Games like Nine Men’s Morris (a cross between checkers and tic-tac-toe) and stoolball (similar to baseball and cricket) were homemade games available to the working and servant classes, however, working men and women did not normally have much leisure time for game-playing.

The kissing ball, or bough, comes to us from the Middle Ages.

A Tudor Word Search

If you have ever watched a movie like Freaky Friday, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle or Your Name, you are familiar with the idea of two people swapping bodies and living each other’s lives for a while.

Playing cards was a normal part of upper society diversion in Tudor England. Families and their guest would often retire to the withdrawing room, or parlor, to play and listen to music, and play charades, dice games, and board and card games.