Hey all, for anyone who missed the Kickstarter campaign and is interested in getting hold of some of these cards, you can now do so. Here's the link ...

http://www.northerndisplayers.co.uk/inglewood.html

Just wondering what the thickness is of the wood you are using. Also, 2-ply, 3-ply, or what? Looks interesting.

Just passed through the funded barrier earlier today :-)

Thanks, Don. Fair enough. We shall see how it goes.

Hi all ... I'm posting pics of some modifications I have made. I have given white edges to the cards, and added single-corner indices (1-9, X, J, Q K). The numbers are rather smaller than on a standard English deck, but they're similar in size to a modern Spanish pattern. For the backs I have done a simple two colour repeating pattern in full bleed.

I've also attached a picture of a mock-up tuck box --- I don't know whether you can make it out from these photos but it uses the card-back design as a sort of texture. Many thanks for all your comments!

Hi all, I am hoping you might be able to offer some feedback on a playing card project that I am hopefully close to completing.

The deck I have designed is based on the so-called hunting decks from the late medieval period that were made shortly after the arrival of playing cards in Europe, especially the Ambras hunting deck and the Stuttgart hunting deck. Both of these medieval decks were hand-painted.

The makeup of the deck I have designed is basically as per a standard modern French (English) deck, with 13-card suits of A, 2-9, banner 10, J, Q, K. So it ought to be possible to use these cards for play.

The four suits, though, are non-standard. Each of the suits is represented by an animal associated with the hunt. They are: Hounds, Hawks, Pheasants, and Deer. Each of the suits is also colour-themed, both in the backgrounds and in the colours of the clothing for the court cards.

So I have finished painting the artwork for these cards. I have hopefully attached some pics of some of the cards to this message ...


Things that I am planning but that are possibly detractions, I don't know:
-- No indices --- you have to count the animals (or recognise the scenes ... there is hopefully enough variation that this should not be too difficult). This is in keeping with the appearance of the early hunting decks.
-- Plain maroon-coloured backs (and maroon-coloured full-bleed margins on the fronts). Again, the plain backs are in keeping with the appearance of the early hunting decks.
-- No jokers. I could make some I suppose, but I haven't.

I am planning on putting this up on Kickstarter in the new year. I have no idea what sort of interest there will be in such a project. As I am in the UK, I am ideally hoping to get the printing done in the UK (or Europe).

Well, all comments welcome!