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History of Backgammon - the game as we know it

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:55 p.m.

In Response To: History of Backgammon - the game as we know it (DaveT)

From a post by Dean Jameson (saved here http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+856):

The best source for information on the history of backgammon and variations from around the world (that I am aware of) is H.J.R. Murray's "History of Boardgames Other than Chess" (1952). A version of the modern game was played in Spain in the 16th c., except that there was no such thing as a gammon and doubles were not played twice. This game was called "todas tablas" (in France, it was "toutes tables"). The addition of gammons and playing doubles twice occurred early in the 17th c., and this version was called "tablas reales" in Spain.

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• History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
  DaveT -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:35 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      David Levy -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:25 p.m.
      • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:36 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 5:40 p.m.
          • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
            Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 7:07 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Bob koca -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 6:19 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Rick Janowski -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:38 p.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      rambiz -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 10:07 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Chris Bray -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 10:50 a.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      Strato -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 12:53 p.m.
      • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
        Chris Bray -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 4:07 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 7 June 2012, at 3:36 p.m.
          • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
            Chris Bray -- Friday, 8 June 2012, at 9:13 a.m.
  • Backgammon as we know it – Key Dates in its Development
    Rick Janowski -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 11:19 p.m.