Why this playing cards are D and B instead of Q and J ?

[Elwi]

Why D and B and not Q and J.Im just curious,i thought that's same in every country.I like playing cards but ive never heard of deck(game) like this.

[MysteriousFawx]

Why D and B and not Q and J.Im just curious,i thought that's same in every country.I like playing cards but ive never heard of deck(game) like this.

At a guess... bard and duchess?

[Ashtoreth]

I think it's a German deck of cards (Dame / Bube).

[Elwi]

I think it's a German deck of cards (Dame / Bube).

Yes,thanks.Its from german game from 19 century,called "Skat".Never played this.

[Istrebitel]

Russian would be same, "Dama"/"Valet" (russian letter for v is "B")

[Integria]

In Danish it would be (B)onde, (D)ame, (K)onge. The Ace is always A, for some reason, even though the name for it starts with an E in Danish.

I'd hazard a guess and say they could be a Swedish set of cards.

[emd]

In Danish it would be (B)onde, (D)ame, (K)onge. The Ace is always A, for some reason, even though the name for it starts with an E in Danish.

I'd hazard a guess and say they could be a Swedish set of cards.

Well AMFP takes place in London so I would say not, unless Swedish decks were used for a game that was popular in Victorian London. TCR (and Frictional) like authenticity for the time and dislike out-of-place references (For example, movie posters in a house from the same production company).

[Ashtoreth]

Oswald Mandus seemed to travel a lot, he could have purchased the deck while visiting Prussia or any other state of the German empire.
Perhaps it was a gift from Alexander of Brennenburg?

[LarryV]

There are a lottoff German influences in the game. Also, when going under the church, there's a 1 minue monologue (in German I think) from a captor in one of the cages.

[morgan99]

There are a lottoff German influences in the game. Also, when going under the church, there's a 1 minue monologue (in German I think) from a captor in one of the cages.