Understand Romania
Romania Under Communism
54 cards · 52 + 2 jokers
Culture playing cards · First edition 2026
Every card tells a true story of everyday life 1947 – 1989: queues, the Dacia 1300, ration cards, Cenaclul Flacăra, Radio Free Europe and the 1989 Revolution.
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- THE CARTOONS — 1970s – 1980s. Only a few minutes in the evening. But every child in the country watched: at that hour, there wasn't a single child left in the street.
- DACIA 1300 — Renault 12 licence · built 1969 – 2004. 35 years, the same model: almost two million built. People said no one could steal yours — only the owner knew where the gears were.
- THE QUEUE — 1980s. It didn't always matter what was being sold. If you saw a queue, you joined it. Maybe "something had come in".
- COLD CUTS — 1980s. Summer salami was rare, the soy kind more common. And chicken often came only as “sets”: necks, wings and feet.
- VAMA VECHE — 1970s – 1980s. A village on the Bulgarian border, no hotels: tents, guitars and nights on the beach. People came here to be left alone.
- COSTINEȘTI — 1970s – 1980s. The youth resort: the disco, the wreck of the Evangelia on the beach and your first holiday love.
- CENACLUL FLACĂRA — 1973 – 1985. Adrian Păunescu, folk, poetry and stadiums full until dawn. In 1985 in Ploiești, rain set off a panic and people died — and the Cenaclu was banned.
- THE BICYCLE — 1970s – 1980s. The Pegas was your first vehicle. On it you left the neighbourhood — and came back only when the street lamps came on.
- WINTER AT HOME — 1980s. The radiators were cold, hot water came rarely. You slept in your clothes and did your homework in gloves.
- PETROL — 1980s. A car wasn't enough. You also had to find petrol. Like oil and sugar, petrol was rationed: a few litres a month, with coupons. On Sundays you drove by odd or even number plate.
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