent information, so probably the ship was not destroyed.