In the first version of Queeng, which was released three years ago and sold over 50,000 decks, king ... Playing Cards 2.0, now not only gender-equal, but racially and ethnically diverse. “We ...

decided it was time to break with the centuries-old tradition of sexual inequality in playing card decks that rank men above women. “If we have this hierarchy that the king is worth more than ...

Card fan Indy Mellink, 23, initially came up with the idea while explaining the rules of a game to her cousins - at which point the 'subtle inequality' of having a king be more valuable than a ...