Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! Taylor Japan knife and Sweden

and Sweden

MA produced a pretty fabulous deck of cards

this is the first I've seen made almost entirely using one brand of silks

but possibly gouache

boxy and direct

Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! Taylor Japan knife and SwedenI am not sure if this is the ultimate "make do," creation, or whether the peg with bird on top was devised to give flourish to the winning player's triumphant final move, but In any case, a pretty terrific display object I think, and playable yet! The board, certainly pretty old, is for the ancient strategy game most commonly known as Twelve Men's Morris (a variation on Nine Men's Morris, and also known as mills and marl) played by two people. Players