Sunday 2 April 2017

Colf in Tradgardland : an entertainment of sorts

I have been playing around with the idea of  table top 18 th century colf. It is a game where players try and hit a target in the least number of strokes. Here is one such game beginning-
The players have chosen the statue of Hermes as their target but need to beware of the trees. I allow a player to choose the number and type of dice from a selection- say D3,6,8 and when thrown this is the distance the ball travels in cm. Non accurate hitting is worked out through scatter dice and/or a chart.


I use buttons to mark the position of each player's ball with little buttons.Here is a game coming to an end.

10 comments:

  1. I must say they have very elegant pastimes in the Duchy. I had no idea that colf was a thing!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. This comment has been removed by the author.

      Delete
    2. More info here-
      http://www.ancientgolf.dse.nl/colfuk.htm

      Delete
  2. Excellent sporting post Alan! Very original. They remind me of my Peter Laing 15mm Marlburian gunners holding cannonballs that lined up look like they are about to play bowls.
    I photographed them all together before some of them went to play with Alec Green. https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/peter-laing-marlburian-figures/

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. This comment has been removed by the author.

      Delete
    2. Splendid fellows indeed.I do like the Malburian chaps very much.

      Delete
  3. Miniature colf!

    Sounds and looks like a fun little game. Maybe it could also be played with some halfling minis and an orc head...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. This comment has been removed by the author.

      Delete
    2. Fun indeed! have a look-
      http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Bandobras_Took?file=Buloarer.jpg

      Delete
  4. Double comments from me , Blogger alone knows why!

    ReplyDelete