What are Coaching Cards

Coaching cards are a tool to help you pause and think. Each card gives you a question, image, or idea that helps you reflect on something in your life - like a challenge, a decision, or how you're feeling.

They don’t tell you what to do. They help you explore what matters, in your own way and at your own pace, and you can use them by yourself, with a coach, or in a group.

There’s no right or wrong way to use them - just your way!

Used Coaching Cards before?

Here’s How 1871 Is Different.

If you’ve used coaching or reflection cards before, you already know the power of a well-timed question. You’ve likely seen how a simple prompt can open a meaningful conversation, unlock insight, or invite a breakthrough. But 1871: A Time Before isn’t just another card deck. It’s something entirely different.

This Isn’t a Framework. It’s a World.

1871 isn’t a model, colour system, or fixed sequence.

It’s a richly imagined place - a frontier town called SageBrush Crossing, built on metaphor, story, and deep human wisdom.

Each card draws you into this world:

Characters with real backstories and unique philosophies
Moments in Time that capture emotional turning points
Spiritual Animal Guides that offer intuitive reflection
Objects & Artefacts that act as anchors for inner work
Locations that hold symbolic meaning
Skies & Seasons that explore emotion and environment metaphorically
Campfire Conversation prompts that encourage deeper thinking about the challenges we often face.

It’s not about choosing from a list of options.

It’s about meeting ideas that meet you where you are; emotionally, imaginatively, reflectively.

Designed for Depth, Not Diagnosis

Where some decks focus on categorising, profiling, or steering conversation, 1871 invites ambiguity, slowness, and metaphor.

There are:

No types
No right answers
No fixed ‘outcomes’

Instead, every card can be used:

As a coaching entry point
To reframe stuck thinking
As a metaphor lens in group work
To deepen journaling or personal reflection
Or to bridge silence with story in hard-to-talk-about spaces.

For Coaches, Facilitators & Practitioners

You’ll find the 1871: A Time Before collection ideal if you:

Work with those who benefit from gentle metaphor, visual prompts, or non-linear ways of thinking and exploring. And people who prefer to explore through imagination, emotion, and quiet reflection - rather than labels, lists, or fast answers
Work with clients on identity, purpose, or transition
Support people processing grief, burnout, change, or growth
Want to help clients explore without fixing or analysing
Need fresh tools for symbolic, narrative, or visual coaching.

You don’t need to abandon your frameworks - 1871 fits around them.

But it adds something most tools can’t:

Poetic space. Emotional resonance. Human soul.

Choose your trail

The Saloon Backroom

This is the lifetime access option for those who want to own the full Founders Collection outright with no monthly fees required.

✔ Lifetime access to the full Founders Collection ( 130 cards across 7 decks)

✔ All core resources, including digital backgrounds and guidebooks

✔ Free access to our Conversation Partner - the 1871 AI bot.

✔ No subscription, no ongoing cost.

Best for:

Individuals who want to explore 1871: A Time Before at their own pace. A generous bundle of tools for reflection - perfect for personal use, coaching conversations, or small group sessions.

No expiration. No fuss. Just the keys to the saloon - and everything behind the red curtain.

No ongoing membership, just the treasure and a map to use it. Your cabin key is waiting, but only during launch week.

Pull back the curtain

The Private Reserve

This Private Reserve is for those ready to go deeper and includes everything in the Saloon Backroom plus:

✔ Monthly content updates to deepen your experience

✔ FREE access to all expansion packs as they’re released

✔ Exclusive creative prompts, character insights & bonus materials

✔ Free access to our Conversation Partner - the 1871 AI bot.

✔ Grows with you over time - something new to explore every month.

Best for:

Coaches, creatives, reflective individuals, and practitioners who want fresh material each month, and a richer, ongoing relationship with the world of 1871.

Designed for committed travellers and reflective guides as the story of SageBrush Crossing continues to unfold.

The Private Reserve

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