[Bryn-gwlad] cloth board game documentation

[Brett Chandler-Finch]

Rune cloths were used by the Norse, as well cloth game
bags  by the Bedouins in Persia.  I just do not have
the sources anymore.  Part of the documentation
problem is that they were primarily used by travelers
who would not have been the subject of many
illustrators paintings.  that and the volatile nature
of cloth only the pieces remain.   game boards then as
now would have been sought out more for artistic
beauty then portability.  it would be like comparing a
modern plastic piece chess set for 2-3 dollars to a
set that was carved and inlaid with silver on a
mahogany board.  no one cares about the lower end
items.

If we do make the set out of wood we may need to watch
out for one thing.  a woman who made a book of games
in Bjornesburg told me she had a problem with the
thinner wood on the boards warping on her.   we may
have a similar problem with thin boards in a box set.


 
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