{"id":22,"date":"2019-03-19T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:29:49","slug":"the-royal-game-of-british-sovereigns-exhibiting-the-most-remarkable-events-in-each-reign-from-egbert-to-george-3rd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/the-royal-game-of-british-sovereigns-exhibiting-the-most-remarkable-events-in-each-reign-from-egbert-to-george-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Game of British Sovereigns, exhibiting the most remarkable events in each reign, from Egbert to George 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>1820, Edward and John Wallis, London, England.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivory teetotum, 18th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dice were connected with gambling and unsuitable for genteel homes, so games like this one used an ivory <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/ivory-teetotum\/\">teetotum<\/a> to advance play. Each space on this board represents a famous scene from the life of an English ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally instructive and amusing, this game also informs the winning player to proceed immediately to the publisher to purchase another board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift of Ellen Liman \u201857<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1216\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-023-2.jpg\" alt=\"british sovereigns\" class=\"wp-image-113\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-361.jpg\" alt=\"Thin brown cardstock. Image at center - courtiers signing a document under a tent\" class=\"wp-image-145\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/04\/Explanation-of-the-Royal-Game-of-British-Sovereigns-05.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Explanation to The Royal Game of British Sovereigns&quot; frontispiece\" class=\"wp-image-721\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/04\/Explanation-of-the-Royal-Game-of-British-Sovereigns-07.jpg\" alt=\"British Sovereigns instructions, page 2\" class=\"wp-image-722\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/04\/Explanation-of-the-Royal-Game-of-British-Sovereigns-39.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Explanation to The Royal Game of British Sovereigns&quot; pg. 35\" class=\"wp-image-754\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1820, Edward and John Wallis, London, England. Ivory teetotum, 18th century Dice were connected with gambling and unsuitable for genteel homes, so games like this one used an ivory teetotum to advance play. Each space on this board represents a famous scene from the life of an English ruler. Equally instructive and amusing, this game <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/the-royal-game-of-british-sovereigns-exhibiting-the-most-remarkable-events-in-each-reign-from-egbert-to-george-3rd\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Royal Game of British Sovereigns, exhibiting the most remarkable events in each reign, from Egbert to George 3rd<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":457,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}