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"Backgammon" in other languages

Posted By: Rod
Date: Monday, 29 July 2013, at 12:16 a.m.

In Response To: "Backgammon" in other languages (Stick)

Not correct. Shesh-besh is Hebrew for backgammon. And portos is the variant that is backgammon in Greek. While these typically do not utilize the cube and only have single and doubles (gammons), this would be almost identical to our backgammon before the cube was introduced.

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