BranBán

Oracular BoardGame

Branbán is the White Oracle.
The game is derived from the old celtic Branduff
as it was played by ancient Kings and Queens of Ireland.

Branduff was a King of Leinster who craved the High
Kingship and was willing to achieve this by virtually
any means, fair or foul. Because he exemplifies the
treacherous and ambitious nature of provincial Kings in
their pursuit of High Kingship, his name became
associated with the legendary game Branduff.

Every clan in Ireland aspired to the Kingship, certain
provincial families (the O'Neills, O'Briens, Mc Murroughs
and the O'Connors dominated the Hibernian Royal List.

On the Board the families are represented through
Ireland’s provinces Leinster, Munster, Connaught & Ulster,
the Hill of Tara in Mid being the aim of everyone’s desire.

This game draws on Celtic Cosmology and Druidic Tree-Lore.
The winner is entitled to a reading of the White Oracle
of Ogma, who invented the Ogham alphabet with it’s tree
runes for magical and poetic purposes.
He was one of the Tuatha de Danann
who held the keys for the divinations of Runes.

A Quest for royal power for two to five friends.

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