Entertainment
This is a collection of files that I have assembled from various sourcessince I first joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) in 1989.The information in these files comes from the Rialto newsgroup (rec.org.sca),the old fidonet medieval echo conferance area, various mail lists and articlessubmitted to me by their authors.Several types of files are available:
-msg (or no suffix) These files are composed of a variety of short messages from a variety of authors having a common subject . -art A stand-alone article written by a single author.Some are off of the networks while some were submitted to me by the author.-bib A bibliography of book and article titleson a single subject.-FAQ An article file that follows a FrequentlyAsked Questions format. All text files are available in three formats, HTML, text and RTF. If the text and RTF formats are not mentioned explicitly in this index, they are available from within the HTML file.
THLord Stefan li Rous (Mark S. Harris, stefan at florilegium.org).
- filelist-list The complete list of these Florilegium files. (also text, rtf.)
- 14C-Dtch-YoYo-art "A Fourteenth-Century Dutch Yo-Yo" by Master Crispin Sexi.
- 2—Roman-Games-art "Roman Games: Tesserae and Tropa" by Despotes Halfdan 'Two Bears' Ozurrson.
- Balls-art "Balls" by Dame Joan Sutton.
- Bon-Ice-Skates-art "Winter Is Coming... Are Your Bone Ice Skates Ready?" by Lord Robert of Ferness.
- Boules-Bocce-art "Boules and Bocce" by THL Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake.
- Bowling-art "Bowling" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- Brf-Lok-Tennis-art "A Brief Look at Tennis" by Baron Hrolf Herjolfssen.
- Brothel-Games-art "Brothel Games" by Master Brusten de Bearsul, OL, OP.
- Cambok-art "Cambok!" by Master Dafydd ap Gwystl.
- Cards-a-Dice-art "Some Cards and Dice Games!" by mistress katherine kerr.
- cloved-fruit-msg Period cloved fruit. Origin of the SCA game.
- Cockstride-art "Cockstride" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- court-bingo-msg Something for those boring Courts, from Trimaris.
- Cup-and-Balls-art "A brief history of The Cup and Balls, (The oldest trick in the book)" by T.H.L. Eidiard an Gobihainn.
- Curling-art "Curling" by THL Dagonell Collingwood. Played on ice by two teams pitching stones
- darts-msg Period darts, both pub and combat.
- Dog-Ball-msg A sport played in standard SCA armor and polearms, based on a game in the movie "Blood of Heroes".
- Dwyle-Flonkng-art "Dwyle Flonking" by THL Dagonell Collingwood. A traditional English tavern game.
- fireworks-lnks Links to info on medieval fireworks by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
- Football-art "Football" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- Game—History-art "Is This Game Period?" by THL Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake.
- games-cards-msg Medieval card games.
- games-msg Medieval board games.
- games-SCA-msg Games for SCA events.
- Golf-Med-Era-art "The Royal and Ancient Sport - Golf in the Medieval Era" by Baron Giles Leabrook.
- golf-msg Medieval golf. History of golf.
- Hazard-Craps-art "Hazard and Craps" by THL Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake.
- Helga-Ball-msg Helga ball is a Ladies Only game combining aspects of soccer, rugby and wrestling.
- Hnefatafl-art "How to Play Hnefatafl" by Kurios Halfdan 'Two Bears' Ôzurrson. Norse board game.
- Hopscotch-art "Hopscotch" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- Horseshoes-art "Quoits, Dobblers and Horseshoes" by THL Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake.
- Knucklebones-art "Knucklebones" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- Kubb-art "Kubb" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- Mancala-art "Mancala" by THL Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake. A family of Middle Eastern board games.
- Marbles-art "Marbles" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- M-Cmpter-Gmes-art "Medieval Computer Games" by Master Richard the Poor of Ely, OP.
- medvl-humor-lnks Links to info on medieval humor by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
- Noddy-Crd-Gme-art "The Game of Noddy" by Lady Gwir ferch John. 16th C. card game, predecessor to cribbage.
- Odds-a-Evens-art "Odds and Evens" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- P-Toys-Balls-art "Period Toys - Balls" by Lady Anja Snihova.
- Playing-Cards-art "Some 15th Century Playing Cards" by Claricia filia Wilelmi dapiferi.
- Poch-Germ-CG-art "Poch" by Meister Konrad Mailander, OP. A 15C German card game.
- Quintain-Gmes-art "Quintain Games" by Mistress katherine kerr.
- Shove-Groat-art "Shove Groat" by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
- Som-Card-Gmes-art "Period Playing Cards and a few Selected Games" by Maestra Giata Magdalena Alberti.
- sports-msg Medieval sports.
- Stool-ball-art "Stool ball: an early bat and ball game" by Lady Wenyeva atte grene.
- T-H-Dreidel-art "The Hannukah Dreidel" by Lady Meliora Leuedai de Ardescote.
- Tafl-Games-art "The Tafl Family of Games: Rules and a Brief History, with an Emphasis on Tablut" by Master Colyne Stewart.
- Tarot-Crd-Ruls-art A reconstruction of the rules for the game of Tarot by James D. Wickson.
- taverns SCA and period taverns.
- Teetotms-Dreid-art "Teetotums and Dreidels" by THL Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake.
- wintr-sports-lnks Links to info on medieval winter sports by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
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