Joe Bastille Solitary Game by Armani/Casa

Wood, leather and warm-toned alabaster are featured in this traditional board game that becomes a design object to be shown. Clean with a damp cloth.

HAND MADE IN ITALY.

THE GAME

History

The invention of the peg solitaire is traditionally attributed to a prisoner kept in the Bastille, the French prison located in Paris until the years of the Revolution, and became popular among aristocracy especially during the XVII and the XVIII century. In fact, the first evidence of the game can be traced back to the court of Louis XIV: an engraving by Claude Auguste Berey in 1687 shows Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princess of Soubise, with the game by her side.

Game rules

To start the game, place all spheres in the carved holes of the board, leaving the central one empty. A valid move consists in jumping a sphere orthogonally (i.e. vertically or horizontally only) over an adjacent one into a hole two positions away, and then to remove the jumped sphere. To finish the game you must remove all but one spheres in this way, with the very last placed in the middle of the board.