[Bryn-gwlad] Ancient Board Games - British Museum Press (fwd)

Tue Oct 2 09:08:05 PDT 2007

Gluckhaus is a board/gambling game that lends itself to artistic creativity.
Based on my research, the boards were elaborated decorated based on themes.
You need at least 9 spaces on the board but can have as many as 12 depending
on how you want to decorate it.

You have spaces for 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 that are big enough to hold
one piece of loot. You need a larger space for 7 because that is the "pot"
that builds. When you roll a 2, you clear the board of all loot except for
the "pot". If you roll a 4 you either lose a turn or some other penalty. If
you roll a 12, you take everything on the table. To make the game more user
friendly, you can create spaces for 2, 4, and 12 that explain what to do if
you roll that number but since you don't need to put anything on the spots,
they aren't required.

You can do a 12 days of Christmas theme, a Tudor Theme, a tarot theme, or
whatever theme takes your fancy to decorate the board and the spaces. I have
one that has cats dressed up in slightly post period clothing using tarot
cards.

I like the game because it is fun and easy to play, doesn't take a lot of
concentration so you can socialize easily while playing, and the limit on
people who can play is based on how many you can gather around the board.
You can get quite a crowd around it and the jibes back and forth can be
quite fun!

Ysabeau

On 10/2/07, Eric W. Brown <Brown.EricW at jobcorps.org> wrote:
>
>  *Ah cool,*
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> * *
>
> *I've been playing with Brass etching of late (so far I've etched the
> image on and '82 land cruiser), this seemed like an*
>
> *Interesting excuse to play with it some more…*
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> * *
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> *Are there any other interesting board types other than 9 man morris and
> Fox and the hens that folks can point to online?*
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> * *
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> *Obviously chess is period, what about checkers and backgammon?*
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> *If anyone has any links to particularly attractive black and white
> drawings of boards I'd greatly appreciate a mention.*
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> * *
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> *I know I'm coming into this late… so excuse me if I'm causing a rehash of
> already covered topics.*
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> * *
>
> *Cal-*
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> *From:* bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:
> bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] *On Behalf Of *Ysabeau
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:56 AM
> *To:* Barony of Bryn Gwlad
> *Subject:* Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Ancient Board Games - British Museum Press
> (fwd)
>
>
>
> If I remember correctly, baronies are asked to provide gifts for the crown
> to give to other crowns at Gulf Wars. Shires are asked to do the same for
> Pennsic.
>
>
>
> The barony decided to provide games as our gift for the next Gulf Wars.
> Dreda is organizing the creation of the games. I believe it was decided to
> use boxes instead of fabric or boards. I'm not sure which games were decided
> on.
>
>
>
> I have been making wooden game boards but find that they are heavier and
> harder to pack than fabric ones. They also don't lend themselves to
> spontaneous games because you can't carry them with you easily.  I might
> switch to fabric drawstring sets in the future when I finish my stock of
> boards. If I make them so they can be drawn up into a pouch, I can hang it
> from my belt and carry it with me instead of having to go back to camp to
> get the board and stuff.
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>
> Ysabeau
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> On 10/2/07, *Eric W. Brown* <Brown.EricW at jobcorps.org> wrote:
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> *Just to refresh my memory, *
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> *We want period games crafted by BrynGwladi so that they can be gifts for
> an event, yes?*
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>
> *Gulf wars?  I can't seem to recall the event.*
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> *Thanks,*
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> * *
>
> *Cal-*
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> * *
>
> *From:* bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:
> bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] *On Behalf Of *Ysabeau
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:56 AM
> *To:* Barony of Bryn Gwlad
> *Subject:* Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Ancient Board Games - British Museum Press
> (fwd)
>
>
>
> Actually, I can ~lol~. Okay, I just looked it up because the book is at
> home.
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>
>
> *Medieval Games**
> ...by Salamallah the Corpulent*
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>
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> This is the only place I found that has it available online. It is at the
> bottom of the page.
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> http://www.gamepuzzles.com/histfun2.htm
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> Damiana also has a copy of the book.
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>
> Ysabeau
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> On 10/2/07, *Richard Yeager* <chuymonstre at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This just came out of the e-mail limbo that is going on.  Can you recall
> the title and author?
>
> Cuan mac Niall
>
> Sorry, I teach on Tuesday and never get to make PiP.
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> *Ysabeau <lady.ysabeau at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> I bought a book at Pennsic that is a comprehensive guide to period games.
> I'm hoping it is in the box that I have a friend mailing to me and not in my
> luggage because my luggage hasn't made it back from Pennsic yet. : (  If and
> when I get the book I will be more than happy to bring it out. It is the
> latest edition of the book that Pegasus has.
>
>
>
> Ysabeau
>
>
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> On 8/14/07, *Hal Siegel* <therion at therionarms.com > wrote:
>
>
> A while back there was a long discussion on this list about board games.
> Forwarding on this message for folks who might be interested ...
>
>               Hal Siegel - TherionArms
>              http://www.therionarms.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:08:57 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> From: ian.stevens at dbbcdist.com
> To: therion at therionarms.com
> Subject: A special offer from DBBC and the British Museum Press
>
> Just published in the UK and on its way to us even as my grubby, stubby
> fingers type this message, is a book from the British Museum that is
> causing some excitement within the walls of the Oxbow/DBBC offices.
>
> "Ancient Board Games in Perspective" presents papers from a conference
> that took place at the BM in 1990. Covering the games of the Egyptians,
> Greeks, Romans, Mesopotamians, Indians and Chinese and with special
> sections on Chess, Backgammon and Mankala, the papers are truly
> all-encompassing.
>
> What is more, we are delighted to offer the book at a special
> pre-publication price of $75 (the book is regularly $100) until the end of
>
> September 2007.
>
> Click the link below for a full list of papers and contributors. We should
> have the book by the middle of September at the latest and will look
> forward to shipping your orders as soon as it arrives.
>
> With regards,
>
> Ian Stevens
> The David Brown Book Company
> Tel: 1-800-791-9354
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 'Ancient Board Games in Perspective' - edited by Irving Finkel
> List Price: US$ 100.00 * Our Price: US$ 75.00 *
> Link: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm?ID=45243&MID=7335
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