Editing Tarot (section)

== Distribution ==
The use of tarot playing cards was at one time widespread across the whole of Europe except the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} Having fallen into decline by the 20th century, they later experienced a renaissance in some countries and regions. For example, [[French Tarot]] was largely confined to [[Provence]] in the 18th century, but took off in the 1950s to such an extent that, in 1973, the French Tarot Association (''Fédération Française de Tarot'') was formed and French Tarot itself is now the second most popular card game in France.{{sfnp|Daynes|2000|p=6}} Tarock games like [[Königrufen]] have experienced significant growth in Austria where international tournaments are held with other nations, especially those from eastern Europe that still play such games, including Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.<ref name=pagatTG/> 

Denmark appears to be the only Scandinavian country that still plays tarot games,<ref name=pagatTG>[https://www.pagat.com/tarot/ ''Card Games: Tarot Games''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129201923/https://www.pagat.com/tarot/ |date=29 November 2019 }} at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.</ref> [[Danish Tarok]] being a derivative of historical German [[Grosstarock]]. The game of [[Cego]] has grown in popularity again in the south German region of Baden.<ref name=pagatTG/> Italy continues to play regionally popular games with their distinctive Tarot packs. These include: [[Ottocento (card game)|Ottocento]] in [[Bologna]] and Sicilian Tarocchi in parts of [[Sicily]].<ref name=pagatTG/> Meanwhile [[Troccas]] and [[Troggu]] are still played locally in parts of Switzerland.<ref name=pagatTG/>