The Red Petticoat Welcomes You to Our Parlor

This page justed opened and is still being constructed. Please be patient and make sure you come back to see what's been added. Now.... Sit back, light your finest cigar and enjoy.

The following are links to pages and articles for information and research. The Red Petticoat does not make any claims to ownership or association to the articles or sites listed.

Articles	Description	Host Web Site/Url
The History of Pool and Carom Billiards in the United States	One pocket and Four-Ball Billiards. Maybe your not going carry a billiards table to a re-enactment, but if your going to mention such a game in a first person conversation it helps to know what your talking about.Web Page From James Masters.	A History of Traditional Games
The Introduction of Playing-Cards to Europe	From their introduction to Europe to the introduction of the JOKER in 1850. Web Page From Mark Waks.	Chez Coeur
The History of the Chess Family	Gives history from it's ancient origins to our modern European version. Web Page From James Masters.	A History of Traditional Games
Bilboquet: Cup and Ball or Ring and Pin Games	A Classic. From: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.	Museum and Archive of Games
Bowls	Even George Washington played this game on his estate. Web Page From James Masters.	A History of Traditional Games
Nine Mens Morris	Among the oldest games in the world. Web Page from James Masters.	A History of Traditional Games
Young Folks at Play(Children's Games)	Graphics and information about games in a 1560 painting by Pieter Brueghel. From: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.	Museum and Archive of Games