HASTAC Commons | Jonas Richter | Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/jonasjrichter/activity/ Activity feed for Jonas Richter. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:10:43 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 8ca91ac4f7d723a23da9d412b155ea14 Jonas Richter's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1930913/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:59:20 +0000 0 5b2803efb0f2f23db532336958e1736d Jonas Richter deposited Das Mittelhochdeutsche Wörterbuch. Ein Langzeitprojekt in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863633/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:00:03 +0000 Als Sprachstadienwörterbuch erfasst und beschreibt das Mittelhochdeutsche Wörterbuch (MWB) den mittelhochdeutschen Wortschatz. Das gesamte Spektrum deutscher Textsorten aus dem Zeitraum 1050 bis 1350 dient als Grundlage, um die Wörter und ihren Gebrauch zu dokumentieren. 1994 startete das Projekt mit einer DFG-finanzierten Vorbereitungsphase, be…[Read more]

]]> 0 ad4a3408e4985443ad4d815cb39f3100 Jonas Richter deposited Das Mittelhochdeutsche Wörterbuch. Ein Langzeitprojekt https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863602/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 11:04:07 +0000 Als Sprachstadienwörterbuch erfasst und beschreibt das Mittelhochdeutsche Wörterbuch (MWB) den mittelhochdeutschen Wortschatz. Das gesamte Spektrum deutscher Textsorten aus dem Zeitraum 1050 bis 1350 dient als Grundlage, um die Wörter und ihren Gebrauch zu dokumentieren. 1994 startete das Projekt mit einer DFG-finanzierten Vorbereitungsphase, be…[Read more]

]]> 0 518033c7bca9bd560ee91237a497879c Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded, print version) in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850943/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:57 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 a73ed66c1eceb42b8fa45d955e1e37a8 Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded, print version) in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850942/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:54 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5c8c08534bb5052f7f45c2557059e0f Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded, print version) in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850941/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:50 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 0d97c1aa10f5b877849273ab906cb5f2 Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded, print version) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850917/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 15:28:53 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 0fdfcaf3dafc0f327790c961bd83802d Jonas Richter deposited German Names for Merels in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1792736/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 02:23:46 +0000 Merels (also called Nine Men‘s Morris) comprises a family of traditional board games with ancient roots. Between medieval and modern times, merels saw an interesting onomasiological shift : Several European languages took up a new name for the game. This new name is sometimes claimed to have originated in German, but the details surrounding this n…[Read more]

]]> 0 e204cd3a950947c5c2b51fd461e7ed56 Jonas Richter deposited German Names for Merels in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1792735/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 02:23:42 +0000 Merels (also called Nine Men‘s Morris) comprises a family of traditional board games with ancient roots. Between medieval and modern times, merels saw an interesting onomasiological shift : Several European languages took up a new name for the game. This new name is sometimes claimed to have originated in German, but the details surrounding this n…[Read more]

]]> 0 aa22b160e7283832dcf2704b6f598d92 Jonas Richter deposited German Names for Merels in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1792734/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 02:23:38 +0000 Merels (also called Nine Men‘s Morris) comprises a family of traditional board games with ancient roots. Between medieval and modern times, merels saw an interesting onomasiological shift : Several European languages took up a new name for the game. This new name is sometimes claimed to have originated in German, but the details surrounding this n…[Read more]

]]> 0 65056cee8b49c610883ff45ad705f8e6 Jonas Richter deposited German Names for Merels https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1792684/ Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:00:21 +0000 Merels (also called Nine Men‘s Morris) comprises a family of traditional board games with ancient roots. Between medieval and modern times, merels saw an interesting onomasiological shift : Several European languages took up a new name for the game. This new name is sometimes claimed to have originated in German, but the details surrounding this n…[Read more]

]]> 0 446d39b76b3bf1705457ce0e88c3c535 Jonas Richter deposited Götter-Astronauten. Erich von Däniken und die Paläo-SETI-Mythologie (Volltext) in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790754/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 02:24:10 +0000 GERMAN: Waren die Götter Astronauten? Davon ist Erich von Däniken überzeugt. Der erfolgreiche Autor ist seit Jahrzehnten der einflussreichste Protagonist auf dem Gebiet der Paläo-SETI bzw. Prä-Astronautik, einer grenzwissenschaftlichen Laienforschung, die die Position vertritt, dass Außerirdische vor Urzeiten die Erde besucht und die Entwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 63b41a89e2b20b046639e054c0f22028 Jonas Richter deposited Götter-Astronauten. Erich von Däniken und die Paläo-SETI-Mythologie (Volltext) in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790753/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 02:24:06 +0000 GERMAN: Waren die Götter Astronauten? Davon ist Erich von Däniken überzeugt. Der erfolgreiche Autor ist seit Jahrzehnten der einflussreichste Protagonist auf dem Gebiet der Paläo-SETI bzw. Prä-Astronautik, einer grenzwissenschaftlichen Laienforschung, die die Position vertritt, dass Außerirdische vor Urzeiten die Erde besucht und die Entwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 3033e364f03e0f7291b16466f8f608c4 Jonas Richter deposited Götter-Astronauten. Erich von Däniken und die Paläo-SETI-Mythologie (Volltext) in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790752/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 02:23:39 +0000 GERMAN: Waren die Götter Astronauten? Davon ist Erich von Däniken überzeugt. Der erfolgreiche Autor ist seit Jahrzehnten der einflussreichste Protagonist auf dem Gebiet der Paläo-SETI bzw. Prä-Astronautik, einer grenzwissenschaftlichen Laienforschung, die die Position vertritt, dass Außerirdische vor Urzeiten die Erde besucht und die Entwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 a4a12746c156ff66600ff047a977e143 Jonas Richter deposited Götter-Astronauten. Erich von Däniken und die Paläo-SETI-Mythologie (Volltext) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790634/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 06:45:40 +0000 GERMAN: Waren die Götter Astronauten? Davon ist Erich von Däniken überzeugt. Der erfolgreiche Autor ist seit Jahrzehnten der einflussreichste Protagonist auf dem Gebiet der Paläo-SETI bzw. Prä-Astronautik, einer grenzwissenschaftlichen Laienforschung, die die Position vertritt, dass Außerirdische vor Urzeiten die Erde besucht und die Entwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1871636038f62edb4a1306a447b8c09 Jonas Richter's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1784902/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:55:41 +0000 0 1fd9dabe86907148a65406f13cfca1aa Jonas Richter deposited Varianz im Mittelhochdeutschen Wörterbuch. Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten der Darstellung in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782948/ Tue, 31 May 2022 02:23:39 +0000 Diatopic and diachronic variation in Middle High German is rarely addressed explicitly in the new Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (MWB). The need to base the dictionary on edited texts makes it difficult for the lexicographical team to cover varietal specifics of MHG with certainty. This paper analyzes how variation is mentioned in the MWB and,…[Read more]

]]> 0 d92fc8189fd3a74209859a45fb32d045 Jonas Richter's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782914/ Mon, 30 May 2022 13:13:39 +0000 0 56f6cd938096a37ac1df47bcfd8d59c5 Jonas Richter deposited Varianz im Mittelhochdeutschen Wörterbuch. Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten der Darstellung https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782913/ Mon, 30 May 2022 13:10:42 +0000 Diatopic and diachronic variation in Middle High German is rarely addressed explicitly in the new Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (MWB). The need to base the dictionary on edited texts makes it difficult for the lexicographical team to cover varietal specifics of MHG with certainty. This paper analyzes how variation is mentioned in the MWB and,…[Read more]

]]> 0 80d75c0f0ae887011bc549df4b046287 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations (presentation text) in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781886/ Wed, 18 May 2022 02:24:08 +0000 Text for the conference talk on a group of games of chance with two dice and a game board/printed sheet with put & take instructions

]]> 0 e118a55d332b03df1ae827180ca54928 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations (presentation text) in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781885/ Wed, 18 May 2022 02:24:06 +0000 Text for the conference talk on a group of games of chance with two dice and a game board/printed sheet with put & take instructions

]]> 0 0dfdc7558d44ced64f84f1846a6f22ab Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations (presentation slides) in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781884/ Wed, 18 May 2022 02:24:05 +0000 Slides for the presentation on a group of dice games with put & take mechanics

]]> 0 85f15d792186cccff6c5ba8d8e97ecf7 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations (presentation slides) in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781883/ Wed, 18 May 2022 02:24:01 +0000 Slides for the presentation on a group of dice games with put & take mechanics

]]> 0 354e4f4ce02240998e53791d9e2ce266 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations (presentation text) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781815/ Tue, 17 May 2022 09:15:04 +0000 Text for the conference talk on a group of games of chance with two dice and a game board/printed sheet with put & take instructions

]]> 0 5ed5932a860832e814d25e0b9c2654a6 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations (presentation slides) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781814/ Tue, 17 May 2022 09:05:59 +0000 Slides for the presentation on a group of dice games with put & take mechanics

]]> 0 b5a62aa7ba01c786b8c6bbc606be2dc4 Jonas Richter's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781812/ Tue, 17 May 2022 06:39:19 +0000 0 866d84ddcd32dea048def32316d28a81 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781737/ Mon, 16 May 2022 02:23:42 +0000 Games of 21 Combinations are a group of games of chance, based on the combinations rolled with two six-sided dice. Never as popular as the Game of the Owl or the Game of Seven, with which it shares certain features, Games of 21 Combinations show an great variety of designs from the 16th to 19th century.
This is the English version of the paper…[Read more]

]]> 0 fc30d99a060f6fd7fb392624b8c229c7 Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781736/ Mon, 16 May 2022 02:23:38 +0000 Games of 21 Combinations are a group of games of chance, based on the combinations rolled with two six-sided dice. Never as popular as the Game of the Owl or the Game of Seven, with which it shares certain features, Games of 21 Combinations show an great variety of designs from the 16th to 19th century.
This is the English version of the paper…[Read more]

]]> 0 bdc589ddc0e41504d1e2fe0a296284ce Jonas Richter deposited Games of 21 Combinations https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781725/ Sun, 15 May 2022 17:16:20 +0000 Games of 21 Combinations are a group of games of chance, based on the combinations rolled with two six-sided dice. Never as popular as the Game of the Owl or the Game of Seven, with which it shares certain features, Games of 21 Combinations show an great variety of designs from the 16th to 19th century.
This is the English version of the paper…[Read more]

]]> 0 56b4d1d4012c4ec50c0a5e110ebeee5c Jonas Richter deposited Zum „steineulchen, wenns eine seltzame pastete sihet“ in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775268/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 02:23:57 +0000 Erklärungsansatz zum Ausdruck “schauen/(drein)sehen wie ein Steineulchen, wenn’s eine seltsame Pastete sieht” – explanation for a German phrase

]]> 0 280678fb6409c873bfded8b0734b43fa Jonas Richter deposited Zum „steineulchen, wenns eine seltzame pastete sihet“ https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775216/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:44:40 +0000 Erklärungsansatz zum Ausdruck “schauen/(drein)sehen wie ein Steineulchen, wenn’s eine seltsame Pastete sieht” – explanation for a German phrase

]]> 0 7caf2a7c7313009afddbbda3bc1e15eb Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded) in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773926/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:23:43 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 756bccfee9f7dd88eed39d526c17da1c Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded) in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773925/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:23:38 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 86fb8f44168e2329972377be26c96fda Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick (expanded) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773819/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:37:24 +0000 The little known German card game “Höllfahren” or “Hölle” has a forgotten history that stretches back into the 16th century, when it was called “Untreue”, “untreuer Nachbar”, “in die Hölle (fahren)” and similar names. Several images and textual references indicate the game’s popularity in the 17th century. Unusual for a card game, Höllfahren emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 9fcc7a9dcc1ca2c3d49b7e65302c4f59 Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick in the group Renaissance / Early Modern Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773686/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:24:02 +0000 overview on the history of the card game “Höllfahren” or “in die Höll”

]]> 0 d02e99c10f730bfe59dc0588516145d4 Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773685/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:24:00 +0000 overview on the history of the card game “Höllfahren” or “in die Höll”

]]> 0 15a2c7c044902c3a95a7b068cf54b29a Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773684/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:23:56 +0000 overview on the history of the card game “Höllfahren” or “in die Höll”

]]> 0 7344d4af9fb91224085797b8a3057914 Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick in the group Game Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773683/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:23:53 +0000 overview on the history of the card game “Höllfahren” or “in die Höll”

]]> 0 f60026d1b1038171a807c88f3848ccec Jonas Richter deposited Höllfahren: Ein Überblick https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773641/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:56:12 +0000 overview on the history of the card game “Höllfahren” or “in die Höll”

]]> 0 b62c7a31126fd32f44eaddafea7b0dc5 Jonas Richter's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1772815/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:30:50 +0000 0 bab576405e48593e01875fbca51e8e04 Jonas Richter deposited German Names for Merels https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1755643/ Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:52:50 +0000 Presentation slides for my talk on “German Names for Merels”, describing the shift from number-based names for Merels (like “Neunstein” to figurative names based on “mill” (Mühle). https://bgsparis2020.com/

]]> 0 0fe27f7b711b71ef435da302219266bb Jonas Richter's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1752873/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:41:12 +0000 0 171ade9a3bd005727718ab0cb19f409a Jonas Richter deposited Jenseits des Sachbuchs: Erich von Dänikens Astronautengötter in Romanen, Kurzgeschichten und Multimedia https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1752615/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:24:01 +0000 Dual-process theories of persuasion discuss how fictional information can lead to attitude change. With this background in mind, how does Erich von Däniken present his ancient astronaut speculation in his novels and short stories? And what other media does he use to offer his message? This article describes Däniken’s multimedia approach to c…[Read more]

]]> 0 56c9e14314998b3b4b7a83523002ba2e Jonas Richter replied to the topic New Issue of the Board Game Studies Journal in the discussion History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/groups/history-of-games-and-play/forum/topic/new-issue-of-the-board-game-studies-journal/#post-40861 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 09:37:50 +0000 The new issue is now online: https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgs/14/1/bgs.14.issue-1.xml

Here’s the article list:
Donald Duck Holiday Game: A numerical analysis of a Game of the Goose role-playing variant  by W.J.A. van Heeswijk
Wrested from Oblivion: General Ludwik Mierosławski’s Strategy Game Rediscovered  by Oliver Heyn
Turk…[Read more]

]]> 0 ce31163ed55e9536e0a19d9691106505 Jonas Richter started the topic New Issue of the Board Game Studies Journal in the discussion History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/groups/history-of-games-and-play/forum/topic/new-issue-of-the-board-game-studies-journal/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 18:06:08 +0000 Jorge has announced the new BGSJ issue (14) has been published. It doesn’t yet show on its homepage: https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgs/bgs-overview.xml

I’m assuming that this issue contains the paper by Ulrich Schädler (and others?) about the 26-sided dice from Zöblitz, which I’m curious about.

]]> 0 dbbe2df08529ae8814331751c8e417ee Jonas Richter replied to the topic Teetotums and spinning dice in the discussion History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/groups/history-of-games-and-play/forum/topic/teetotums-and-spinning-dice/#post-37526 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:35:37 +0000 Yes, the usual assumption is that the word “teetotum” or other early forms “tetotum” & “T totum” derive from the letter T shown on one of the spinning die’s faces being put in front of “totum”. The T would originally have been for “totum” (the whole). A quote by Strutt in 1801 demonstrates that letters on the dice/spinners represented English…[Read more]

]]> 0 a82339000615ea894b311439e3d2ae23 Jonas Richter created the event Instruction and Adventure in the Home Circle: Tabletop Games of the British Empire in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1709330/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 06:29:48 +0000 Title: Instruction and Adventure in the Home Circle: Tabletop Games of the British Empire

Description: Lecture held by Dr. Fatih Parlak, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Zoom presentation, part of the Museum Lectures series of Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, Turkey).

Start: 16:00 (4pm) – most likely UTC+03:00 (waiting on co…[Read more]

]]> 0 305633204e82a456bd6efea5e4aec3a7 Jonas Richter edited the doc Put & Take in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1707825/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:17:27 +0000 0 104ac2cf7b5483f8b2f146792eb68840 Jonas Richter edited the doc Put & Take in the group History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1707698/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:38:34 +0000 0 fefa309972aade4d4737ebcd21562abc Jonas Richter replied to the topic Teetotums and spinning dice in the discussion History of Games and Play https://hcommons.org/groups/history-of-games-and-play/forum/topic/teetotums-and-spinning-dice/#post-37058 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:35:54 +0000 Okay, couldn’t stop myself from “digging” around a bit online. I’m trying to get a better undertanding of historical spinning dice (with pips/ numbers on its faces as well as dice with letters, for put & take).

Here’s an archaeological paper mentioning a spinning die (Kreiselwürfel) found in a cesspit in Höxter (North Rhine-Westphalia). The c…[Read more]

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