Alfonso MS

• Opusculos legales del Rey Don Alfonso el sabio -- Facsimile of an 1836 transcription of a period law book, which I gather included laws on gambling. (more)
• The Alfonso MS, in English -- This large PDF (about 5MB) combines an early draft of Sonja Musser Golladay's translation of the Alfonso with some of the facsimiles from Charles Knutson, to make a solidly usable source for reconstruction. (more)
• Justin's reconstruction of Seven-Sided Backgammon -- One of my prouder achievements, this reconstruction has caught on pretty widely. (more)
• Description at Chess Variants -- Includes a dicing variant. (more)
• The Electronic Texts and Condordances of the Prose Works of Alfonso X, El Sabio -- A transcription of the complete Alfonso works (including the Book of Games), from the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies. (more)
• Sonja Musser Golladay's Dissertation on the Alfonso MS (PDF) -- A PDF copy of the full, 1400-page tome about the Alfonso. This is the single most important source when working on this MS, including a full translation, lots of notes and reconstruction details, information about the culture and context, and so on. (more)
• Images from the Alphonso MS -- Organized by Charles Knutson of MacGregor Historic Games, this site collects (admittedly somewhat low-res) images of much of Alphonso X's Book of Games. (more)
• Description at the History of Chess -- Not a terribly detailed reconstruction. (more)
• Sonja Musser Golladay's dissertation on the Alfonso MS (hardcopy) -- This link is a search into University Microfilms' dissertation service. Golladay's dissertation is the masterwork on the Alfonso MS, including a full translation, copious notes and reconstruction details, and all sorts of information about the art and culture surrounding the book. It is a must-have for anyone researching this text. (more)
• Description at The History of Chess -- (more)
• Roselyne's translation of Astronomical Games -- An early translation of a chunk of the Alfonso MS, done by a friend of mine. (more)
• Alternate reconstruction of Grande Acedrex -- A very detailed reconstruction that goes back to the Alfonso MS and looks at it carefully. (more)
• Michel Wolffauer's reconstruction of El Mundo -- PDF, two pages (more)
• -- Very unusual, in neither having the same start table nor being mirrored. Explicitly a Roman game. (more)
• -- One of several games that start out by randomly entering your men. (more)
• -- The closest Alfonso game to modern Backgammon, probably a direct ancestor (more)
• -- A fairly messy game of players tripping over each other (more)
• -- One of the only games that does not involve blotting. (more)