Strategy Cards (Decks)

Since composing music is a process of combining smaller elements to make larger ones, I used alchemy as a metaphor.

There is a loose correlation between the suits and substances, such that it is not necessarily the object of the game to turn abstractions (lead) into melodies (gold)--although that can be an interesting exercise.

For most of the cards, I used a Tarot style, although some of the cards are more modern, sometimes using my own images and artwork. (The images in the tarot are by Hieronymus Bosch, a 15th century Dutch painter.

The twelve keys follow the twelve Keys of Basilius Valentinus, the Benedictine, which were believed to open the doors of knowledge of the Most Ancient Stone and unseal the Most Secret Fountain of Health.

Game Rules (PDF)
Game Results (PDF)
"Parallel" Strategies"