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I was asked by a special young man to make a Cathedral game. This is a game that has been around for a long time and played by millions. To play the game the walnut Cathedral piece is placed first and then the cherry player tries to place his pieces and gain more land than the maple player.

I did some googling and found out the number and sizes of the pieces. I then milled up some sticks around an inch square. I took a couple of each wood type and beveled the top to a 30 degree angle to make the roofs. Then onto the table saw with stop blocks to crosscut them into 1, 2, and 3 segment lengths. I did a dry fit on the bench to make sure I had enough of each type to make all of the pieces. Then I sanded, glued them together, and buffed and waxed them.

I made the playing board out of solid cherry with maple inlays. I made the grooves for the inlays with a thin kerf blade on the table saw. The frame is out of tiger maple. This was finished with several coats of wipe on poly.

Thanks for looking,
Steve

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It looks very good.
 

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Very Cool Steve, had never heard of it, looks like you did a wonderful job I'm sure that special young man will love it!
 

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I've never heard of that game either and I love the fact that it's all wooden…and your inlays are GREAT!
Nice job Steve!!
 

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Looks really nice and probably a fun game too. I like the tiger maple box sides, a nice touch.
 

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thats kewl, i'm gonna have to look that up, our famliy loves playing board games
 

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Huh. Never heard of that game before. After looking up the rules it looks like it could be fun. Might have to make a set for myself!
 

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this is awesome. do you have the site that listed the specs and number of pieces and sizes! what a great game, and gift.
 

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Thanks everyone. It was fun to make. The rules are all over on the net, but the vertical shapes of the playing pieces was a bit harder to come up with. I used the following two pics the most. I think between them and the pics above of mine you could come up with it. Remember that there are 14 pieces per side, and that the Academy and the Abby are mirror images for the maple and cherry sets. The Tavern, Stable, and Inn are doubled in both sets.


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Very Interesting… Have never seen this before… I'm in the Minority, I guess! LOL

Looks like it would be a fun project…

Looks like you could just cut some 1×1 strips… cut & glue to get all parts made…
... obviously oversimplified…

COOL…

Thank you.
 

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Iam with Joe,
Looks facinating to play and make but…...what happens if I trip over and spill all the parts out?

I would have to supply it in a plastic bag and a vacant board !!

Like other LJs I too may make it….... for the Grandchildren

Steve a very well presented project in every aspect!!
 

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That's funny Rob. When you go to the Cathedral home page, the #1 frequently asked question is "How do I get it back in the box?". Their answer is where the picture in post #10 comes from (Cathedral Pack).

I thought about making a box to contain it all, but hey…

Steve
 

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I have never heard of this but my kids would love it ! Ok, I'm one of those kids !
 

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Nice job on the game, Steve. I saw one of them a while back and it looked interesting!!...............Jim
 

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Well that special young man knew the right person to ask…..Nice work Steve!
 

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Neat game Steve. Well done.
 

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This is fantastic Steve. A gr8 way to get the kids & grndkids away from internet games, and back to basics. (grown-ups as well) :)
 

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That is a tarrific looking game and should be good for the kids to learn ,may have to run that idea by them and make a couple with them .
Looks good and well done !

Klaus
 
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