Medievel_Games

Medievel Games Medieval Games I am going to talk about three medieval games; jousting, backgammon and fencing. Jousting is a contest where two knights are riding horse and they charge at each other with lances and try to make each other fall off. In tournament the knights use blunted lances, but serious injuries still occur. The horses are blindfolded and charge at each other from 60 paces in a space called a Jousting Run. On the last part of the charge, as they knights get closer to each other, each knight swings his lance to the left, aiming for the other knight’s shield, the top of the helmet or his throat. If a knight hits and knocks off his opponent, he wins the joust. If a knight retreats by taking off his helmet, the other knight is the winner. A knight that retreats is a hostage of the winning knight, and the winning knight can set a ransom for him. Most often the winning knight takes the loser’s horse, armor and weapons as ransom. Backgammon is game of skill and a little luck. You play with two people and 15 checkers on a square or rectangle board each, knight, fencing, points, two, foil, blade, three, table, score, sabre, one, off, backgammon, 15, winning, weapons, point, play, knights, jousting, hit, games, game, first, epee, charge, called, about, weighs, weapon, top, tip, through, side