This game board was documented in the area of Horsens, Denmark in the nineteenth century. It belongs to a family of boards common throughout the Baltic region that are used for blockade and hunt games.
Rules
Four rectangles arranged in a cross shaped board, with a square in the center and triangles on the end of each arm. Diagonals are drawn in each rectangle and the square. Lines are drawn from the apex of a triangle, through the intersections of the diagonals, to the opposite triangle's apex.
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Sources
Michaelsen, P. 2009. "Haretavl – hund efter hare som brætspil”. Historisk Årbog for Thy og Vester Han Herred. 149–163.
Michaelsen, P. 2014. "Haretavl - Hare and Hounds as a Board Game." In M. Teichert (ed.), Sport und Spiel bei den Germanen: Nordeuropa von der römischen Kaiserzeit bis zum Mittelalter. Berlin: De Gruyter.
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