The JEUX Project (ERC, 2024-2028) investigates how games were used in the salons of seventeenth-century France. As part of the project, the team has taken early-modern literary games and turned them into playable games for participants in workshops that were held in Oxford in October and November 2024. Freundlich's paper discusses the process of turning the historical description of games into game materials in terms of the preservation of game heritage and its pedagogical implications. She will also discuss the steps the team is taking to develop a game box from the initial game materials.
Time permitting, the presentation will conclude with a hands-on gaming experience, inviting participants to directly engage with one of these intriguing 17th-century games.
Read more about the 27th Board Game Studies Colloquium that takes place 8-11 April 2025 in Chemnitz. Freundlich's presentation is on the 8th April, in the morning session. See more in the programme.