Justin du Coeur

• 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)
• Justin's reconstruction of Gleek -- (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)
• Relevant parts of *Familiar Dialogues* -- Transcribed by Justin based on Anton's earlier transcription and Godfrey's facsimile. (more)
• Justin on Dublets -- (more)
• Excerpt from "Second Frutes" -- by John Florio (1591). Transcribed by Justin. (more)
• Period-style Elizabethan Rhythmomachy Rules -- An Ace's Boke rewrite of my reconstruction of 16th century Rhythmomachy (more)
• Excerpts from Jessel's Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming -- This 1905 book attempted to enumerate all published works on games; this transcription by Justin is all pre-1700 entries. (more)
• A period-style description of Piquet -- Not actually period -- a modern writeup of the game, using Elizabethan-style English (more)
• Excerpt from Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English -- by John Minsheu (John Haviland, printer; London, 1623). Transcribed by Justin. (more)
• Justin's reconstruction of Noddy and Early Cribbage -- (more)
• Justin's reconstruction of Seven-Sided Backgammon -- One of my prouder achievements, this reconstruction has caught on pretty widely. (more)
• Transcription of Picket from Cotton -- Transcribed by Justin. Apparently heavily plagiarized from Cotgrave. (more)
• Low Company reconstruction of Ticktack -- Reconstruction by Alessandro the Storyteller, with help from Justin du Coeur (more)
• Justin's reconstruction of Bone-Ace -- (more)
• Justin's transcription of Metromachy -- A faithful as I could make it transcription of the original Latin source. (more)
• Period-style intro to Rhythmomachy -- From the Ace's Boke (more)
• Justin on Tafl -- Largely adapted from Murray and Ragnar. (more)
• Justin's reconstructions of Primero -- Covering English and Italian separately. (more)
• Transcription of William Fulke's book -- This is a complete transcription (without images yet) of a 1563 translation of Boissiere's 1554/56 description of Rhythmomachy. (more)
• Justin's description of Early French Tarot -- Largely based on Michael Dummett's The Game of Tarot (more)
• Period-style description of Irish -- From the Ace's Boke. Note that this is a modern writeup in period style! (more)
• Justin's preliminary reconstruction of Ruff and Honours -- (more)
• Laugh and Lie Down Cheat Sheet -- A one-page PDF summary, adapted by Michel from Justin's reconstruction (more)
• Transcription of Tick-Tack from Cotton -- Transcribed by Justin. Warning: this is pretty cryptic. (more)
• Justin's reconstruction of Ruff and Trump -- (more)
• Justin's description of Bryncir -- Based on Brusten's reconstruction (more)
• Justin's Annotated Games Bibliography -- My full collection, as of the mid-aughts. My plan is to move this bibliography to this Querki Space as a database, and encourage others to add to it. (more)
• Transcription of Cotgrave's description of Picket -- Transcribed by Justin du Coeur. (more)
• Games in *The Academy of Armory* -- Transcription by Justin du Coeur and Jeff Singman of the relevant sections from this 1688 book on heraldry, which happens to talk a lot about a lot of stuff. (more)
• Rhythmomachy Basics -- An introduction to the common concepts of the game (more)
• Justin on Irish -- (more)
• Illustration of the Kings on a Rhythmomachy board -- From Fulke's book (more)
• Period-style description of Tafl -- From the Ace's Boke. This is a modern reconstruction, written in period style. (more)
• Period illustration of a Rhythmomachy board -- From Fulke's book (more)
• Michel Wolffauer's writeup on Tarot -- PDF, adapted from Justin's version (more)
• 16th century Rhythmomachy -- A reconstruction of the later form of the game described in Fulke. (more)
• Inn and Inn from the Ace's Boke -- Period-style text (more)
• Justin's reconstruction of Picket -- (more)
• Records of the Low Company of Carolingia -- The local gaming group that Justin is notionally the head of, which is very, very slightly active. (more)
• -- A fairly messy game of players tripping over each other (more)
• -- The closest Alfonso game to modern Backgammon, probably a direct ancestor (more)
• -- Very unusual, in neither having the same start table nor being mirrored. Explicitly a Roman game. (more)
• -- One of the only games that does not involve blotting. (more)
• -- One of several games that start out by randomly entering your men. (more)