Gwyddbwyll
DLP Game
Period
Medieval
Region
Northern Europe
Category
Reconstruction, Pending, Board, War
Description
Gwyddbwyll is a game that is known from early medieval Wales. Not much is known about it, but it is thought to be related to the Irish game Fidchell.
Rules
Two players. Each player has multiple pieces. Played on a board.
Origin
Wales
Ludeme Description
Gwyddbwyll.lud
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Reference
Murray 1951: 31-34.
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Sources
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Rhys, J. amd J. Evans. 1887. The Text of the Mabinogion and other Welsh Tales from the Red Book of Hergest. Oxford: J.G. Evans.
Identifiers
DLP.Games.889
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