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Chimeres - Le Jeu de l'Initie      1994 Franck Achard and Didier Graffet      France                       15 animal cards                             Art Medium: Animal forms are in watercolour. Majors are line versions of the Tarot de Marseilles collaged in a frame. Description: Franck Achard produced the set of Majors images for a French role playing game called Chimeres, created by Jean-Luc Bizien in 1994. The deck actually consists of two sets of cards - 22 Major tarot arcana and a set of 15 animal cards by Didier Graffet. The Majors have a central image of a line drawings of the familiar Tarot de Marseilles woodcuts. These are set in ornate borders which seem to reflect some aspect of the game. The animal characters are such archetypal images as the Crow, the Serpent, the Wolf, Owl, Black Cat, Dog and so on. These have various powers and attributes used in the game.