History of Gluckhaus-The Game of Sevens
History of Gluckhaus, The Game of Sevens The game we call Gluckhaus today is likely not the original one. The name has been ascribed to a game that was called many things, but mostly Game of Seven's. There are even rules to play this game as a drinking game. ( The Treatise Palamedes Redivivus, edition 1730) The oldest board that represents what we play with today is a two-sided board estimated to be from 1475 to 1525. Despite the stories of boards always missing a 4, this board has a 4 on both sides. Oldest surviving board that looks to be for the Game of 7's Board from Pszczyna, Castle Museum. Catalogue No 351 Dice-board, Inv No R 94 Germany, 16th C (?) Plain framework with filling of untreated wood. Both sides are painted with ten equally large circles around a larger circle in the centre. The larger circle contains a chalice, on one side with a number 7, and in the smaller circles on that side the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, XI, and XII; on the...