Pre-order Qualia Cards Massachusetts
The Forty-Eight
New Hampshire's 48 peaks over 4,000 feet, one to a card, ranked by height. Each peak is drawn as its skyline seen from a road or another summit, with its height and its number on the list.
$30 a deck, free US shipping
The pre-order terms
- $30 a deck, free US shipping.
- Charged when you pre-order.
- Pre-orders close Friday, November 13.
- If 36 decks are ordered (shops and people together), it prints and ships by December 11.
- If not, every pre-order is refunded in full by November 16.
The checklist
Every peak card has a box marked CLIMBED. The four aces are the checklist, with a box to tick for each summit you stand on. The king of spades is Mount Washington, 6,288 feet, number 1 of the 48.
The taller peak wins.
It is also a trick-taking game for 3 to 6 players, printed on a rules card in every deck. In each suit the king is tallest and the 2 lowest; all spades stand above all hearts, hearts above diamonds, diamonds above clubs. So the higher card is always the higher mountain. The jokers are weather: a joker played to a trick hands it to the lowest peak.
One trick: Mount Washington (6,288 ft) beats Mount Lafayette (5,260 ft) and Mount Garfield (4,500 ft).
A few of the cards
Ace of spades: the checklist
King of spades: Mount Washington, 6,288 ft
Eight of spades: Mount Lafayette, 5,260 ft
King of hearts: Mount Carrigain, 4,700 ft
Nine of hearts: Mount Garfield, 4,500 ft
The rules card
The back: the 4,000-foot country, with the 48 summits marked
The deck
- Poker size, 2.5 × 3.5 in
- 52 cards, 2 jokers and a rules card in a printed tuck box
- Standard corner indices
- Each peak card gives its height, its number on the list and where the view is from
Made by Qualia Cards, a small card maker in Massachusetts. Shops: write to rupert@qualiacards.com for wholesale terms.