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Tavli (Greek: Τάβλι), sometimes called Greek backgammon in English, [1] is the most popular way of playing tables games in Greece and Cyprus and is their national board game. [2] [3] Tavli is a compendium game for two players which comprises three different variants played in succession: Portes, Plakoto and Fevga. These are played in a ...
The word 'tables' is derived from the Latin tabula which primarily meant 'board' or 'plank', but also referred to this genre of game. From its plural form, tabulae, come the names in other languages for this family of games including the Anglo-Saxon toefel, German [wurf]zabel, Greek tavli, Italian tavoli, Scandinavian tafl, Spanish tablas and, of course, English and French tables.
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Doublets or queen's game is an historical English tables game for two people which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although played on a board similar to that now used for backgammon, it is a simple game of hazard bearing little resemblance to backgammon. Very similar games were played in mainland Europe, the earliest recorded dating ...
Looking at the template, standard layouts are fairly self-explanatory, but if you start getting into non-standard layouts, there are a couple things you should be aware of. First, if the board is anything other than the standard 40 space layout (9 per side plus 4 corners) you'll have to alter one or both of the variables spaces_horizontal and ...
Games like chess and draughts are examples of games belonging to the board game category. Other games, however, use various attributes and cannot be classified unambiguously (e.g. Monopoly and many modern eurogames utilize a board as well as dice and cards). For several of these categories there are sub-categories and even sub-sub-categories or ...