Games and Toys

Reproduction of a 1567 deck by Pierre Marechal of Rouen, France. The cards of Rouen are significant because many were produced for export to Britain....

Although Nuremberg had no university, towards the end of the 15th century the city became a major centre of humanism in Germany, as well as a centre...

Fox and Geese is an asymmetrical game, both players having different objectives and different men. One player leads a fox whose objective is to kill...

Tafl boards are probably the most well known of the tafl family and are thought to be the games played by the Vikings. Archaeological finds of...

Bones are one of the earliest forms of "dice." These "bones" are full-sized (about 1.5" long), anatomically correct and...