Groomporter
    Location: Minnesota
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    About Me I'm the owner of Rose & Pentagram Design/Macgregor Historic Games we research and sell our own line of card, dice and board games from the past in a "portable gaming hall" at Renaissance fairs, and historical reenactments and to reenactors around the world.



    My online nickname comes from the "Groom Porter" who was first appointed during the reign of Henry VII and was in charge of organizing gambling at court. Under Queen Anne, letters patent gave "full powers to him and to such deputies as he shall appoint to supervise, regulate and authorize ... all manner of gaming within the kingdom". The term continued to be used through the 18th and 19th centuries as a reference to the owner, or manager of a gambling hall, or what we would call a croupier running a dice table.



    I also do a demo of man-powered wood turning and have a little website dedicated to the research I've done in wood turning through the ages.

    Music Yes
    Movies Old horror movies
    Vices Gin Martinis
    Here For Not Specified

    Combination game table

    Sunday, October 16, 2011, 12:31 PM [General]

    My latest one-of-a-kind work

    historicgames.com/ChessTablutTable.html

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    Naughty German Cards

    Sunday, July 10, 2011, 5:10 PM [General]

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    Naughty 16th Century German Cards


    Nicknamed the "poop deck" by some historical hobbyists, this will be our own replica of a satirical deck of cards dating from 1535 and designed by the German artist Peter Flötner. It used traditional German suits as well as "unter" and uber" figures rather than jacks and queens, and omits aces. 48-card decks were commonly used for a trick-taking game "Karnoffel." It was played mostly by the lower classes, and some naughty or satirical images on this deck reflect the game's lower class origins (the name Karnoffel itself translates as "hernia") It includes several satirical images such a monk vomiting, scenes of farting, spanking and "excreting".
    historicgames.com/RPcards.html

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Latest Comments


    Good sir, 'tis a pleasure to know of thy good fortune in this book venture. I pray the God of heaven and earth add success to your new partnership with the books' publisher.

    Catherine
    November 6, 2008
    9:08 AM

    Sorry for the late response, but thank you very much for adding me to your friends here. A have received a very warm welcome and I look forward to talking with you. Stop by and say hello sometime.



    Those cribbage boards are amazing!

    Shauna Burns
    May 3, 2008
    1:18 AM

    I doth have interest in the Tarot Cards. Pray thee kindly Sir, and share'st thou how I may these so obtained?

    Sir Mikel
    March 31, 2008
    12:13 PM

    Hey, just stopping by to wish you a great week.

    Ljdaguerre
    May 19, 2007
    8:03 PM