[Steppes] Gulf Wars 2005 - Gift basket Project recap

[Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio]

There is no guild for what some of us do. Now that we have an idea of how
casting works however we could cast some of the game pieces with a small
group of us. I know a certain someone (apprenti brother) that already has
molds of pieces for some of these games. **wink**

Would you all be open to us casting the pieces out of pewter? Or do you
all want to design whole new pieces instead?

Chiara

Brent Ryder said:
> Howdy all,
>
> OK, looks like the project is going to be games and this idea has been
> claimed by HE Valeria for the barony's contribution to the Gulf Wars
> Largess
> baskets.
>
> The ideas for this so far include the assumed period games of:
>
> Chess
> Checkers
> Goose
> Nine Man Morris
> Ship, Captain, Mate and Crew
> Shut the Box
> Tablero
>
> HE Valeria has a book on period games so we can choose which ones we want
> to
> do and wants to include 2-4 games.
>
> The general concensus is to make the boards out of fabric, possibly
> embroidered or painted, with a draw-string that makes the board(s)
> themselves into a bag to carry the respective pieces (dice, chessmen,
> checkers, etc).
>
> There has been a suggestion that the various guilds produce their own
> versions of the games based on what skills they possess. I can see entire
> sections like all the boards, all the dice, all the men, all the
> instructions, etc being done by the various guilds, but not having each
> group do an entire set. We want these to be uniform so that everyone gets
> the same thing.
>
> Now we need to make final decisions on which games to include and then we
> can get started. I  would suggest the following division of labor for the
> projects:
>
> I can see the C&I guild doing the instructions
>
> Clothier's guild doing the boards - painted, embroidered, etc, whichever
> looks the best
>
> We could include a potpourri bag in the sets from the herbal guild
>
> What guild(s) or household(s) are interested in making the game pieces?
>
> Borek
>
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