Games & Passtimes

Ideas for whiling away idle periods at camping events.

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Evrart de Conty, Livre des échecs amoureux moralisés ; Jacques Legrand, Archiloge Sophie | Gallica

Chess

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The (Italian) Mother of Backgammon – La Bella Donna

Backgammon

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Games board / accessories. 1525-75. Granada. Chess, backgammon, Fox & Geese, Nine men's morris.

Seventeenth Century and Later - The Historic Games Shop

Other board games

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Roman rock crystal dice, marked one to six. 1st-2nd century AD

Eike <von Repgow> Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel — Ostmitteldeutschland, Anfang 14. Jh. Cod. Pal. germ. 164 Folio 10r

Dice & Dice Games

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Cards

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Puppets

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Dolls

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Toys

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1252-84.Alfonso X of Castile. Cantigas de Santa María. Library of the Monastery of El Escorial manuscripts. Medieval baseball (El juego de la Pelota)

Ball games

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Other outdoor games

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Music

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FREE SHIPPING Hnefatafl is an ancient Viking board game where an overwhelming force of raiding attackers clash in battle with the defending king and his loyal force of warriors. The game was highly appreciated by the Vikings who used it to perfect their strategies in war. This Hnefatafl is based on the find in grave 581 in Birka, Sweden. We made the board for the Birka Museum's new exhibition about the grave, and studied the actual find at the Swedish History Museum. The grave belonged to a high

I made these as prizes for Boar's Head this year. Each wooden box had a game board on the top as well as four leather game boards, dice and a leather bag containing glass pieces.

Modern Reproductions

dice | British Museum

Roman rock crystal dice, marked one to six. 1st-2nd century AD

17th Century Clothing

Women playing backgammon - Miniature from 'Libro De Los Juegos' by...

Women playing backgammon - Miniature from 'Libro De Los Juegos' (The Book of Games) by Alfonso X, called The Wise (1221-1284), 1283 - Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial, Spain

an old drawing of a man holding a check register with a pot on the table in front of him

The (Italian) Mother of Backgammon

The (Italian) Mother of Backgammon – La Bella Donna

an old wooden board game with white balls in it and drawstring bag next to it

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FREE SHIPPING Hnefatafl is an ancient Viking board game where an overwhelming force of raiding attackers clash in battle with the defending king and his loyal force of warriors. The game was highly appreciated by the Vikings who used it to perfect their strategies in war. This Hnefatafl is based on the find in grave 581 in Birka, Sweden. We made the board for the Birka Museum's new exhibition about the grave, and studied the actual find at the Swedish History Museum. The grave belonged to a high

two people playing checkers on a table in front of a wall with writing that reads,

Faulty medieval chess boards

a wooden board game with pieces arranged on it

Fox and Geese originated in northern Europe some time during the Viking Age. The game is a contest between one Fox and 13 Geese.The Fox must try to remove all the Geese, or at least enough of them so that there are not enough left for a capture.

two people playing cards at a table in front of a painting on the wall behind them

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Interior of an Inn, detail of backgammon players

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an old painting with people playing cards in it

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Illuminated Manuscripts

Evrart de Conty, Livre des échecs amoureux moralisés ; Jacques Legrand, Archiloge Sophie

Evrart de Conty, Livre des échecs amoureux moralisés ; Jacques Legrand, Archiloge Sophie | Gallica

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three men are talking to each other in front of a light bulb hanging from the ceiling

In pictures: medieval life

"Four men are seen apple bobbing (or playing 'bob-apple') in this early 14th-century image. Bobbing for apples was incorporated into Halloween celebrations by the Romans. Ghost stories enthralled medieval readers" (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) Wish I knew where they are getting that information from. The image looks like a re-draw, no idea where it is from

a yellow box sitting on top of a red cloth covered floor next to two dice boards

I made these as prizes for Boar's Head this year. Each wooden box had a game board on the top as well as four leather game boards, dice and a leather bag containing glass pieces.