(Un)Official Gaming Authorization Card Midrealm Challenge

The challenge is put forth to the Kingdom of the Midrealm to go forth and learn and teach games, fill this card out as you go for each game you play (Past plays do not count) Play all the begining games (and two of the Tafl games) plus one advanced game in the categories that have them.

Your prize awaits you a lovely handmade pin 

(Un)Official Gaming Authorization Card

Dice Games - Beginning

☐ 5’s & 9’s

☐ Ship, Captain, Crew (NP)

☐ Knuckle Bones

☐ Cowry Shells

☐ Sticks (NP)

☐ Hazzard

                        Advanced

Card Games  -  Beginning

☐ As Nas (NP version we play in MR)

☐ 31(NP)

☐ Piquet

☐ Noddy

Advanced

☐ Tarocchi

☐ Poch

☐ Alouette

Board Games -  Beginning

☐ 9 Men's Morris

☐ Fox Games

☐ Goose

Tafl Games:

☐ Hnefataf,   ☐ Ard Ri

☐ Brandub     ☐ Tablut

☐ Tawlbwrdd ☐ Alea evanglii

☐ Nards, ☐ Tables, ☐ Backgammon

☐ Dice Chess

☐ Parcheesi

☐ Chess

☐ Gluckshaus

                        Advanced

☐ 4 or 7 player Backgammon,

☐ Rithmomachy 

☐ Bagh Chal

☐ Shtapada

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­(NP) Means I don’t have a period source for this game

 Created by THL Mwynwen Ysginid Called Strawberry

for her 2018 Midrealm Challenge

Designing a Shattered Crystal Pilgrim Badge Part 1 of 2

I have been wanting to design a Pilgrim Badge for Crystal Ball as a semi standard site token, the Idea being that it could have a hole in it that a date could dangle from it. This is my learning piece I haven't done one of these before. I am reversing the pin back so it is poured into from the top down here it is still backwards and that is what is causing the hole in the front. After I am done and it works I will weight it and then decide if I want to remake the whole things smaller which I might do just because I can and to see how small I can make a piece. I also may play with trying to make one that is lacy on the inside on a frame work of the diamond. But I don't know if I can make the pin back work the way I want so I will cross that bridge when I get to it.

Thank You Master Philippe for the advice of the mold and pin back.

Medieval Wire Ring

 Here is a ring I taught in class this weekend at the Midrealm's first Fire Arts Symposium  {Barony of the Flame} [Vine Grove, KY].
It is based on a ring in the Antiquities collection of

see link below.

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/429904

 http://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/317317

Anglo-Saxon

 Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 800

 

What I find most interesting about the original find is that it is in square wire. I used cheep round German Silver plated copper wire for this one.

Here is a simpler, similar one that appears to be in round wire
http://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/43974

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/73303

Coptic books and silver lamped worked rings

Well a last week a BAD storm came though and with wind sheers up to 100 miles per hour and lightning strikes we were with out power for 2 days and 2 nights. I used this time to catch up on some things I wanted to get done. I pulled out the blow torch and put glass beads on the ends of some silver coated wire then turned them into rings, and assembled some Coptic leather books using 100% cotton resume paper. Then I got a little fancy and make the smaller one with the bead closure (made by my Friend Dee Vargas who is a amazing bead artist.) and I used seed beads on the side binding just because. This has lead me to start a project to make 50 of these to be used as site tokens for your Barony's event this Sept "For Hands" I think I will use Blue thread and skip the seed beads though.
the books that are here and the rings were sent with Her Excellency Caroline de Mercier to Lillies War for her to distribute as she wishes. I believe her intent was for them to go to the musicians that perform at the Dance she hostess there.