Games at Ursulmas

We would like to invite you to sit down and play medieval games in Ursulwyck Village.  Games have been a popular pastime throughout the ages and a lot of our modern games have origins spanning from hundreds to even thousands of years in the past.  There will also be game making kits for you to be able to create your own game and take it home!

Please click on the name of the featured games below if you’d like to learn more! (Links take you to external sites)

Modern Chess (Mad Queen Chess 1450)

Byzantine Chess (on round board!)

Alquerque (predecessor to checkers)

Backgammon

9 man morris

Mancala (an old favorite with many ways to play)

Shut the Box

Senet

Cribbage

Game of the Goose (1596 version of Chutes and Ladders with gambling!)

Scopa (Italian card game)

Hnefatafl

Pachisi

and many more….