Re: Modern Games as part of an event (was Perosna Issues; Game)

[Karen@stierbach.atlantia.sca.org (Larsdatter, Karen )]

Poster: Karen@stierbach.atlantia.sca.org (Larsdatter, Karen )

Magnus McKinley wrote:

> 	Does anyone know of a medieval game which could involve the
> entire population of an event?  I'd be very interested in hearing
> about such an activity.

Well, dunno about the *entire* population of an event, but you could 
get quite a few people involved in a human-scale game of pachisi (a 
little like the modern board game "Sorry!") ...

Emperor Akbar the First, of the Moghul Empire (India), played 
pachisi on an enormous marble-inlaid board, and the playing 
pieces were sixteen women.  Similar "boards" (or the ruins thereof) 
can be found in the cities of Agra (which was the Moghul capital 
then; it's also where the Taj Mahal's at) and Allahabad.

Karen Larsdatter
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