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all dead except for sally.
Got ‘im. He’s too damn slow.
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I usually decide not to get into my personal things here ( because it’s fiction?) but I have to make this exception and show you this picture of my sister LORETTA! ”X” She looks exactly like her Mom! Mom, if you see this, I’ll only keep it posted for a few days okay? I don’t want her to be upset with me ever. And Mom? Can you send Loretta down to Ducie with a vat of VISINE?
This saltwater’s getting real bad for gunslinger. Believe me he needs the Visine! 
Gunslinger – if you didn’t get divorced or have a big spat, why did you get mad and kill all of those tourists. How did you sink that boat?
Where did you get all of that ammo? You killed 1,999 people! 
Who did you save and why?!! GUNSLINGER’S GOT A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO. Of course gunslinger is busy preparing for the big concert to stop global warming and save atolls and reefs in the south pacific. Wonder how that’s going? Hey Gunslinger, I haven’t heard you speak lately of your hated archenemy Hunghigh? What’s with that?
Well don’t worry, ole’ gunslinger hasn’t forgotten about anything!! Just you wait! (Hahahahaha – reefs smeefs – do you think gunslinger gives a rats ass about GLOBAL WARMING? WELL, DO YOU?? (maybe he does, but why are the killer bees going to be there?) You’ll find out soon enough! stay tuned.
had mono or something
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MadCrayolaBox is right about divorce. It’s the shits, so we won’t say there was any such thing here. That Delilah regaliator’s time was just up. She was just gone, like the regulator attack dog Barky. Anyway, when she was on Ducie Island, where Gunslinger has been more or less marooned, she first came in as Barky left. She had nothing on but the ole’ glory she was draped in. She just didn’t get along that well with the idea of the killer bees being around. Bees that we went to a lot of trouble getting from those “bee assassins”, spyderette. Yes she is a dear to gunslinger, with much info on bees. As Delilah left the isle, she set up her separate site known as deliasmirnoff. If you want to see what she looks like with clothes on, you should go there. [By the way, I don't know HOW those two new spots got added to the flag.] Another good site, in case you ever need counseling is, RiottGyrrrl. Riot runs an interesting page, and among other aspects such as Union Bitch, she sponsors, Agnes – ex hooker advice column. It’s a, hmm…, riot, because Agnes is flighty and moody. So any advice you get goes through the purifying filter of PMS. Along with her smirnoff site, delia also teams up with Guisseppe, to comprise the newish RegulatorsReincarnated. Along with the original Regulators, maintained by the original partner Dan, I would rate those sites a 9 out of 10, for their origininality, public service, and for inspiration. Last year they sponsored a contest at year’s end for the best xanga blog. OUTSTANDING. I got some nice outlandish capers too from their stuff. So I CAN’T SAY ENOUGH VERY GOOD STUFF ABOUT THEM. (THEY MAY KILL ME ANYWAY) NOTE: I DO NOT STEAL THINGS FROM OTHER SITES WITHOUT GOING BACK TO DRAW ATTENTION TO MYSELF, AND WHAT I HAVE DONE. I HOPE “PARTICIPANTS” LIKE BEING INCLUDED IN SUCH CREATIVE NARRATIVES, THE LIKES OF WHICH ARE FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON XANGA.
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This is theorist. Awhile back I said that he was accompanying me in my journey to pitcairn island. I never said why he was not with me on Ducie. Well here’s the answer. He fucked with the bees we were transporting in the boat and they stung his ass. I told you dude, I told you. We dropped Theorist of in Tahiti. If you don’t remember him, he was the faithful slinger dressed in his french foreign legion gear. We played badmitten a lot together. That was because someone close to verymodern put me under a badmitten spell to keep me from being so violent. The women in Tahiti don’t mind Theorist’s nose that way, and he’s come to like it quite a bit. There’s only ONE THEORIST. He’s it!
BACK TO OUR STORYLINE IN A JIFF. REMEMBER – GUNSLINGER JUST GOT A DIVORCE OF SOME KIND, AND THEN KILLED 2000 TOURISTS WHO WERE ON THE TOUR BOAT LAST ENTRY. (GUNSLINGER WANTS ME TO CORRECT THAT – HE ONLY KILLED 1999. WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS)
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Jacket Art by Michael Whelan
THE GUNSLINGER: DT1
by Stephen King
- The man in black fled across the desert,
- and the gunslinger followed.
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Rythem gymnastics, Human Pachisi, JOE COCKER!!!?, RINGO STARR??? YUP – YOU GUESSED IT – IT’S THE “HIGH TIME WE WENT TOUR” on Pitcairn Island! Twenty thousand people will be there! So will “Slant-eyed Assassin (HA!), and the music of “Clary Quilty” angel_of_the_odd
(if they agree). Of course there’ll be a few bees (hahahahaha – gunslinger has hidden glee!) We might get Chinese SARS! Shhh! We’ll save all of the reefs and atolls in the Pacific and put a stop to global warming!!!! HA – It’ll be GREAT! Ha ha Hunghigh, there’s baad kharma around and I’ll get you if it’s the last thing I do!
What on earth is Gunslinger up to? Saving reefs? We’ll see. Ringo and Joe Cocker are coming though. Yes they are. Those Hawaiian guys take things seriously. They got em! Couldn’t find more dependable guys. Why bees, gunslinger? What’s with the SARS thing. That’s all past, isn’t it? (nope)
- They’re serving palm civit, racoon dog, and ferret badger. Yes, I’m certain they’ll have whale meat. And of course they’re serving up SNICKERS CANDY BARS!! Gunslinger has some VERY VERY VERY special friends in China for that. YES – IT’S THE ONES WITH THE SARS NEWSLETTER! Oh brother! To find out more about the situation between Gunslinger and Delilah (DeliaSmirnoff), check at the end of this blog.
FIRST: Read this about one of Gunslinger’s favorite games that he learned while he was living with angel_of_the_odd‘s (http://www.clarequilty.com/) people on the east coast. Remember? They had Pachesi tournaments at the nudist camp there? You know, the place Gunslinger went to try to find a suitable elm tree to hang Hunghigh in. (I forgot, maybe Angel wanted it to be a YMCA camp.) Anyway – they all became rabid for Pachesi.
PARCHEESI (Pachisi) (Ludo)
A traditional game from India, Pachisi - (meaning “25″ in English) – is thought to be of great antiquity and is played throughout southeastern Asia. In it’s original form, it is a game for 4 people on a special board as in the photograph on the left. The traditional “chance” device used in the game were cowrie shells.
David Parlett (Oxford History of Board Games – p.42) indicates that the original game is “a relatively skill-demanding partnership game, rather like four-handed Backgammon.” He reminds us that this traditional game should not be confused with it’s American counterpart – Parcheesi; or it’s European counterpart – Ludo.
The photograph at the left is of a handmade Pachisi Board in the Museum’s Collection. It was made by community volunteers (in the 1980s) based upon games of this type which they brought to North America from their homes in India.
This typical cruciform board is made of felt, with each playing square hand stitched on a thicker felt backing. The four playing counters for each player are handmade of Papier M?/FONT>ch?/FONT> and paint. The volunteers reported that in more traditional families, girls were taught to make games of this type for inclusion in their trousseau.
The boards were made of fabric, so they could easily be folded and stored, much like household linens. While some contemporary ethnographers report that the game is now played mostly by children and women, this was not always the case.
Some earlier references indicate that the game was played by a couple on their honeymoon! Consequently, in more affluent families, the boards were made of such materials as velvet and gold threads. as can be seen in the photograph on the right of another board in the Museum’s Collection.
Throughout India and southeast Asia, boards for Pachisi and the related game of Chaupar can be found at a number of archeological sites. Partlett (p. 43) states:
The golden age of Chaupar coincided with the Mogul dynasty (1526-1857), as apparent from the large boards marked out with inlaid marble on palace courtyards at Agra and Allahabad. The Emperor Akbar (1542-1605) played the game on this scale, directing from a central dais the movements of sixteen slave-girls from the harem dressed in the traditional four colours of the various pieces.
The photograph at the left was given to the Museum for its collection. The woman standing on the palace courtyard Chaupar board is Kay Nelson, a faculty member at Columbia University who was in India teaching a course in the 1960s and her host took this photograph of her at that time. In the photograph, Professor Nelson is illustrating how one of the slave-girls, acting as a “game piece”, would be standing on a square on the gameboard.
According to Whitehill, the game of Parcheesi was first copyrighted in the United States by E.G. Selchow & Co. (NYC) in 1869. When Selchow merged with Righter a few years later to become Selchow & Righter Co. (NYC) the game was again copyrighted in 1874, 1929, 1942. Subsequent edition were issued – probably under one of these copyrights. A few years ago, the Selchow & Righter Company was bought by Hasbro, Inc. – who now owns the U.S. license for the game and produces the game of Parcheesi for the North American market. There has been little change in the gameboard design with each edition, however, the box has been somewhat changed to keep up with changing public tastes.
The photograph at the right is of a Parcheesi board in the Museum collection. It was copyrighted by Selchow & Righter Company in 1938, thought it is difficult to tell when it was actually produced. The board (46.4cm square) is made of printed cardboard, folds in half, and the design is typical of many editions of the game produced for the North American market by Selchow and Righter Company over the years. The center square is labeled “home”, and within the design it includes a series of copyright and patent dates. LUDO
Many versions of the game of Pachisi were published in Europe over the years under the name of Ludo, for example, by Kleefield (Bavaria, Germany) 1927. In England, according to Parlett, Pachisi first appeared in 1863. Counterparts can also be found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.
An interesting version in the Museum Collection was made by the Mennonite Central Committee in St. Jacobs, Ontario in 1981. The 61cm square board and the 30cm long bag are made of burlap, and the counters and dice are made of wood. The title printed on the bag is “Game of Ludo“.
GAME OF INDIA
Woolson Spice Co. (Toledo, OH) published a game called “Pachesi” sometime around 1894. Whitman Publishing Co. (Racine, WI) published the game of Parchesi – A Game of India in 1939. The National Games Co. (Portland, OR) published Pachisi – The Game of India about 1940.
The photograph at the left is the box top for the game under this name. It is 28.5cm square x 2.7cm high. It was produced by the Milton Bradley Company (Springfield, Mass.) in 1936. The board itself is the bottom of the box. All of these versions of the game use standard dice as the “chance” device. In the Museum’s copy, the dice are made of tin, counters (green, red, yellow, and blue) are made of wood, and the board is printed cardboard.
POLLYANNA
Over the years there were a number of other games based upon Pachisi. Parker Brothers produced one using the novel Pollyanna as the basis for its game. First written by an American, Eleanor H. Porter in 1913, the story is about a girl who always looks at the bright side of things. Thus the word “pollyanna” has become a synonym for a fatuous, irrepressible, optimist. Porter wrote Pollyanna Grows Up in 1915, and other writers wrote sequels over the years. The photograph at the left is a copy of the colorful 47.5cm square board from the Parker Brothers game in the Museum collection. The pictures on the board are characters from Porter’s novel – upper right is John Pendleton, upper left is Nancy, lower right is Aunt Polly, and lower left is Jim. Pollyanna is pictured in the middle of the board.
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Rules for Pachesi are at this link: http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/pachisi-rules.htm
What happened to the tour boat?
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ff Ducie Island? Did anybody swim ashore, there must have been 2,000 people?
! Aw… Gunslinger…. What’d ya do that for? They were tourists man……
So do you think gunslinger shows remorse? “Aw honey …. but we’ll neeed the killer bees…. of course I’ll let you do the rythem gymnastics, yes, of course…. but honey… Aw….”
Gunslinger and HIS FRIEND have had a big spat. RiottGyrrrl, they really need the professional counseling from Agnes. Gunslinger’s getting a little out of hand. (Agnes has an advice column for RiottGyrrrl. The problem with her is that she always has PMS, and is a little tempestuous. Man, she’ll probably really stir some shit up….. Hmmm “High Time We Went!” Later
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ps for all of you who like toned down sweet stuff, check out this link which Jono linked a few blogs back. It’s cool. http://www.mozeyoninn.com/Album/Slides/Fun.htm
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Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray
Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war
Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese
Roland the Thompson gunner…
His comrades fought beside him – Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the best
So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland’s head
Roland the headless Thompson gunner (Time, time, time
For another peaceful war
Norway’s bravest son But time stands still for Roland
‘Til he evens up the score)
They can still see his headless body stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson gun
Roland searched the continent for the man who’d done him in
He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun – he didn’t say a word
But he blew Van Owen’s body from there to Johannesburg
Roland the headless Thompson gunner…
The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the night
Now it’s ten years later but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland’s Thompson gun
And bought it - The man in black fled across the desert,
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SO…. Here’s the newest regulator! Guisseppe!
Welcome to my page Gusshy (or whatever your name is). Hahahaha Ha. Looks like somebody used you for target practice. HA! Actually thats pretty impressive. Somebody shot you with a dart through the tongue and it stuck there. That’s impressive shit. REAL IMPRESSIVE! You know they don’t call me gunslinger for nothing. I’m quite a goddamned marksman! I know just how far back to shoot from, and the angel and trejectory to shoot one of your teeth out and then have the shell fall harmlessly in front of you! Yes – I absolutely could do that.
hey – give my mom some love dude. And don’t you worry, I’ll give that Delilah baby back to you in just a bit. Right now we’re a little pre-occupied (if you get the gist). Also, we’ve turned old glory into ribbons. We’re learning rhythem (ribbon) gymnastics! Ducie Islands gettin on the map! We’e gettin gold medals in the next olympics! All two of us. (3, if you include the dog – wherever he is, and not including the whales.)
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By the way – those Hawaiian guys from the last post, really came through for ole gunslinger. Actually, they were “johnny on the spot”. Not only did they make the visine drop – they also unloaded a planeload of SNICKERS candybars. Yum. They also did something else, but it’s over on Pitcairn Island. Guess what? They got Ringo Starr and Joe Cocker!! Well – It’s “HIGH TIME WE WENT”. See you later with ‘How about the Killer Bees’.
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Yeah – Gunslinger is counting on these blokes to bring him some visine? Yeah, right, maybe we’ll get there in two years….. Right. You’re busy right?!!
Busy all right. [Don't worry gunslinger, they'll get there.] Jono2002, Reef etc.
This guy is thinking hard about helping out! SlantedEyeAssassin
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Hey, right now we’d like to thank these subscribers and also regulars who stop by consistently. MadCrayolaBox, KleptoLawnDeco, jesusthepsychic, SlantedEyeAssassin, SlantedEyeAssassin, SlantedEyeAssassin, her_sunday_best, SeiGe_Jet, Sweet_Cheeks, ChineseSARS. There are many great friends who grace us regularly and a few interlopers as well. Cool!
I would also like to thank the people from Snickers candy, who must have viewed my site. They now have a dog named Barky in their tv commercials.
Author, Christopher Moore also might have stopped in, as his new book “Fluke“, features whales saying, “bite me”!! I think these two things are quite remarkable. Now if they will only give me money!! CM does some real kick-ass writing. If this is true, Christopher, can you leave a note or e-mail?
Hunghigh (our badass nemisis here is doing business with his www.2003stockpics.com. Noted brokerage firm A.B.Watley has contracted with Charles to get his collected pics to their customers. Way to go! You can get the same info by subscribing to his site for only $1 dollar for 90 days. You might get very wealthy!! [ Ah yes, gunslinger wants you to go there. It will keep Hunghigh’s ass busy so that he’ll be distracted.) This is a very good way to get into the biz if your not, or to professionally take advantage of the very best sources. Many of his sources are bullish on ExxonMobile. Think it through. If you choose this stock, insist on the highest environmental standards and prohibitions on Alaska North Slope drillings in the Arctic Wildlife Preserve. I think I’ll recommend to Charles that he also seeks the top listings for environmentally concientious companies. HEY HUNGHIGH! WHY DON’T YOU EVER POST?!!
Another possible Barky
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btw – you can pray for gunslinger if you want. He needs it. We were joking.
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DON’T BOTHER ME – UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE KILLED! (Yea – Don’t bother gunslinger! He’s having an affair with that regulator girl Delilah
, Regulators, RegulatorsReincarnated.
or whatever her name is. Yes, he spanked her for some shit, but that’s over. Shortly after Barky [the regulator pooch] disappeared, Delia swam in to Ducie Island where gunslinger is marooned, with no clothes on. She was absolutely nude except for the stars and stripes she was draped in. What else is there to do on Ducie? Watch whales? Count stars? Tend killer bees? There was not even anyone else there to play Pachesi with – they found a way – of course. [Everyone wants to play Pachesi.] NOT MUCH ELSE TO DO FOLKS. Gunslinger and that Regulator woman managed to put a couple of new stars on ‘ole glory’! Yup – American Samoa and the Virgin Islands will become states before gunslinger gets out of his jam. Besides the point DELIA (her name is Delia, gunslinger) will probably be able to help Gunslinger. Right now – LEAVE GUNSLINGER ALONE – IF YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU!)
BTW, Gunslinger is not a christian. If you want to pray for someone, you might as well pray for Donald Duck, or Obie-wan-kenobi.Gunslinger is a fictional character! Or – you can pray for someone REAL – like Annabel Chong Annabel Chong
Annabella Chong,http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/29/annabelchong.html whose life was ruined by some careless selfish f’s who coerced her into porn for their own benefit. Or, pray for some homeless guy.
BELOW ARE SOME FUN GAMES INCLUDING PACHESI.
Sorry, the Knight has ridden into the sunset.
Games and Contests
This is a brief listing of games and contests which have been run at events. Some information has been taken from postings on the Rialto and includes full credit to the gentle who posted the information with a link to their e-mail address to get more info on the topic. If you have a game or activity you would like to include on this list, please e-mail me with the information or with a web address to which to link.
Non-Fighting– Fighting and Fighting Related– For Children or Young Adults– Additional information
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Non-Fighting:
Greased Pig – The pig has swallowed the family’s jewels! Help us get them back! Big rewards for returned jewels! Get a pinata that resembles a pig, lots of sandwich bags, and a half dozen different colored stones (one for each prize) to represent the jewels. Cook up spaghetti and use food coloring or sauce to make it pink or red. Cook up oatmeal. (Use your imagination! This is supposed to be the innards of a pig after all!
Let all food cool and stuff into the sandwich bags along with the stones (one per bag). Stuff the bags into the pinata until its full. Close up the pinata. (Yet another use for duct tape!) Place the pig into the center of a field or pig pen and have the participants arrange themselves in a circle. A marshal will call “lay on” or other appropriate phrase and stand well clear. The participants destroy the pig searching for the stones. Stones must be returned to the judge who should stand well clear of the pig pen. Stones may be captured, lost, etc., on their way to the judge. Advertise this as a very messy game and suggest participants bring old garb to wear during the game. Access to showers or at least running water is also a nice feature!
Hammer Throw – Throw a 10 – 14 pound hammer for distance!
Axe / Spear / Knife Throwing – Set up an appropriate target such as stacked bales of hay, tree stumps, etc. Weapons are thrown for accuracy.
Hunkerhausen – Tug of War for two. Participants stand on stumps, blocks, or over turned cast iron pots and attempt to pull their opponent off their stump. For added amusement, this can be done over a mud or dust pit. Advertise this as a very messy game and suggest participants bring old garb to wear during the game. Access to showers is also a nice feature!
Match Lighting – Set up an old tree stump or large block of wood and wedge wooden kitchen matches into cracks in the top. Contestants use a short sword and strike at the head of the match to light it. Requires lots of matches. Don’t use your best blade for this one. Be prepared to clean, polish and sharpen numerous marks out of your blade.
Skadi’s Stitches – Bring material, scissors, needle and thread and teams of up to five people. You’ll be sewing Viking garb for one member of your team throughout the day. The garb should be worn at the evening feast. Be prepared for hand sewing because the Vikings didn’t have portable sewing machines!
Ragnar’s Rags – Wear your best, most authentic Viking/Norse clothing. The best and most authentic will receive a really neat prize.
Most Comely Limb – Put forth your best limb to be judged by a panel of judges. Among the former winners are a wonderful bald head and a well turned ankle.
Hand Kissing – Decadent, elegant, romantic, chivalric, or totally absurd. Let a panel of judges determine who’s the best at hand-kissing.
Sheep Making – Ask participants to craft 5 sheep. Limits may be placed on materials used, weight, etc. The sheep may be crafted on site or brought to the event already completed. The best, most unusual, or whatever win a nifty prize.
Sheep Stealing – Used in conjunction with Sheep Making. The sheep must be liberated from their owners only by people who have officially entered the game. The sheep must be available to be stolen at all times. No locking them in a car, trunk, or a tent. They can be chained up. The person/team with the most sheep at the end of the game wins. All sheep must be returned to their rightful owners at the end of the game.
Raquetball / Tennis – National Geographic, June, 1996, mentions raquetball was banned in the 14th century because the monks were spending too much time playing and not enough praying. They have a section noting the Olympics and running through a brief timeline of organized sporting events from Ancient to more recent. In period, these were not played as modern raquetball and tennis are played. There appear to have been fewer rules than we currently have.
Lawn Bowling / Bowls / Bocci – “Bowls, or lawn bowls (referred to by Master “beat her to the punch” Giles
) has prehistoric orgin and was played in various forms by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, who brought their version, boccie, to northern Europe. The game was popular in 12th century England. Objects, from a game similar to bowls, (bowling) dating from 5200 BC were found in an Eqyptian tomb. During the 3rd and 4th centuries in Europe, bowling was a religious ceremony where players tried to hit the pin, in order to be deemed free of sin. The game of ninepins was carried to America by Dutch colonists in the 17th century.” —– Exerpted from a message on the Caid List dated June 24, 1996, by Christy
Croquet- “My info shows that croquet is thought to have originated in 17th century France where it was known as “jeu de le maillet”, later to be know as “pall-mall” in England. The modern form of the game orginated in England around 1857.” —– Exerpted from a message on the Caid List dated June 24, 1996, by Christy
Skittles- “Skittles, a bowling game, (2-20 players) played with wooden pins and a rubber or wooden ball or disc of hard wood derived from the French game “quilles” was in England by the 13th or 14th century. .” —– Exerpted from a message on the Caid List dated June 24, 1996, by Christy
Backgammon – This was also banned in early english history reportedly because the monks spent too much time playing it.
Hurling- “A wonderful period game, still played today is Hurling ,best described as a form of field hockey, though it is to field hockey what ice hockey is to shuffleboard.Here in New Zealand it is organised by local Irish Societies and I understand there are local leagues in various of your east coast cities. It can be a little hazardous particularly for new players (junior players must wear helmets) but since a lrge number of SCAers have access to protective gear itwould make an excellent game for war points,therebeing no need to limit numbers and if players are in armour a few of the rulles could be waived. Tradition has it that it was used as a war substitute inperiod Ireland. Cheers.” —– Exerpted from a message on the Caid List dated June 24, 1996, by Callum
Bowling for Peers- Purely an SCA invention. “Ah, but Cameron WAS the inventor of “bowling for Peers”. It first occurred at a Crown Tourney in Darach if I recall correctly, when Edward & Ilaria were King and Queen, and Avery won the list. Cameron had an ample supply of very large oranges which he didn’t seem to want much, and was bowling for peers all day.” —– Exerpted from a message on the Caid List dated June 25, 1996, by Tetchubah
Pachesi- “Parchesi is the modern American version. There was a Moghul Rajah in India during the 16th Century who had a giant board built in one of the palaces gardens. As playing pieces, he used harem girls dressed in red, blue, green and yellow saris. But there was no combat involved. … It is a race game. Each player has four game pieces, and through rolls of the dice (or cowrie shells in period) you move your pieces around the course. If you land on a square that is occupied by one of your opponents you send your opponent back to the beginning to start all over again. The first person who takes all his/her pieces “home” wins. In the modern version you get bonus moves for sending your opponents back and for landing each piece on the home square. However, these rules are not in the period version. … You can pick up the game cheaply (under $8.00) at any good toystore, especially Toys-R-Us. But the modern version game board is not exactly like the period version. The period version has fewer squares and fewer safeties. You can get a period-style game board for pachesi from the catalog company, The Wide World of Games, for about $35.00 or so that comes with glass game pieces and cowrie shells instead of dice.” —– Exerpted from messages on the Caid List dated June 24 & 25, 1996, by Mistress Huette
Chess / Live Chess – See Fighting Games for more information. This could be made non-combatant ready by having the opposing pieces answer trivia or historical questions rather than battling it out with weapons. It probably wouldn’t run any faster, but it would give non-combatants an opportunity to play. Perhaps it could even be incorporated with a costume theme. Choose teams and pieces before hand and let the chess pieces dress to fit their roles.
Brandub – “…is a game for 2 players. It is played on a board comprised of 49 alternating white and black squares arranged in seven parallel rows of seven. The center square is “black” and called “Tara” or “Home”. Pieces are different coloured stones or objects as described below. One player has eight pieces which are placed on the white squares on the edge of the board nearest the corners. These pieces are called “Barons” and move first. The other player has five pieces: four “Princes” and one “King”. These pieces are arranged in an “X” radiating from the central or “Tara” square. The “King” is always placed on “Tara” Players move any of their peices one square in any direction. If a piece, other than the King, chooses to move diagonally on the white squares, then it may move two squares at a time. Only the King may enter Tara. The object of the game is for the Barons to capture all the Princes or for the King and the Princes to capture all the Barons. Capture is effected by moving into the same square as an opposing piece. You cannot jump over another piece (either friend or foe) to effect any movement. The King cannot be captured but may capture other pieces. Finally, no Prince may remain in a corner square for more than three turns. These rules are from a copy of the game I purchased years ago from a company called “Godiva Productions” out of Louisville, KY. The crafter was a William Levy.” —– Exerpted from a message on the SCA-Arts mail list dated May 13, 1997, by Cathal.
Thanks to the numerous posters on the Caid List and the SCA-Arts List for more info on non-fighting games both period and non-period.
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