Mastermason.com Forums Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > Forum Lounge (off-topic & lighter discussions) > Hobbies & Special Interests
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Rithmomachia, The philosophers game
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Rithmomachia, The philosophers game

 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
GrimoireA3 View Drop Down
Banned
Banned


Joined: May/05/2013
Location: Boston
Status: Offline
Points: 625
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote GrimoireA3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Rithmomachia, The philosophers game
    Posted: May/17/2016 at 5:55pm
I had played Rithmomachia for two years but players are hard to find. I discovered Rithmo with the Society for Creative Anachronism (S.C.A.)and its the most esoteric game I know of (based on Boethius proportions). Anybody ever played The Philosopher's Game: Rithmomachia?
Please Note: I am not a Mason. And also, I am not an anti-Mason!
Back to Top
GrimoireA3 View Drop Down
Banned
Banned


Joined: May/05/2013
Location: Boston
Status: Offline
Points: 625
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote GrimoireA3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/24/2016 at 8:57am
O.K., if you want to learn 'Rithmo' this interesting and educational board game: Rithmomachia (the battle of numbers, or better, the battle of numerical harmonies) try these websites:

Society for Creative Anachronism (S.C.A.):

http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/SCA/Games/rithmomachy.html

http://photo1.blogger.com/img/46/1619/640/1.jpg

http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/12/rithmomachia-the-lost-mathematical-treasure-of-the-dark-ages/


Little is known of the origin of the philosopher's game, Rithomomachia, but it was used to teach Boethian proportions.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethias (died 524 A.D.) whose book DE MUSICA (which was heavily based on the Pythagoreo-Platonic concept of numerical ratios of the musical scale) was a main text source of the QUADRIVIUM, the curriculum of the Catholic Church's monastic and cathedral schools in 11th century education. It is believed Rithmomachia was developed during this period of scholasticism before the advent of the secular universities to teach Boethian mathematics to Catholic monks and Catholic priests.

Anyways, Rithmo is still a good game to learn math as you play.
Please Note: I am not a Mason. And also, I am not an anti-Mason!
Back to Top
GrimoireA3 View Drop Down
Banned
Banned


Joined: May/05/2013
Location: Boston
Status: Offline
Points: 625
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote GrimoireA3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/27/2016 at 9:03am
O.K. guys, some more 'Rithmo' sites:


http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Rithmomachia.html


http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/R/Rithmomachia.html


NOTE: **FREE DOWNLOAD**
http://download.cnet.com/Rithmomachia/3000-20416_4-75784906.html

(Try a few games of Rithmomachia and see how you like it)??



Bryanna's Treasure Box (check out all the Medieval games, including Rithmo):

http://bryannastreasurebox.com/rithmomachia/


http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/Rithmomachy


Hope all this piques your interest in Rithmomachia!
Please Note: I am not a Mason. And also, I am not an anti-Mason!
Back to Top
pointwithinacircle View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie
Avatar

Joined: January/12/2014
Location: Crisfield, MD
Status: Offline
Points: 24
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pointwithinacircle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July/08/2016 at 7:24pm
Well, your post got me interested enough to buy Anne Moyer's book.  Now I just have to learn the rules, make a board, and teach someone else to play so I have an opponent.  :-)
Words are symbols which point toward concepts arranged in patterns to communicate meaning.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 11.10
Copyright ©2001-2017 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.141 seconds.