Re: Tug-o-War game

[Thomas Hudson <hudson@cs.unc.edu>]

Poster: Thomas Hudson <hudson@cs.unc.edu>

> Poster: Matthew Allen Newsome <mnewsome@warren-wilson.edu>
> 
> Greetings all!  At Coronation this past weekend, a good gentle brought a
> game similar to tug-of-war, where you stand on two platforms and try to
> either pull the other guy off, or get him to let go of the rope.  I was
> told it was a German game, but cannot remember the name, or the datess
> when it would have been played.  If that gentle is lurking here, or if
> anyone else knows the game in question, would you please let me know the
> name of it, when it cam about, any documentation, etc.. so that I may
> teach it to others?

The name of the game is Hunkerhausen (sp?).  I know lord Arcturius has often
brought it to events in Windmasters' Hill;  I'll try to contact him for data.

Giovan Donato Falconieri
Kappellenberg, Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia:  OCFA - LFET

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