Medieval Games

Hide and Seek
There are multiple hiders and only one seeker. The seeker must find all the hiders. The hiders have a certain amount of time to find a hiding spot before the seeker tries to find them. After the game is over, the seeker gets to choose who the next seeker is. There are many variations of this game.

Tag
It is commonly played today. The concept of the game is that the one who's "it" has to tag another person. Successfully tagging another person will result in that person being it instead of you. Then that person has to tag someone else.

Tug a War
A game played by adults and children alike. All you need is a rope and a hazard. The hazard is usually a wall or a pool of mud. There are usually two teams. The team that gets pulled into the hazard is declared the loser.

Tic Tac Toe
There are usually two contestants in this game. One of the player will be X and the other shall be O.
The game is played on a grid of 3x3. The goal of the game is to get 3 in a row. It can be diagonally, horizontally, or vertically. Whoever gets 3 in a row first shall be declared winner and becomes X and goes first the next round.

Throwing Stones
To play this game you will need a couple of stones and a target. THe goal of this game is to hit the target with a stone.

Wrestling
Horse play games such as wrestling have been popular with children, but during medieval times wrestling continued into adulthood as entertainment for village feast.

Queek
To play this game, you will need a couple of stone and a large checkered peace of cloth on a hard, smooth surface. The children would toss pebbles on the board, calling out in advance whether the pebble would
land on a light color or dark color board.

Teetotum
Commonly used to play the game Put and Take the foursided
teetotum or spinning top displays a number when it stops
spinning. Each player places a coin in the pot and then takes turns
spinning the teetotum following the instructions when the teetotum
stops spinning. When the whole pot has been won, the round is over and the players start
again.
1 Take a coin from the pot. 2 Do nothing. 3 Put in a coin in the pot. 4 Win the
whole pot.

Prisoners Base
Now known as capture the flag, this game requires a minimum of 10 people. The object of the game is to capture your prisoner from their base. The prisoner is usually protected by a couple of people. Successfully taking back your prisoner will earn you a point.

Horse Shoe
A medieval pastime that is still popular in the 21st century, this game involves throwing horseshoes at a particular target, often a nail. The closer a player gets to the target, the more points she scores, while extra points are sometimes awarded if the player can get the horseshoe wrapped around the target.


Citations:
http://lscacamp.org/portals/0/medieval%20games%20and%20recreation.pdf