Inglewood Hunting Deck

Named after a historical Royal hunting forest close to Carlisle in the north of England, this pack by Cumbrian artist and designer Ian Cumpstey was first published in 2016. The pack described here is the 2nd edition of 2023 – it has a few minor design changes, but with unchanged artwork on the card faces. The concept was inspired by two 15th century packs with suits based on a hunting theme: the Ambras Hunting Deck (Ambraser Hofjagdspiel, ca. 1440, with suits of hawks, hounds, lures, and herons) and the Stuttgart Deck (Stuttgarter Kartenspiel, ca. 1430, with suits of hawks, hounds, deer, and ducks). This pack has suits of hawks, hounds, pheasants and deer.

The suits are easily distinguished not only by the animals appearing on the cards, but also by the background colours, and, for the court cards, by the colours of the clothing: hawks are on sky blue with navy blue clothing; hounds are on maroon and dark green with scarlet clothing; deer are on lilac with turquoise clothing; and pheasants are on yellow-orange with maroon clothing. The tens are marked with the Roman numeral X, and illustrated with banners. There are two extra cards which can serve as jokers, and one further card explaining the inspiration for this pack. See the box

Above: Inglewood Hunting Deck (second edition) created by Ian Cumpstey (t/a Northern Displayers and Skadi Press), United Kingdom, 2023. Printed by Cartamundi.

References

Kickstarter: The Inglewood Hunting Deck second edition 2023►

Kickstarter: The Inglewood Hunting Deck first edition 2016►

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: Ambraser Hofjagdspiel►

Landesmuseum Württemberg: Stuttgarter Kartenspiel►