Groomporter



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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
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    Living History Podcast

    Saturday, December 19, 2009, 11:03 AM [General]

    I haven't listened to it yet, but thought I should pass the link along

    Living History Podcast
    livinghistorypodcast.com/

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    Bone & Oak Morris Game

    Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:31 AM [General]

    I just finished the pieces for a one-of-a-kind Morris game using buffalo toe bones as the game pieces


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    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 06, 2008
    08:08 AM CST

    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 03, 2008
    02:18 AM CST

    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
    02:13 PM CST

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

    Ljdaguerre
    May 19, 2007
    08:03 PM CST