| quibblemuch |
Aberzombie wrote:
Exquisitely Preserved 1,000-yo Gaming Pieces Found in German Castle Offer Snapshot of Medieval Pastimes
I hear that's what the War of 1217 was about--Prince Haufbachen of Munavia wanted to be the thimble and Grand Duke Orchrachenbald of Meinzerbotten-Am-Rhine insisted that HE was the thimble, having called it. The resulting fray dragged half of Europe into 50 years of conflict ending only when Pope Pius IV flipped the board and stormed out.
Not that different from every Monopoly game of my childhood, really.