Game |
When |
Where |
Directions |
Purpose |
Quintain Tilting |
c. 1100 |
England |
Mount horse. Charge with lance at rotating dummy mounted on pivot. |
Strike dummy without being knocked off by dummy’s rotating arms. |
Bull Baiting |
c. 1150 |
England |
Tie bull to iron stake. Blow pepper into his nose to enrage him. Turn pack of dogs loose on bull. |
Bet on dogs or bull. |
Chequers |
c. 1375 |
England |
Toss pebbles onto checkerboard. |
Bet on whether they land on black or white. |
Shrove Groat |
c. 1500 |
England |
Push coin across table. |
Get coin as close to table's edge as possible. |
Rat Baiting |
c. 1800 |
United States |
Place 100 rats in 8-square-foot, 4-foot-deep put. Drop dog in. |
Bet on how many rats dog can kill in given period of time. |
The Mansion of Happiness |
1843 |
United States |
Follow virtues and avoid vices of mankind along board game's 66-space Road of Life. |
Reach the Mansion of Happiness. |
Adventure (for Atari) |
1979 |
United States |
Guide dot through confusing mazes and castle catacombs while slaying dragons to find secret door. |
Recover gold chalice. Return to the Gold Castle. |