Joker (playing card) 6 Jokers (3 different pairs) in a 52-card French deck. German Rummy uses 2 packs of French playing cards, with 3 Jokers per pack. The Joker is often compared to "(the) Fool" in the Tarot or Tarock decks. They share many similarities both in appearance and play function. In Central Europe, the Fool, or "Sküs", is the highest trump; elsewhere as an "excuse" ("L'Excuse") that can be played at any time to avoid following suit but cannot win. Practitioners of cartomancy often include a Joker in the standard 52-card deck with a meaning similar to the Fool card of Tarot.
Curse of the Azure Bonds Curse of the Azure Bonds Curse of the Azure Bonds is a role-playing video game developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI) in 1989. It is the second in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" Gold Box adventure computer games, continuing the events after the first part, "Pool of Radiance". An adventure module of the same name, coded FRC2, was written based on the game. There is also a prequel novel, "Azure Bonds", that was written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb, and is the first book of the "Finder's Stone" trilogy. A party of