[Bordermarch] Period Games

[W G Wimberley]

Isn't that great? I found rules someplace online that wrote the game instructions out in Elizabethan English. www.faires.com/newfarkle.html
 I liked reading them but I was looking for something simpler to tell about how to play, and found something more suitable to a wide age group learning to play.
-Meresankh
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>From: Phocas <phocas at bordermarch.org>
>Sent: Aug 22, 2008 9:42 PM
>To: 'Barony Bordermarch' <bordermarch at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Bordermarch] Period Games
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>Lady Meresankh,
>     How cool!   I've played Farkel a bit in the past before my SCA days and
>we were addicted to playing for a good while.  I had no idea it was a period
>game....  So I wanted to know more and went looking it up...  This is what I
>found:
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>>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>  Farkle or Farkel is a dice game that has also been called Zonk, Zilch,
>5000, 10000, Wimp Out, Hot Dice, Buzzball, Oh Crap, Quack, Sand, and
>Greed[1]. Its origins as a folk game are unknown, but it has been marketed
>since 1996 under the brand name Pocket Farkel[2]. While the basic rules are
>well-established, there is a wide range of variation in both scoring and
>play, as described below...
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>from http://renstorearticles.blogspot.com/2007/03/farkle-game-of-dice.html
>  One popular game in the time of Queen Bess was known as Farkle. It is a
>kinsman to Yatzee and easy to learn. Add some period style entertainment to
>your next event with this fun game that can be played by two or more players
>just about anywhere.
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>from: http://www.farkel.com/facts.php
>   History of Farkel:
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>The original game is said to have been first played in Iceland by Sir Albert
>Farkle in the 14th century. Since then, it has been played in a few
>different styles, but the original game has survived for over 700 years. So
>there must be something to it!
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>Phocas
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>From: On Behalf Of W G Wimberley
> Subject: Re: [Bordermarch] A & S doings
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>My Lady Therese, 
>     I am up to my eyeballs in knitting and crocheting as usual. I just
>completed a filet crochet 'board' for a medieval game called 'Alquerque'
>that I discovered on the Web, written of by another SCAdian (from where I
>cannot at present recall). The game is sort of like checkers but the board
>isn't remotely like a checkerboard. I am trying to come up with period games
>in forms that can be kept in a compact pouch for easy carrying. This is my
>first, beyond a dice game called 'Farkel,' that I've found that date back
>several hundred years and could be used in period. With Farkel, all one
>needs is 6 dice, the rules and a pouch to keep the dice in, so I crocheted a
>couple of dice pouches for my lord husband and myself so we each have a set.
>I've another couple of games I want to work on.
>     ....
>-Lady Meresankh Wimhotep
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