Figurines for table-top games and byzantine chess
And now for something different - byzantine round chess and some figurines for other games like alquerque, nine men morris and fox and geese.
Playing table-top games was a favourite pasttime in the middle ages, when they didn't have computers, or even widespread books. And no reconstruction of the medieval life would be complete without a little something to past the time…
Medieval board games - some were similar to games we still know today while others were quite different. Byzantine round chess looks like fun if totally confusing!
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Yeah, the byzantine chess is definitely confusing. We play it with normal period rules for chess, but the round board makes things totally different. On one event we had a visit by the president of a local chess club and he thought the round chess would be an awesome addition when training his chess team…