Aces Boke

A series of articles describing various period games, written by Justin du Coeur in a roughly Elizabethan style. Note that these articles are not actually period -- they were simply written to look so, as an exercise.

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A period-style description of Gleek -- Justin's writeup of Gleek from the Ace's Boke. This is a modern reconstruction, written in Elizabethan style. (more)
Merels in the Ace's Boke -- Period-style text, but not actually period. (more)
Period-style intro to Rhythmomachy -- From the Ace's Boke (more)
Inn and Inn from the Ace's Boke -- Period-style text (more)
A period-style description of Tarot -- Not a primary source; this is a modern reconstruction written in Elizabethan-style language, from the Ace's Boke. (more)
Period-style description of Irish -- From the Ace's Boke. Note that this is a modern writeup in period style! (more)
Period-style Elizabethan Rhythmomachy Rules -- An Ace's Boke rewrite of my reconstruction of 16th century Rhythmomachy (more)
A period-style description of Piquet -- Not actually period -- a modern writeup of the game, using Elizabethan-style English (more)
Period-style description of Tafl -- From the Ace's Boke. This is a modern reconstruction, written in period style. (more)