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History of Backgammon - the game as we know it

Posted By: Chris Bray
Date: Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 4:07 p.m.

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

One other point - the word backgammon first appeared in print in 1642. Both Shakespeare (Loves Labours Lost) and Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales) refer to it as tables - derived from the Roman "Duodecum Scripta et Tabula".

Chris

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• History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
  DaveT -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:35 p.m.
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    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
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      David Levy -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:25 p.m.
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        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:36 p.m.
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          Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 5:40 p.m.
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            Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 7:07 p.m.
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          Bob koca -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 6:19 p.m.
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    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.
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    Rick Janowski -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 11:19 p.m.