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- Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:00 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Romano-Celtic Mask Puzzle Padlocks
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Romano-Celtic Mask Puzzle Padlocks
I do not own this book and have never heard of this sort of thing before but I came across a story in atlasobscura which talks about these bronze rings from the Roman era which may have been used to "lock" pouches? or something in a similar way and could be opened with a "key ring&quo...
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:19 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Pot of Gold
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- Views: 5495
Pot of Gold
Turns out there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:40 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Thor Stones / God Stones
- Replies: 2
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Re: Thor Stones / God Stones
Hope you won't mind that i did a little work on the images and re-posted them! I think its awesome that he not only made up the game and the pieces but wrote up and printed the rules with them! Very cool.
Re: Teetotum
Godstones is a game that Thorstein made (and made up) Is it actually Knucklebones (aka Shut the Box ) or did Thorstien come up with variant rules for them? I still think it deserves its own topic either way if you're up to writing them up. For Shut the Box I just posted the Norseland rules as a PDF...
Re: Teetotum
... just like the godstones we played with ... I am unfamiliar with this. There is an entire forum for period and period-esqe games ( this one ) so feel free to post a topic on it. The only rule is that the initial post should contain all the information needed to play the game - questions about ga...
Re: Teetotum
Yeah, I had no idea but it makes sense when you realize that the letters correspond to the German words for the meanings and not the Hebrew words. Of course its entirely possible that Jews played this game in ancient Rome and no one knows the origin of such a simple and obviously ancient thing like ...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Medieval Drone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4883
Re: Medieval Drone
Yeah, not the first time seeing it but I wanted to preserve it this time.
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Medieval Drone
- Replies: 3
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Medieval Drone
Filming a medieval event with a drone can be hazardous - to your drone.
Teetotum
A popular betting game with ancient roots often played around the time of Christmas and Hannukah. The teetotum survives today as the Yiddish dreidel. The teetotum is a four sided top inscribed with a letter on each face. Each letter representing an action in a round of betting. Countless variations ...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Yvan sails to Valhalla
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3367
Yvan sails to Valhalla
Maggie posted video taken by Magnus of Yvan's send off to Valhalla. If you were not there, please watch (points to anyone who posts the minute and second for Bhudnahais). There are multiple performances throughout. Songs and poems by great bards of Norseland - which is YOUR favorite? https://youtu.b...