# Extending memory palace with memorised role play?

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**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/extending-memory-palace-with-memorised-role-play/38407 "2019-05-16T12:35:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/extending-memory-palace-with-memorised-role-play/38407/4 "2019-05-16T22:34:07Z")

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> [@Rimbaud](#):
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> Using a memory board (or a Lukasa board), do you encode the pins, beads or shells the same way that one uses a memory palace? So that each pin or shell represents a memory palace or journey? And therefore the beads, shells and pins just represent as a stimulus or symbolic representation of an encoded memory palace with specific information?

I haven’t tried [memory boards](https://artofmemory.com/wiki/Memory_Board) yet, but I recently bought some beads and supplies for experimentation. I recommend picking up a copy of Lynne Kelly’s new book, _[Memory Craft](https://www.lynnekelly.com.au/?page_id=3450)_, because there is a section on using memory boards (lukasas) in it.

I’m guessing that you can shrink yourself down to “travel” over the surface of the memory board so that the beads, shells, and markings become the locations. The appearance of each location could be linked to the [mnemonic images](https://artofmemory.com/wiki/Mnemonic_Image) at that location.

There are a couple of nice examples here:

 ![lukasa-memory-board-brooklyn-museum-cc](https://forum.artofmemory.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6a375ba46801e0c2e4c48c4c43ffde136a0f264e.jpeg)  
[Image copyright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_76.20.4_Lukasa_Memory_Board.jpg) by Brooklyn Museum under [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en) license.

and here:

> **[Client Challenge](https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/africa-ap/a/lukasa-memory-board-luba-peoples)**

Zooming in on the picture in that article shows some interesting detail:

 ![lukasa-detail](https://forum.artofmemory.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/21a9fe10781d13a937c33e754cb8a878530f7669.jpeg)

I’m going to experiment with it as soon as I’m finished with some site updates. 🙂

 ![memory-board-prep](https://forum.artofmemory.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd7cb835f5890414ed2c25b156cf603ebc32b205.jpeg)

**Edit** – see also the comments here:

- [Medieval art as mnemonic - #18 by LynneKelly](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/medieval-art-as-mnemonic/29027/18)
- [Memorizing Nonfiction Books - would love some feedback on potential method - #5 by LynneKelly](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memorizing-nonfiction-books-would-love-some-feedback-on-potential-method/28891/5)

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