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class=310370503-03052001>Forwarded mail from a non-list member. I've seen
it played at the local Renaissance fair, but have no idea of its history (was it
really played in England during the Renaissance?). Does someone have a
write-up for the rules or history of the game?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=310370503-03052001>Michael McKay (known in the SCA as Seaan
McAy)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=310370503-03052001>PS: Be
glad that the list does not allow mail from non-members. I get to check
through all the spam looking for messages like this. The record so far is
11 spam messages in one day.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> AGTownsend@aol.com
[mailto:AGTownsend@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 23, 2001 7:29
PM<BR><B>To:</B> owner-hist-games@pbm.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Question about a
dice game<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>I recently
bought a very pretty dice game that looks like this a walnut tray <BR>about the
size of a legal paper in-box the numbers 1 - 9 along one long side, <BR>they can
be covered with walnut flaps. A green baize dice throwing area <BR>covers about
2/3 of the box. This is a crude representation of the game. <BR><------- 17"
--------> <BR>______________ <BR>|1| 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| ^
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11" <BR>|
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<BR>-----------------------| v <BR><BR>Any idea what this game is called and
what the rules are? <BR><BR>Thanks <BR><BR>Andrew</FONT> </FONT></BODY></HTML>