Antique Wooden Game of Fifteen in Jointed Tray july 4 The subtle gradations among all

The subtle gradations among all those perfect squares at right really does it for me

Super atmospheric and I think quite beautiful

Certainly these could be used for game night in various ways

mostly around the edges

Antique Wooden Game of Fifteen in Jointed Tray july 4 The subtle gradations among allI just like these old 15 games, with blocks that one is meant to mix up then slide around to get back in numerical order. Simple and slow and tactile. This one with handwritten number in graphite looks perhaps as if written over at some point, I presume because the earlier ones had worn pretty well away. Funnily, the extra block, or plug which must be removed in order to play is numbered 18 rather than 16, suggesting perhaps a misread of the original