About Pastimes Ledger

Who writes Pastimes Ledger, what it covers, and how it relates to this domain's past.

Pastimes Ledger is a set of notes on the history of games and pastimes: how playing cards and dice travelled, how lotteries began, what fairground stalls were really testing, and how traditional games have moved onto screens.

Who writes it

The notes are written under the pen name Alder Pennick, a hobbyist who collects old packs of cards and reads about the history of games. No academic or professional qualification is claimed. General facts are checked against encyclopedia entries, which are linked in the text so you can read further.

About this address

Between roughly 2014 and 2019 this domain was used by a cultural-heritage website about the Quantock area in England. This site is independent and completely unrelated to that project or to anyone who ran it. It does not speak for the Quantock area, any heritage group or any local organisation, and it has nothing to say about the area's history.

What this site is not

It is not a gaming operator and takes no bets. Nothing here is advice to gamble.

Alder Pennick · revised 2026-11-09