I don't know the rules but it's a game I often saw the grown-ups play when I was a kid (which wasn't that long ago). The cards were different from regular playing cards because the pictures and symbols were different. There were cups, weird plant-like sticks, swords, and gold coins instead of the usual diamond-heart-clubs-spades. I'm from Pampanga and some of the card names were pronounced "horus," "espada," "bastus/bastos," "copas." And I know that the rules were different from tong-its and other regular playing card deck games.
I'm intrigued because years later I became interested in the Tarot and they were the same card suits used! Horus = Pentacles/Coins, Espada=Swords, Bastos=Wands, Copas=Cups. They also had the same Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings and these cards were not reversible. I'm guessing "horus" was a Kapampangan pronunciation of "oros."
So, does anyone know about these cards and the game? Do you know where I could buy them?
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