The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces

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The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces
  • The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces
  • The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces
  • The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces
  • The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces

  • The Game with No Name - oak board with fired clay playing pieces

  • Based on a gameboard from the Mary Rose
  • £25.00
Made to order - please contact us for further details

This game, based on a board marked on a barrel-top found on Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose, is probably related to the Scandinavian game of Daldøs. You can read more about it, and why we call it The Game with No Name here.

Quarter-sawn oak board. Playing pieces of fired clay and two oak four-sided dice are supplied in a linen pouch. Comes with rules and historical notes.

 

  • Oak board 14 3/4" x 6 1/2
  • Ceramic playing pieces
  • Two four-sided oak dice
  • Pieces supplied in a handy linen pouch

 

All our boards are made of quarter-sawn oak, each with their own distinctive figuring; so the board supplied may differ slightly from that shown in the picture.

 

Historic Period or Date:

  • Medieval to c. late eighteenth century (as Daldøs and similar games in Scandinavia)

Materials and Special Features:

  • Quarter-sawn oak board
  • Playing pieces of fired clay
  • Oak four-sided dice
  • Linen drawstring pouch for playing pieces

Dimensions:

  • Board: 14 3/4" x 6 1/2 x 5/8"
  • Playing pieces: 5/8" diameter