Transcript Medieval Games and Recreation

Medieval Games and
Recreation
By
Nick S.
&
Dylan T.
Core 4
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Board Games
 In Medieval times people would play
simple, yet challenging games to relax.
 Some games were Chess, Checkers,
Dice, and Backgammon.
Child’s Play
 Kids have always played outside. They
would play games that involved running
around and jumping and just what kids do.
 Some games they would play were
Prisoner’s Base, Blind Man’s Bluff,
Wrestling, and just running around!
A young girl
Sports
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People play sports for fun, money, and just
something to do.
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Some sports that they played were foot
races, gymnastics, swimming, fighting, and a
game that was a mix between tennis and
handball, Cockfighting, Bull baiting and
Archery.
Harvest Time
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Around the Harvest times there would be carnivals
and festivals held.
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Some things they would do is bob for apples, hunt in
the surrounding forest (if it was okay with the castle
lord). Hawks were trained to hunt game birds and
every medieval castle had a falconer, assigned to train
young birds for this sport.
Falconer
 A Falconer is someone who hunts
with Falcons or trains Falcons for
hunting.
Holiday Games
 Almost everybody does something
special during the holidays, especially
Christmas.
 Medieval Christmas games included
"King of the Bean," where a small
bean would be baked inside bread or
cake, and the one who found it in
their portion would be crowned king
of the holiday feast.
Many other Games!
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Sports- Bocce, Bowling, Curling, Pall-Mall.
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Board Games- Alquerque, Fieges, Fox & Geese, Game of
the Goose, Merels, Nyout, Parcheesi, Senet, Tablut, Wari.
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Card games- All fours, Alouette, As Nas, Basset, Karnoffel,
Tarok.
Archery
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Archery has been
around for a long
time. In Medieval
Times they would
have tournaments.
Today archery is
mainly for fun and
hunting. Other
games have
evolved from it.
Chess Board
Chess is one of the most popular
“Board Games” ever created.
Question 1
What kind of games did children play?
Answer 1
 Prisoner’s Base, Blind Man’s Bluff,
wrestling and running around.
Question 2
Why do people play sports?
Answer 2
People played sports for money, fun, and
just something to do.
Question 3
What were some things they did around
Harvest time?
Answer 3
People would go to festivals and bob for
apples and hunting.
Question 4
What were some Board games they played?
Answer 4
People would play Chess, checkers, dice,
and backgammon
Question 5
What is one of the most popular Board
Games ever created?
Answer 5
Chess
WebPages
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http://www.medieval-life.net/games.htm
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http://www.modaruniversity.org/Games.ht
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http://historymedren.about.com/od/medie
valchildren/a/child_play.htm
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