Age Cards Generator by Bart Nijs

version 1.2.1

New:
1) added INVERSE mode. Calculate the chosen value based on the discarded items instead of the kept items.
2) added RANDOMIZE checkbox. This randomizes the order of the items on the cards.

If you don't know what this is, sorry. This tool is provided for you without support or explanation. If you have been into magic for a little while you will know what this is. If not, ask a magician friend.

How it works: Just enter a list of words and the cards will be autogenerated on the fly.
The mode selector: regular creates cards where you add the values of the chosen cards as in most effects, inverse let's you add the values of the discarded cards as in Max Maven's Racer's Edge.

Enter your list, one item per line

Items: 0

(Turns green if values can be equally distributed over a number of cards)

Select mode


Credits

You can find more information about this age old principle on the Genii forum.

If you like this principle, take a look at Mark Lemon's Chroma. A lot of Paul Carnazzo's wallet cards are based on this as well. Craig Petty's EDCeipt is another modern version. I recently also found David J. Greene's The Lucky Fortune. This feels like a very organic way of using this principle.

The applications are limited to your imagination only. Use it with monsters on Halloween, Easter Egg motives (yes with actual images), for murder mystery type routines, zodiac signs, movies, logos, shopping lists, ...