What is "cartamundi"

Cartamundi Group, also called Carta Mundi, is a Belgian company, based in Turnhout, that manufactures, produces and sells board games, card games, collectible card games, packages and playing cards through its manufacturing and sales subsidiaries. The name of the company in Latin means cards for the world. It is one of the world's largest playing card manufacturers with its core market in western Europe.

The company also maintains manufacturing facilities in Canvey Island (UK), Altenburg (Germany), Kraków ( Poland), Mexico City (Mexico), Mumbai (India) and Dallas ( Texas, United States).

In the early-to-mid 1990s, Cartamundi produced collectible card games for other companies. They made early editions of Magic: The Gathering for Wizards of the Coast's, and Decipher, Inc.'s Star Trek Customizable Card Game and Star Wars Customizable Card Game.