|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 16:03:00 GMT -7
My parents were WW2 era city folk who played tons of card games and even made up their own when they got bored with the ones they knew.
I grew up in the suburbs and that was too tame for me but was the “county “ to them.
Being too wound up to sit still I couldn’t stand card games!!
Now, still a little too wound up to sit still but taking an interest in 18th Century tavern life, I have begun to take an interest in card and dice games of the period.
I started to read the rules of Hazard and it just gave me a headache!!
From what I have read so far, card games like poker are too late to be period.
So, I ask you all, if there are any SIMPLE period card and/or dice games you know of.
If possible please explain the betting on these games as well!!
HEY!! BlackHand!! What the Hell is the name of this tavern anyway!?
|
|
ewoaf
City-dweller
Posts: 203
|
Post by ewoaf on Feb 18, 2020 16:11:40 GMT -7
Whist is probably the simplest and most common followed by faro.
|
|
coot
City-dweller
Posts: 156
|
Post by coot on Feb 18, 2020 16:48:47 GMT -7
Crown & Anchor was popular with British sailors. It is generally considered to have originated early in the 18th C. Less complicated than Hazard.
|
|
|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 17:10:04 GMT -7
Whist is probably the simplest and most common followed by faro. Ewoaf, (is this an acronym?) I guess Faro is older than I thought! Is Whist played on a board like Faro? |
|
|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 17:13:32 GMT -7
Crown & Anchor was popular with British sailors. It is generally considered to have originated early in the 18th C. Less complicated than Hazard. Coot, I did see this game and I saw that it was popular with the Royal Navy. It required special dice, which I don’t mind making if I can find blank die. It also needed a felt or “board”. I was thinking along the lines of just a straight up card/dice game. |
|
ewoaf
City-dweller
Posts: 203
|
Post by ewoaf on Feb 18, 2020 17:22:50 GMT -7
Whist is simple, just cards. Faro even simpler, but you need all the stuff.
Yeah. Handle is an acronym. Think... Billy Idol.
|
|
|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 17:40:02 GMT -7
Whist is simple, just cards. Faro even simpler, but you need all the stuff. Yeah. Handle is an acronym. Think... Billy Idol. Eye with/out a face!? LOL!!! You Slay me!! Kicking in my 80s survivor PTSD!! |
|
|
|
Post by Black Hand on Feb 18, 2020 18:44:12 GMT -7
HEY!! BlackHand!! What the Hell is the name of this tavern anyway!? That is an excellent question! Perhaps you members should give it a name. Post them here and you can vote on the choices. |
|
coot
City-dweller
Posts: 156
|
Post by coot on Feb 18, 2020 20:57:21 GMT -7
Crown & Anchor was popular with British sailors. It is generally considered to have originated early in the 18th C. Less complicated than Hazard. Coot, I did see this game and I saw that it was popular with the Royal Navy. It required special dice, which I don’t mind making if I can find blank die. It also needed a felt or “board”. I was thinking along the lines of just a straight up card/dice game. Crown & Anchor was played with dice and a board (or cloth) marked with six symbols (of which the crown & anchor are two) - but it can just as easily be played with regular dice and the board or cloth marked one thru six - just not as unique or period looking. |
|
|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 21:12:31 GMT -7
Coot, I did see this game and I saw that it was popular with the Royal Navy. It required special dice, which I don’t mind making if I can find blank die. It also needed a felt or “board”. I was thinking along the lines of just a straight up card/dice game. Crown & Anchor was played with dice and a board (or cloth) marked with six symbols (of which the crown & anchor are two) - but it can just as easily be played with regular dice and the board or cloth marked one thru six - just not as unique or period looking. Coot, You could assign a number value of the die to the symbols on the felt as well |
|
Keith
Hunter
Bushfire close but safe now. Getting some good rain.
Posts: 1,002 
|
Post by Keith on Feb 18, 2020 21:16:35 GMT -7
Crown & Anchor was popular with British sailors. It is generally considered to have originated early in the 18th C. Less complicated than Hazard. Coot, I did see this game and I saw that it was popular with the Royal Navy. It required special dice, which I don’t mind making if I can find blank die. It also needed a felt or “board”. I was thinking along the lines of just a straight up card/dice game. Keith. |
|
|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 21:20:22 GMT -7
HEY!! BlackHand!! What the Hell is the name of this tavern anyway!? That is an excellent question! Perhaps you members should give it a name. Post them here and you can vote on the choices. Hand, Well the “Prancing Pony”, “Green Dragon “ and the “Slaughtered Lamb” are already taken so my vote is for the “Black dog” Tavern!! |
|
|
|
Post by Sicilianhunter on Feb 18, 2020 21:26:02 GMT -7
LeLoup, Thanks!! I don’t suppose you know of anybody making the die? |
|
Keith
Hunter
Bushfire close but safe now. Getting some good rain.
Posts: 1,002
|
Post by Keith on Feb 18, 2020 21:30:30 GMT -7
|
|
Keith
Hunter
Bushfire close but safe now. Getting some good rain.
Posts: 1,002
|
Post by Keith on Feb 18, 2020 22:22:28 GMT -7
|
|
