Russian_Bagatelle
by tiltjlp
This bagatelle was probably made for resale in the early part of the 1900s. The playing field would have been painted wood, or painted oilcloth glued to wood.
What looks like a crack in the playing field is indded a crack where the wood has cracked and begun to seperate. While the game is well designed, the bottom seems like a seperate game, where you try to get one ball into each of the ten slots that a numbered 1 to 10 randomly.
A unique and never before seen feature is a non-scoring lane on the left side of the table, a twin for the launch lane. Whikle a player could have replyed the ball, it was probably meant as a lost ball feature. Too bad that didn't become standard on bagatelle.
by tiltjlp
This bagatelle was probably made for resale in the early part of the 1900s. The playing field would have been painted wood, or painted oilcloth glued to wood.
What looks like a crack in the playing field is indded a crack where the wood has cracked and begun to seperate. While the game is well designed, the bottom seems like a seperate game, where you try to get one ball into each of the ten slots that a numbered 1 to 10 randomly.
A unique and never before seen feature is a non-scoring lane on the left side of the table, a twin for the launch lane. Whikle a player could have replyed the ball, it was probably meant as a lost ball feature. Too bad that didn't become standard on bagatelle.
