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The Heritage Game Collection

Games that have travelled through time.

At The Heritage Game Company, we believe that a board game can be more than something to play. It can be a connection to another time, another culture and another generation.

Play History Our Craft & Integrity
4,600+ Years of Board Game History
100% Handcrafted Genuine Leather
5 Active Masterpieces
Ancient World to Medieval Europe

The Heritage Collection

Our collection brings together games played across centuries — from the ancient world to the medieval playing boards of Europe.

Checkers (Draughts)
★★★★★ Historically Established
Medieval & Modern Evolution

Checkers (Draughts)

The Timeless Game of Diagonal Strategy & Compulsory Jumping

Few board games are as instantly recognisable as Checkers. Known as Draughts in many parts of the world, it belongs to an ancient family of jumping and capture games. Simple to learn but demanding to master.

Players: 2 Players Time: 20–40 Minutes Board: 8×8 Genuine Leather Board
R600.00
Story & Rules
Alquerque
★★★★☆ Historically Documented
Medieval Islamic & 1283 Castile

Alquerque

The 13th-Century Ancestor of Draughts from the Book of Games

Documented in Alfonso X of Castile's famous 1283 Book of Games. Played on a distinctive 5×5 line network with 12 pieces per player, where captures are compulsory and multi-jump chains dictate the battlefield.

Players: 2 Players Time: 20–40 Minutes Board: 5×5 Network Leather Board
R600.00
Story & Rules
The Royal Game of Ur
★★★★☆ Historically Reconstructed
Ancient Mesopotamia (c. 2600 BC)

The Royal Game of Ur

4,600-Year-Old Mesopotamian Masterpiece Deciphered by the British Museum

Discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley and deciphered from Babylonian cuneiform by Dr. Irving Finkel. A tactical race along a shared central battleground guarded by sacred rosette sanctuaries and guided by binary wooden dice.

Players: 2 Players Time: 20–30 Minutes Board: 20-Square Rosette Leather Board
R600.00
Story & Rules
Nine Men's Morris
★★★★☆ Historically Documented
Roman Empire & Medieval Europe

Nine Men's Morris

The Medieval Game of Mills, Strategic Encirclement & Flight

Also known as Merels or Mill. Form lines of three to capture opponent pieces across three distinct tactical phases: initial board placement, strategic movement along lines, and exhilarating end-game flight.

Players: 2 Players Time: 20–40 Minutes Board: 24-Point Concentric Square Leather Board
R600.00
Story & Rules
Backgammon
★★★★★ Historically Established
Ancient Tables & Medieval Renaissance

Backgammon

The Grand Race of Probability, Tactics & Bearing Off

One of humanity's great surviving race games. Navigate 15 checkers around 24 triangular points, strike exposed enemy blots onto the bar, block opposing runs, and bear off to victory.

Players: 2 Players Time: 20–30 Minutes Board: 24-Point Classical Leather Race Board
R750.00
Story & Rules
Tactile Heritage Materials

Handcrafted in South Africa

Every game is an artisanal object of beauty and durability. We combine genuine leathers with tactile pieces designed to be touched and treasured across generations.

Off-White Genuine Leather Grey Genuine Leather

Genuine Leather Pouch Boards

Handcrafted in four genuine leather finishes — Off White, Grey, Avocado Green, and Blue — with perimeter eyelets and drawstring cord lacing (Black, Red, or White). Easily cinches into a portable pouch holding all playing pieces securely for coffee tables, campfires, and journeys.

Glass Pieces Frosted Glass Pieces Wood Pieces

Artisanal Playing Pieces

Choose between Glass, Frosted Glass, or Wood playing pieces. Each piece has reassuring weight, smooth contours, and satisfying table acoustic.

Modern Binary Wooden Dice

Modern Binary Wooden Dice

For Ur, we craft four two-tone wooden dice with three white faces and three black faces. While ancient players threw split reeds or knuckle-bones, our binary dice retain the mathematical spirit of ancient chance in durable wood.

Museum-Grade Scholarship

Our Approach to Historical Accuracy

Where the original rules are known, we follow established modern rules. Where history has left us with unanswered questions, we say so honestly. We categorise our games into three levels of historical confidence.

★★★★★

Historically Established

The rules of the modern game are well documented, rigorously researched, and consistently played across centuries of unbroken living tradition.

In Our Collection: Checkers, Backgammon, and Go.
★★★★☆

Historically Reconstructed

Ancient evidence gives us a solid foundation — such as deciphered cuneiform clay tablets or 13th-century manuscripts — though modern scholarly interpretations vary in fine detail.

In Our Collection: The Royal Game of Ur, Alquerque, Nine Men's Morris.
★★☆☆☆

Historically Inspired

The game itself is unquestionably ancient and deeply revered, but no complete ancient rulebook survives. Rules are reconstructed based on archaeological clues and tomb paintings.

In Our Collection: Senet (Ancient Egypt).
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The Heritage Philosophy

Our Aim is Simple: To Let You Play History.

"For us, authenticity does not mean pretending to know what history has not preserved. Authenticity means telling the story honestly."

When you hold a piece of turned wood or frosted glass above a leather grid, you are participating in a conversation that began thousands of years ago in the shadow of the pyramids, beside the Euphrates, or in the courtyards of medieval Castile. Board games are living artifacts.

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