Games of the Revolutionary War Era
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For Reenactors or Anyone who would like to learn about Games and Pastimes of the 18th Century.
GAMES WITH DICE
GAMES WITH CARDS
Links to Games:
Loo
Brag
Picket
Gleek
Putt
Cribbage
Basset
Grand
Trick-Track
Nine Man
Morris
Backgammon
Draughts
House of
Fortune
Sources for Game Pieces:
Links to Documentation and Historic Information
Extracts from the
Compleat Gamester (1674)
Extracts
from the Wits Interpreter (1655)
A Manifest
Detection of Diceplay (1550)
The Royal
Game of the Ombre (1665)
Gaming in the 17th
and 18th Centuries
If you have suggestions for other games that should be included on this site please email us!
Webmaster
Robert Ambrose
Colonial Reenactor
Member of the BAR and the Ancient and
Honorable Huntington Militia
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