WTB period playing cards and chips

Sean Powell · Post by **Sean Powell** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:51 am

Hello,

I'm going to be doing a lot less drinking (alcohol) at War this year and most of the games around my camp involve booze. I'm looking to pick up a few decks of preferably medieval cards so us old-farts can sip on a beer and play No-Limit Ansteorraa-hold-em by candle and oil-light. I know Effingham can print me cards with my choice of heraldry on the back but I was looking for something more documentable.

Also, I'm hoping to find cheep period looking coinage. I'd gladly get some stamped 15th century coins for the higher denominations but at $1/chip I might as well be playing with Sacajawea golden coins. My budget won't stretch to hundreds of dollars in period gambling money this year.

Any advice is appreciated.

Sean

knitebee · Post by **knitebee** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:30 pm

for inexpensive cards here you go http://www.historicgames.com/ I've a few decks from them and they are cheap enough that i dont have to worry about them getting abused or left out in the dew. For coinage I have to recomend Jehan and his company store for some fine replica coins.

brian

Ned Chaney · Post by **Ned Chaney** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:56 pm

Jehan de Pelham and Donasion are both moneyers. I'd get together with them for the coins.

Johannes · Post by **Johannes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:10 pm

We have a set of neat 16th century cards:

Hans Schaufelein's Deck

Fire Stryker · Post by **Fire Stryker** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:31 am

Guild of Saynt Luke

http://www.guildofsayntluke.co.uk/prints.htm

Look at the Practical images...3rd one in.

Has some 15th c Alsace
Price: Â£25 plus P & P

Coins: Jehan or Donasian

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:30 am

I'll second the Guild of Saynt Luke, those cards are wonderful, i have a set and they are worth every penny.

Seaweed · Post by **Seaweed** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:46 am

Okay I am not sure of these cards quality but i found this site and remembered this post so here you go

http://www.pillagedvillage.com/~pillage ... text=.html

^ · Post by ^ » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:55 pm

If you need to be nickel and dimeing on coins go with dimes or I suppose you could try and find some foreign coin with extremely little value. Unless someone finds an effective way to cast a medieval coin or makes a machine to mass produce them reproduction coins will simply cost too much to be effective.

I did a set of late-15th century-esque playing cards from woodcuts that I have on my computer but I've never seen a heavy enough cotton card stock that I liked.

WTB period playing cards and chips

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