Rules for Gluckhaus (House of Fortune)

Gluckshaus (House of Fortune)
This is a photograph of my hand stamped boards they are available for sale they email me for prices I have on cotton or linen or silk

Gluckshaus 
Is a very simple game there are only 2 known surviving boards from before the 17 century. There are a few theories one from Lady Heather Hall (Heather Rocchi) A Master playing card researcher and reconstruction artist, is that the game was played with just playing cards. This is backed by the concept that some boards from Germany have the Number 10 as a flag bearer, a boar for the number 2, a king or Ober for the 12. this would play into most of the rules of the game.  

How to play Gluckshaus

All persons wanting to play anti into the 7, then take turns rolling 2, 6 sided dice. On their turn they roll if the number on the board that they roll is empty they play a coin or token on that square if there is something on that square then they take it. EXCEPT for the 3 to 4 special places, the 7, the 2, the 12 and sometimes the 4.
When a player rolls a 7, the Wedding, they must always place a coin or token (it is a wedding and one always brings a gift to a wedding) 
When a player rolls a 2, the Boar, They take all the pieces from the board except from the Wedding. 
When a player rolls a 12, the King, then that player clears the board including the Wedding because the King taxes every one and it is good to be the King.
Extra rule
the House space number 4, 
on one of the boards found their was no number 4 on the board. It is said that was a board used for a gambling house. and that Rolling a 4 mean that player pays the house.
Some people play this as a nothing happens, no pay no gain.
While the other board from the period has the number 4 and because of this some people use this as just another space of put and take. 
If you run a board for a Tavern night I recommend you consider using the 4 as the house and give the holding from this space to the host as a thank you for their hospitality.
Roman Numbers were still mostly used in England up though the 16th century.
They aren't teaching them in school today
Roman Numerals
I = 1
II = 2
III = 3
IV = 4 
V = 5
VI = 6
VII = 7
VIII = 8
IX =  9
X = 10
XI =11
XII = 12
things to Remember 
i-v is 1-5  = 4
as is also the case in i-x is 1-10 = 9

Hand carved Stamp to Print Game Board

took about a day carve the  number 2 space

I decided to add a House space for the Number 4  

The first block I made for the board was the & which is a wedding It set the tone for all the rest of the Board

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