Games

Morris boards

Backgammon boards

Gluckshaus boards

Dice

Balls

Jacks/knucklebones

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Game boards

Morris boards

This board is to be featured in our forthcoming Historical Replica Construction – Mary Rose : Volume 1.

References: 

Gardiner, J., Allen, M.J., Alburger, M.A. and others. (2005). Before the Mast – Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose (Archaeology of the Mary Rose Volume 4). United Kingdom, Portsmouth: The Mary Rose Trust.

Grunfeld, F. V. (1975). Games of the World. United States, Saint Louis: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 59–61.

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Glückshaus/Game of 7 boards

Glückshaus board (15th-16th C, Germany)

Inspired by a board in the Bavarian National Museum (museum number R 94). One side features numbers and the other dice spots. Frame and panel board, painted with lamp black, chalk white and rose madder lake pigments.

This board is to be featured in our forthcoming Historical Replica Construction – Fifteenth Century: Volume 1.

References: 

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. (n.d.). Spielkasten für Glückshaus, Schach und Trick-Track. www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/sammlung/00033166

Grunfeld, F. V. (1975). Games of the World. United States, Saint Louis: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Sands Holt, M. (2025, March 14). History of Glückhaus-The Game of Sevens. The Rampant Strawberry Inn — A place for medieval games and how to play them. [blog post]. therampantstrawberry.blogspot.com/2025/03/history-of-gluckhaus-game-of-sevens.html

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Dice

Antler dice

Early modern dice have the same opposing sum, but with single dots instead of the cup and ring.

Reference: 

Egan, G. (1997). Dice. Finds Research Group Datasheet 23. United Kingdom, Hereford: The Finds Research Group.

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