Groomporter


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    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
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    Book featuring our 16th C. Cards

    Thursday, November 6, 2008, 07:29 AM [General]

    We were contacted by  the publiisher of this book to get permission to use our 16th century Frech cards as the featured deck in it. Love and Destiny: Discover the Secret Language of Relationships In return for using our cards they're putting a full color full page ad for us in the back of the book.The book is supposed to come out next month.

     

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    Playing Card printing history

    Sunday, November 2, 2008, 04:46 PM [General]

    I spent some time today updating some of the info on our website about the history of playing card printing. I found a couple 16th century illustrations of a man engraving wood blocks for printing cards, and another stenciling the colors.

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    Oak & Pewter Morris Games

    Thursday, October 30, 2008, 03:14 PM [General]

    Limited Edition run of only 5 sets http://historicgames.com/wood.html

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    Morris game preview

    Saturday, October 25, 2008, 08:34 AM [General]

    A little preview of the pewter game pieces for the limited edition oak Morris games we are working on and will be available for the Christmas season.

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    Pentalpha is back

    Sunday, October 19, 2008, 08:07 AM [General]

    We just finished a limited run of 25 wooden hand-colored Pentalpha games featuring my original Celtic pentagram design. I originally created it as a solitaire/puzzle game that was played on a five-pointed star, but many of our original boards were bought for altar pieces for our Pagan/Wiccan customers. (Solstice is coming...  Roll Eyes )

     See our Wood Game Boards page http://historicgames.com/wood.html for more information.

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