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Most SCA events other than meetings and practices include games. These may be historical, modern interpretations of historical competitions, variations of modern games with a Renaissance/Medieval flavor, or modern | Most SCA events (other than meetings and practices) include games. These may be historical, modern interpretations of historical competitions, variations of modern games with a Renaissance/Medieval flavor, or modern games with historical elements. Some are not strictly games, but game-like activities. | ||
The [[Inn of the Crimson Spade]] provides a place for gaming at events, and regularly hosts championship tournaments in chess and backgammon at baronial and shire anniversaries. | The [[Inn of the Crimson Spade]] provides a place for gaming at events, and regularly hosts championship tournaments in chess and backgammon at baronial and shire anniversaries. | ||
== Games include == | == Games include == | ||
*[[Chess]] | ===Board Games=== | ||
*Backgammon | *[[Chess]] (an ancient board game typically played using modern rules) | ||
*Card | *Backgammon (an ancient board game typically played using modern rules) | ||
*Bocce | *Nine Men's Morris (a recreation of a Medieval game) | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_(board_game) Cathedral] (a modern board game with a Medieval theme) | ||
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===Dice Games=== | |||
*Farkle (dice game with historical roots, typically played using modern rules) | |||
===Card Games=== | |||
*Playing cards have ancient roots, and modern "Poker deck" cards are graphically similar to historical decks. Reproductions of late-period and early-post-period playing card decks are available for purchase. Tarot decks were also used for gaming in the Medieval period. | |||
===Active Games=== | |||
*Bocce (an ancient, bowling-style game) | |||
===Combat Games=== | |||
*Home Game (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football rugby-like], armored combat melee game) | |||
*[[Blood of Heroes]] (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzkashi bushkashi-like], rapier melee game) | |||
===Other Games=== | |||
*[[Cloved Lemon]] | *[[Cloved Lemon]] | ||
[[Category:Games]] | [[Category:Games]] | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 21 May 2010
Most SCA events (other than meetings and practices) include games. These may be historical, modern interpretations of historical competitions, variations of modern games with a Renaissance/Medieval flavor, or modern games with historical elements. Some are not strictly games, but game-like activities.
The Inn of the Crimson Spade provides a place for gaming at events, and regularly hosts championship tournaments in chess and backgammon at baronial and shire anniversaries.
Games include
Board Games
- Chess (an ancient board game typically played using modern rules)
- Backgammon (an ancient board game typically played using modern rules)
- Nine Men's Morris (a recreation of a Medieval game)
- Cathedral (a modern board game with a Medieval theme)
Dice Games
- Farkle (dice game with historical roots, typically played using modern rules)
Card Games
- Playing cards have ancient roots, and modern "Poker deck" cards are graphically similar to historical decks. Reproductions of late-period and early-post-period playing card decks are available for purchase. Tarot decks were also used for gaming in the Medieval period.
Active Games
- Bocce (an ancient, bowling-style game)
Combat Games
- Home Game (a rugby-like, armored combat melee game)
- Blood of Heroes (a bushkashi-like, rapier melee game)
