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Karniffel Germany and Switzerland played from1420- to today The Karniffel card game is indeed significant in European card-playing history, recognized as one of the oldest continual traditions of playing cards on the continent. Originating in the early 15th century, the game is linked to both Germany and Switzerland, and its rules have evolved over the centuries while maintaining fundamental elements that mark its historical continuity. Historical Background and Significance : The game first appeared in German-speaking regions around the 1420s, and it's documented in records from cities such as Strasbourg. It is named after a character in the game, often depicted as a jester or fool, which reflects the game’s playful nature. During the late medieval and Renaissance periods, Karniffel became especially popular, noted for its unique mechanics and structure compared to other games of its time. It is recognized as the first documented European card game to feature the concept of &quo

  Hazard     Rules Any number may play, however, only one player – the  caster  – has the dice at any one time. In each round, the caster specifies a number between 5 and 9 inclusive: this is the  main . They then throw two dice. - If they roll the main, he wins (throws in or nicks). - If they roll a 2 or a 3, he loses (throws out). - If they roll an 11 or 12, the result depends on the main: - with a main of 5 or 9, they throw out with both an 11 and a 12; - with a main of 6 or 8, they throw out with an 11 but nicks with a 12; - with a main of 7, they nick with an 11 but throw out with a 12. - If they neither nick nor throw out, the number thrown is called the chance. They throw the dice again: - if they roll the chance, they win; - if they roll the main, they lose (unlike on the first throw); - if they roll neither, they keep throwing until he rolls one or the other, winning with the chance and losing with the main. This is simpler to follow in a table: Main

  Farkle Rules of Play Farkle is played by 2 or more players, each player in succession having a turn at throwing the dice. Each player's turn results in a score and the scores for each player accumulate to some winning total (usually 5,000 or 10,000). At the beginning of each turn, the player throws all six, six-sided dice. After each throw, one or more scoring dice must be set aside. The player may either end their turn and bank the score accumulated or continue to throw the remaining dice. If the player has scored all six dice, they have “hot dice” and must continue their turn with a new throw of all six dice, adding to the score they have already accumulated. If none of the dice score in any given throw, the player has “Farkled” and all points for that turn are lost. At the end of the player's turn, the dice are handed to the next player in succession (usually in clockwise rotation), and they have their turn. Once a player has achieved a winning point total,

  The Game of Nodde: as Redacted By Lady Mwynwen Ysginidd Called Strawberry from Willughby, Francis, “A Volume of Plaies” Object: To peg (score) 31 or greater before your opponent Equipment used to play: deck of 52 cards, Nodde board or tally board/sheet Aces: 1 point 2-10: scored at face value. For example, a 3 card would be worth 3 points. Jacks, Queens, Kings: 10 points The board is 2 to 4  tracks of holes that pegs for scoring will fit. (Though score could be kept on a tally) there are 30 holes for scoring for each player then one more shared hole for the winners peg. A board could have but doesn’t require to extra holes in each track for the starting pegs to rest before scoring starts. The players always moves the hindmost peg and counts from the foremost peg. How to play:  Two to four players. If play is with four players you can play teams, then it is played as teams of two. Team players sit alternating with opponents. Teams peg on the same track. Or with f

  One & Thirty   Thirty-One is one of the card world’s oldest games, dating back to at least the 1440s. Considered a gentleman’s gambling game, Thirty-One was mentioned in one of Bernadine of Sienne’s anti-gambling sermons. Many games scholars consider Thirty-One to be an early ancestor of the games Blackjack and Cribbage. Thirty-One is first mentioned in a French translation of a 1440 sermon by the Italian, Saint Bernadine, so is believed to be of Italian origin. It is mentioned by Rabelais, Cardano, and numerous other 16th century sources. The game spread rapidly across Europe to become popular in France, England, and Ireland and is a precursor to Vingt-Un. In the 1670s, Francis Willughby recorded Thirty-One being played in England. mentioned in Shakespeare "Bone-ace.  This old game, popularly called "One-and-Thirty," is alluded to by Grumio in "Taming of the Shrew" (i. 2): "Well, was it fit for a servant to use his master so; being, perhaps, for aug

Senet         Class notes first taught by me at Pennsic 49 2022 By THL Mwynwen Ysginidd Called Strawberry  Search Blog for Stick dice for other notes    “In a presentation to the XX Board Games Studies Colloquium at the  University of Copenhagen , Denmark,  Espen Aarseth  asked if the game senet could be said to still exist, given that the rules were unknown. [11]  In response,  Alexander de Voogt  of the  American Museum of Natural History  pointed out that games did not have a fixed set of rules, but rules varied over time and from place to place. Moreover, many players of games, even today, do not play (or sometimes do not even know) the "official rules".” Quote from Wikki WITH THIS IN MIND, I PRESENT ONE SET OF RULES Materials: Senet board, 4 throwing sticks, 5 dark tokens, 5 light tokens Setup: Place all the colored tokens on squares 1–10, with the light tokens on the odd-numbered squares and the dark tokens on the even-numbered squares How Players Move: Toss