Various hidden items are scattered throughout each chapter of Murder in the Alps. Finding each item provides cash to spend on the My Home section and work toward diamond-rewarding achievements.
Click on a collectable below for additional information and how to obtain it.
AceIn Swiss card games, an ace is actually a 2, as it bears two suitmarks.
2Patterns on card backs were introduced to complicate marking, a form of cheating.
3Playing cards first appeared in Europe in the 1370s.
4The traditional Swiss suits are bells, shields, roses, and acorns.
5Corner indices were introduced so that people could identify cards without having to spread them so widely.
6Cards spread along European trade routes as a favored pastime of the upper class.
7Many early playing cards were preserved inside the covers of old books. They were used as stiffeners.
8The original suits were swords, polo stiks, goblets and coins.
9An extension of the Italian deck with a fifth suit of trumps produced the tarot deck.
10Historically, Swiss card sets featured a banner card depicting a flag instead of regular tens.
JackDifferent languages assign various social classes to the jack - servant, nobleman, soldier, or peasant.
QueenDuring the French Revolution, the royalty cards were replaced by liberties, equalities and fraternities.
King17th-century French printers labeled king cards with the names of historical figures - Charles, Caesar, etc.
JokerJokers were introduced in the United States in the 19th century and were initially called "bowers."
