Okay, you've gotten the Waks Research Library intrigued. Having not come across Tip-Cat before, my immediate reaction was "Is that period?". Which, having tracked it back from Gomme through Strutt to Singman and Willoughby, I find that it more or less is.
Anything we can do to help? While I'm at best a passing researcher, I do have a really, really good library when it comes to period games (basically a full bookcase on the subject), and msmemory found some websites with pictures of extant period cats (which seem to match the crudely-drawn pictures in Willoughby), along with a US Patent for a newer, better shape for the cat.
Out of curiosity, which version of the rules were you thinking of playing? I'm finding several variants from the 17th through 19th centuries.
(And in case it isn't obvious: thanks for an excuse to do some amusing research. I'm going to have to put a new section into the Period Games Page...)
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Date: 2007-06-08 11:36 pm (UTC)Anything we can do to help? While I'm at best a passing researcher, I do have a really, really good library when it comes to period games (basically a full bookcase on the subject), and
Out of curiosity, which version of the rules were you thinking of playing? I'm finding several variants from the 17th through 19th centuries.
(And in case it isn't obvious: thanks for an excuse to do some amusing research. I'm going to have to put a new section into the Period Games Page...)