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Articles

A Brief Timeline of the Medieval Playing Card, 

compiled by Maister Colyne Stewart.

Games Galore: An Overview of Period Games,
by THL Raffe Scholemaystre

Games (in Italy)
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Gaming and the Italian Salone
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Give it a Hurl: The Sport of Hurling, 

by Maister Colyne Stewart.

Hnefetafl, an Experimental Reconstruction, 

by Ragnarr Kennari.

Is Tablero Period, and Should we Care? 

by Maister Colyne Stewart.

Italian Renaissance Games – Gioci
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Roman Games
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Ruzzola
by Amadora del Oeste

The Tafl Family of Games, Rules and a Brief History, with an Emphasis on Tablut, 

by Maister Colyne Stewart.

What the Mongols Did for Fun: Playing with Shagai, 

by Lady Qadanchin Bayar.

Rules (Period Games): Dice Games

Period Dice Games, Series One: Easy,

by Maister Colyne Stewart

Rules (Period Games): Card Games

Bassetta
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Bone-ace

Glic,

the variant played in Ealdormere, by Maister Colyne Stewart.

Maw

Mitigati, 

a card game, rules compiled by Master Rufus of Stamford.

One & Thirty

Piquet

Primero
by Jeff A. Suzuki

Ruff and Honors

Scartino
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Rules (Period Games): Outdoor Games

Bowles

Gameball
by Dagonell the Juggler

Kingibats

Rules (Period Games): Table Games

Alquerques
by Maister Colyne Stewart

Asalto
by Robert Liao, et al.

Chess: Rules of Medieval Chess

Dogs and Jackals
by Catherine Soubeyrand

Fanorona

Four Seasons Chess
by Hans Bodlaender

Fox and Geese
by Maister Colyne Stewart

Game of the Goose

Game of the Goose
by Signora Giata Maddalena Alberti

Go
by Lord Magnus Strykewind

Hound and Hare
by Maister Colyne Stewart

Latrunculi

Ming Mang

Monk and Water
by M. Winther

Nine Man Morris
by Maister Colyne Stewart

Senet
by Catherine Soubeyrand

Ur
by Catherine Soubeyrand

Wari
by John P. Pratt

Rules (Period-like Games)

Tablero de Jesus

Ten Thousand,

by Maister Colyne Stewart

Rules (SCA Games)

Cloak and Drag,
a childrens' game by Lord Brian Goodheart

Gladiator,
a childrens' game by Lord Brian Goodheart

Hunter's Cloak,
a children's game by Lord Brian Goodheart

Norman on the Hill,
a childrens' game by Lord Brian Goodheart

Rules for Playing Garwolf, 

a card game invented by Guild member Maister Colyne Stewart.