Ship of Fools: The game of GAITERS

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Posted by ardmacha (# 16499) on :

Has anyone come across a game called Gaiters,never commercially produced,but in the 1970s obtainable from Canterbury Cathedral, where a lay clerk had invented it ?
It was a gloriously complicated game based on Monopoly and played with a dice and cut out figures were used to move around a very large board.The first throw of the dice began your clerical career by condemning you to be either High,Low or Middle and thereafter you could only do those things pertaining to the three "schools". The aim was to be enthroned on the throne of St Augustine. I wonder if anyone ever bought it and had the fun some of us had with it back in the heady '70s

Posted by Stephen (# 40) on :

Must admit I've not heard of it.....Monopoly, yes, and Diplomacy ( you can have Poland but I want Czechoslovakia and no way is he getting Latvia....!) oh and Go which is quite good fun you go around the world and collect souvenirs - but I haven't come across gaiters......
Some years back someone started a festal game of Mornington Crescent on these boards the aim of which was to get to The Blessed Sacrament, IIRC! but I'm not sure I'd recommend reviving it as it nearly drove Our Genial Hosts round the twist [Two face]

Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on :

There is a game called "Credo" which is all about the council of Nicaea - you have to get your chosen doctrinal statements into the Nicene Creed by winning over sufficient numbers of bishops and laity...

Posted by Robertus Liverpolitanae (# 12011) on :

There's this which seems like the RC equivalent http://shipoffools.com/gadgets/toys_pets_games/179_1.html

Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :

The concept sound delightful - even though I can't quite imagine much of a market for it these days - I'd love a copy if anyone can track it down!

Posted by seasick (# 48) on :

As a thread about a game, this is a better fit for heaven. Going up!

seasick, Eccles host

Posted by ardmacha (# 16499) on :

Zappa,
The problem is that it was never properly published and printed, it was beautifully and calligraphically written and drawn by hand, with great skill, especially the cut out figures of the clergy. It was very funny and terribly complicated.I suppose that it could be photocopied. I seem to remember that the inventor was called Peter Giles and I think that he was a Lay clerk in Canterbury, but it's all a long time ago !

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

Nowadays he could just email a few jpgs tomGermany...

A couple of my gaming friends have designed their own board games, and had the components run up by this lot.

They're in Nuremberg, so I like think of Meisterspieler tapping out counters on dinky little anvils while singing about gold.

Posted by St Everild (# 3626) on :

It sounds wonderful - I have never heard of it before!

Posted by Dan BD (# 16559) on :

Fantastic! A game which no doubt were it to exist would be banned from all theological college common rooms...

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

There's a brilliant game on the market called 'Make-your-own-Opoly' which is like Monopoly except you can customise it to your own situation. I was given a copy for Christmas and am making it into a version based on my own town. But there is no reason why you couldn't customise it to fit a church / denominational scenario if you wished. Worth having a try!

Posted by Spike (# 36) on :

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Originally posted by ardmacha:
Zappa,
The problem is that it was never properly published and printed, it was beautifully and calligraphically written and drawn by hand, with great skill, especially the cut out figures of the clergy. It was very funny and terribly complicated.I suppose that it could be photocopied. I seem to remember that the inventor was called Peter Giles and I think that he was a Lay clerk in Canterbury, but it's all a long time ago !

A quick Google search found Dr Peter Giles who was a Lay Clerk at Canterbury in the 70s. Could this be the same bloke?

Posted by ardmacha (# 16499) on :

I imagine it is. Maybe he could be contacted and the dust blown off the old boxes.Exiting !

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :

It sounds brilliant fun. [Big Grin]

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Spike:

quote:
Originally posted by ardmacha:
Zappa,
The problem is that it was never properly published and printed, it was beautifully and calligraphically written and drawn by hand, with great skill, especially the cut out figures of the clergy. It was very funny and terribly complicated.I suppose that it could be photocopied. I seem to remember that the inventor was called Peter Giles and I think that he was a Lay clerk in Canterbury, but it's all a long time ago !
A quick Google search found Dr Peter Giles who was a Lay Clerk at Canterbury in the 70s. Could this be the same bloke?

He looks quite a bit like Michael Douglas.

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