Rush4Rod
High Hand
Love the parchment or wall effect but don't care for the color matching of the background as it takes away from the Old World look and detracts from the shield. I'd try to find a neutral color that worked for all chips.
I agree with Courage. The color-matching of the background pattern in the latest set has picked up a "pastel" color quality which seems out of place for the theme. Am not sure that can be solved with color choice; it may be less pronounced with the parchment pattern instead of the bricks, because the brick background has a lot of white mixed in.
A single, neutral background would do better to tie the set together, so I lean towards the parchment, personally.
A single, neutral background is what I had in mind for these. Should the background be darker?