AGE 17 – Congratulations, you have scrofula! Miss a turn while you wait for the king to cure you.
AGE 16
AGE 15
AGE 1 – A gong farmer( toilet cleaner) tips his bucket over you by accident. Ew! You stink. Miss a go.
AGE 14 – You spot the queen. Do you bow quickly enough? Roll a dice... 1 – 4 = safe. 5 – 6 = off with your head and back to the start.
AGE 2
AGE 13 – Aachoo! Uh-oh, is that the plague? Miss two turns while your house is quarantined and locked from the outside.
Malodorous maze
Can you match the funny Tudor word to its meaning?
Whatever possessed you to wear purple silk to the fish market? Everyone knows that wearing costly apparel is against the law if you are below the rank of a knight’ s son. You’ re going to have to scarper sharpish if you want to avoid getting banged up. Quick, run and hide – before the fisherfolk snitch you out! slanging match
1 Rampallion
2 Jackanape 3 Kickie-wickie 4 Mulligrubs
START
5Cozener
6 Lubberwort
A A wife B A lazy person C A state of sadness D A rude person E A cheat F A scoundrel
Change KING to PIES in three or fewer moves by changing one letter at a time. Each word must be a proper word so KING to ZING is OK but not KING to UING. Then try BEAR to BAIT.
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K I N G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ P I E S |
B E A R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B A I T |
D A W N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L A R K |
Life in Tudor England was dangerous, smelly and sometimes downright ridiculous. Can you dodge beheadings, plague, rats, bad pies and angry monarchs long enough to make it to the grand old age of 25? Roll the dice, move along the board and try to survive!
AGE 17 – Congratulations, you have scrofula! Miss a turn while you wait for the king to cure you.
AGE 16
YOU WILL NEED:
AGE 15
START
AGE 1 – A gong farmer( toilet cleaner) tips his bucket over you by accident. Ew! You stink. Miss a go.
AGE 14 – You spot the queen. Do you bow quickly enough? Roll a dice... 1 – 4 = safe. 5 – 6 = off with your head and back to the start.
AGE 2
AGE 13 – Aachoo! Uh-oh, is that the plague? Miss two turns while your house is quarantined and locked from the outside.
AGE 18 |
AGE 19 – You die of sweating sickness. Bad luck. RIP and all that. Back to the start! |
AGE 20 – Toothache! You visit a barber-surgeon who yanks out the wrong tooth with dirty tools. Bleugh! Ouch! Miss a turn. |
AGE 21 – Poach a deer from the royal forest to feed your family. Roll again. Odd = caught in the act, miss a turn. Even = success, extra go. |