Past Times http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com Historical Games and Pastimes Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:19:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 My Indiegogo Campaign for Senet http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/my-indiegogo-campaign-for-senet/ http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/my-indiegogo-campaign-for-senet/#comments Fri, 08 May 2015 17:29:56 +0000 http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/?p=128 I have started an indiegogo campaign to raise funds to purchase some custom pawns to make a Senet board to sell here online and at SCA event, craft sales, and farmers markets. Drop by the Campaign and donate. Every little bit helps.

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]]> http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/new-game-board-design/feed/ 0 The Ancient Game of Senet http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/the-ancient-game-of-senet/ http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/the-ancient-game-of-senet/#comments Wed, 06 May 2015 18:58:02 +0000 http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/?p=118 Senet is an board game from ancient Egypt. It is not known how far back in history the game originated, but it dates back to at least 3100 BCE, which is predynastic Egypt. The game has been found in tombs and archaeological digs throughout Egypt, in King Tut’s tomb four complete sets were found leading […]

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]]> http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/playing-stoolball/feed/ 2 Meeting The All Saints Medieval Fellowship http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/meeting-the-all-saints-medieval-fellowship/ http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/meeting-the-all-saints-medieval-fellowship/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:50:38 +0000 http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/?p=107 This weekend I had the great pleasure of being invited to Edmonton to sign and sell some of my books for the All Saints Medieval Fellowship. Prior to this the 1812’ers and the SCA was really my only exposure to reenactors, I’d met folks from Darc Company and a few other groups, but really they were […]

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]]> http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/meeting-the-all-saints-medieval-fellowship/feed/ 0 The Tale of the Dancing Cup Revisited http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/the-tale-of-the-dancing-cup-revisited/ http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/the-tale-of-the-dancing-cup-revisited/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:49:09 +0000 http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/?p=105 I wrote a blog entry about the story of the time my protective cup ended up on the list field in the middle of a bout here. Well it appears the tale has spread once again and a fellow scadian (member of the SCA) decided it was time to write a poem about the event […]

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]]> http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/every-infuriating-board-game-ranked-collegehumor-post/feed/ 0 A Review of Flemish Deck http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/a-review-of-flemish-deck/ http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/a-review-of-flemish-deck/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:36:45 +0000 http://pasttimes.lilleypress.com/?p=74 I recently purchased a Flemish deck from Guinevere’s Games. I will state for transparency sake that the owner of Guinevere’s Games is a friend of mine, however I would not be writing this review if I did not believe every word of it 100%. I own a couple reproduction decks, and this is by far […]

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