Board games from the city of Vijayanagara (Hampi ... - Gioco dell'Oca.
Board games from the city of Vijayanagara (Hampi ... - Gioco dell'Oca.
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B OARD G AME S TUDIES 6, 2003<br />
is ei<strong>the</strong>r on his way ei<strong>the</strong>r to <strong>the</strong> central square, or coming back <strong>from</strong> it, to land on several<br />
marked squares, and consequently to collect several hats to bring to <strong>the</strong> collection<br />
point. When he has handed in six hats, he must go back to <strong>the</strong> central square. If he is<br />
<strong>the</strong> first to do this, he wins First Prize.<br />
Published by Gün<strong>the</strong>r and Co., D.”<br />
Possible Origins and Reconstruction<br />
“Jews Out!” is a modified race game with two versions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rules given. The first<br />
version is a simple game <strong>of</strong> chance with no interaction between <strong>the</strong> players. The second<br />
version adds a little more strategy to <strong>the</strong> game and is similar in feeling to “Parchisi” or<br />
“The Hyena Game” (Bell 1979). The main source for <strong>the</strong> game was certainly “Fang den<br />
Hut” (English title “Trap <strong>the</strong> Cap”), a game published by Otto Maier Verlag,<br />
Ravensburg, as early as 1927 and still distributed today in various countries (Glonnegger<br />
1999: 23-24). Two different versions <strong>of</strong> “Fang den Hut” exist, one version is for six players.<br />
The game board uses a graphic <strong>of</strong> a wagon wheel, with pieces able to move along<br />
squares on <strong>the</strong> diameter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> circle and also on <strong>the</strong> spokes running straight <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
outer edge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> circle to <strong>the</strong> center (figure 5). It was obviously this board that was<br />
adopted by <strong>the</strong> author <strong>of</strong> “Juden Raus!”. But <strong>the</strong> game board lay out, inspired by <strong>the</strong><br />
modern design <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bauhaus, underwent some changes: “Juden Raus!” depicts a<br />
medieval town with an irregular <strong>city</strong> wall and streets instead <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> outer circle and <strong>the</strong><br />
straight spokes seen in “Fang den Hut”. The black fields <strong>of</strong> “Fang den Hut” where <strong>the</strong><br />
caps were captured became Jewish storefronts. A fur<strong>the</strong>r difference to “Fang den Hut”,<br />
where <strong>the</strong> counters can move around <strong>the</strong> circle and along <strong>the</strong> spokes, pieces in “Juden<br />
Fig. 5. “Fang den Hut” (photograph U. Schädler, Swiss Museum <strong>of</strong> Games).