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2. Jousting - Wikipedia

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   Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. [1] The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet".

3. Saracen Joust - Wikipedia

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   On 15 June 2010, a free videogame about the Saracen Joust was released in collaboration with Arezzo municipality and the Saracen Joust Institution. [1] It was developed with Unity technology and accessible directly via a standard web browser. The game allows the player to participate as a jouster of one of the four-quarters.

4. Chainmail (game) - Wikipedia

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   Chainmail is a medieval miniature wargame created by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren.Gygax developed the core medieval system of the game by expanding on rules authored by his fellow Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) member Jeff Perren, a hobby-shop owner with whom he had become friendly.

5. Quintain (jousting) - Wikipedia

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   Quintain was a game open to all, popular with young men of all social classes. While the use of horses aided in training for the joust, the game could be played on foot, using a wooden horse or on boats (popular in 12th-century London). [3] As late as the 18th century running at the quintain survived in English rural districts.

6. Cry Havoc (1981 board game) - Wikipedia

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   The Cry Havoc system was designed by Gary Chalk and published by the British game company Standard Games in 1981. [2] Standard used the same combat system in several game expansions: [3] 1983: Siege (addition of siege rules) 1984: Samurai Blades (warfare in medieval Japan) 1985: Outremer (the Crusades, featuring expanded rules)

7. Hastilude - Wikipedia

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   The pas d'armes' or passage of arms was a type of chivalric hastilude that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century. It involved a knight or group of knights (tenants or "holders") who would stake out a traveled spot, such as a bridge or city gate, and let it be known that any other knight who wished to pass (venants or "comers") must first fight, or be ...