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| The cards are full color - 54 included |
I have always loved trading cards. Collecting
baseball cards and football cards is something almost every kid in
America has done. When I was growing up in the 60’s, we also collected
card decks for our favorite TV shows, like Batman, The
Green Hornet, The Man from Uncle and many other popular shows. My own
son has collected more modern collectable card games, like Yu-Gi-Oh and
Magic: The Gathering.
Surfing the internet, I’ve also seen vintage card
games like In Castle Land, and been fascinated by the innumerable series
of trading cards that were once offered with cigarettes and tobacco.
With all of these in mind, it seemed only natural
to utilize my printing and publishing experience to develop a game and a
series of collectable cards that featured famous English houses.
Naturally, these would initially focus on examples
from the Medieval, Tudor, Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
As a result, we are now releasing our first
collectible card game, Mind Your Manors, which was designed with our
printing partner, American Biblioverken and produced by The Gamecrafter,
a US company that specializes in custom, print-on-demand
games. The cards are high-quality, printed to the same specifications
as most playing cards or popular gaming decks you would find in any
hobby or retail store.
As for the game, it is a simple, turn-based game,
where the object is to be the first to collect one or more suits of a
particular color; the play is somewhat similar to old games like In
Castle Land or Happy Family – and you may wish to
develop your own rules.
The real star here is the card deck. Each game deck
includes 52 full color cards, each of which depicts a country house
illustration on the front and a brief history and notes on the reverse
side. I’m sure many people would enjoy the decks
for their collectible value alone, and we are currently developing
supplemental card decks as well, including additional country houses and
manors from this period, as well as other periods, including the
Victorian and Edwardian Ages. Future plans also include
a card deck and a separate board game featuring many classic town and
country pubs.
To read more about the game and to order game
decks, visit The Mind Your Manors page at The Gamecrafter. The company does ship
internationally; check their order page for costs and delivery info.
It’s also important to note that since the games are print-on-demand,
additional time may be needed for production.
Here is a list of the houses included in the deck:
BLUE SET
1 HARDWICK
2 HADDON
3 WINGFIELD
4 MONTACUTE
5 ASHTON
6 CLEVEDON
7 BARRINGTON
RED SET
8 CHASTELTON HOUSE
9 NORTH ASTON HALL
10 ASTHALL MANOR
11 MAPLEDURHAM HOUSE
12 BURFORD PRIORY
13 CARSWELL MANOR
14 GARSINGTON MANOR
GREEN SET
15 ASCOTT HOUSE
16 HARTWELL HOUSE
17 DORNEY COURT
18 CHENIES
19 CHEQUERS
20 DORTON
21 GAYHURST
PURPLE SET
22 SWARLAND OLD HALL
23 APETHORPE HALL
24 BARNWELL
25 BURTON CONSTABLE
26 BURTON AGNES
27 FOUNTAINS
28 HOWSHAM
AQUA SET
29 COMPTON WYNYATES
30 CASTLE ASHBY
31 CHARLECOTE PARK
32 PACKWOOD HOUSE
33 ST JOHNS HOUSE
34 COOMBE ABBEY
35 BURGHLEY HOUSE
ORANGE SET
36 WOLLATON HALL
37 LONGLEAT HOUSE
38 CHARLTON PARK
39 LITTLECOTE HOUSE
40 CORESHAM COURT
41 BOLEHYDE MANOR
42 CHARLWOOD HOUSE
MAROON SET
43 BOOTHBY PAGNELL
44 ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE
45 THE VYNE
46 LITTLE MORETON HALL
47 DODDINGTON HALL
48 GREAT BIDLAKE
49 AUDLEY END
BLACK (ROYAL) SET
50 HAMPTON COURT
51 RICHMOND PALACE
52 TOWER OF LONDON
53 Card List & Intro Text
54 Rules
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