The Minden Assistant is now available for download. Note, this is very much in beta at the moment and you download and use it at your own risk. That said, the latest version is stable and is a brilliant piece of work by Paul Caswell, a long time Minden Cricket fan. Almost all of the Advanced Rules have been implemented, and you are able to choose between the Basic and Advanced Game. The Helper keeps track of all the stats as you play, rolls dice, and flips cards!

To use it you still need the Minden Playing Card Cricket game itself and the player cards as you do the look ups yourself, but it makes playing the game and keeping track of the stats and game conditions super easy.

Note, once you have downloaded the helper you need to do the followings in setting in Excel to ensure the helper runs correctly:

  • The ActiveX settings under File -> Options -> Trust Centre – > Trust Centre Settings… -> Active X Settings. It should be set to Prompt me before enabling all controls with minimal restrictions. Also ensure that the option Safe Mode is unchecked.
  • The Macro settings under File -> Options -> Trust Centre – > Trust Centre Settings… -> Macro Settings. It should be set to Disable all macros with notification.

Any recommendations for improvement or if you find any bugs please let us know.

  • The Version of MPCC Assistant you are running (the file name)
  • Which operating system you are running
  • Which version of Excel you are running.

You can download the MPCC Assistant by visiting this page on our the official Minden Playing Card Cricket site and adding the product to your basket then checking out. It’s totally free so enjoy!

Have fun and again a huge thank you to Paul for his hard work.