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Senet
Gaming boards backgammon tip of 3 x 10 squares have been found extensively in ancient
Egyptian archaeological

sites. The game was known to the ancient
Egyptians as the Game of Thirty Squares or Senet (sometimes Senat).
The exact rules are not known. Similar boards have also
been found backgammon travel consisting of 3 x 12 squares, 3 x 6 backgammon download backgammon free ware squares and other patterns
- it's not clear if these are different games or mere variants.
A number of boards have backgammon download been found which feature Senet on one side
and another popular Egyptian game, the Game
of Twenty Squares, on the other.
The picture shows a modern commercial version of the game of Senet
from the backgammon set up author's collection.
Tabula and Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum
Backgammon-type games have been played for thousands of years

in all
parts of the world and certainly during the Egyptian, Greek and Roman
eras. The Romans left a great backgammon boot camp deal of evidence backgammon of a game they called
Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum,

the game of the twelve lines. The game is possibly
derived from the Egyptian Senat backgammon game internet having a topological set of 3 x 12 points
and being played with 3 x 6 sided dice but, again, backgammon board set up the rules have never
been fully ascertained. In the first century AD, Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum
seems to backgammon download backgammon instructions have been replaced by a variant with only 2 rows of 12 points,
a game backgammon which by the 6th century was called 'Alea'. Both these games
and others were also referred to as 'Tabula', which was a generic game
for 'boardgame' and in early mediaeval times was usually used download to backgammon download mean
the most popular boardgame, Ducodecim backgammon gnu Scriptorum/Alea/Backgammon, in the
same way that the generic term 'football' normally means 'soccer' in England
today.
Nard / Tables
In Asia, the

game of Nard backgammon empire appeared sometime prior to 800 AD, in South
West Asia or in Persia depending upon which version of history one believes,
and variants are backgammon in starting played today backgammon download throughout the continent. Chinese history
gives that

t'shu-p'u, the Chinese name for Nard was invented in Western
India, arrived in China during the Wei dynasty (220 - 265 AD) and became
popular from 479 to 1000AD. In Japan the backgammon download game game was called Sugoroko and
was backgammon motif play declared illegal during the reign of Empress Jito (690 - backgammon 697AD). Nard,
in turn, seems to have been download introduced into Europe via Italy or Spain
following

the Arab occupation backgammon download of Sicily (902 AD).
The first mention of the game in English print was in The Codex backgammon internet Exoniensis
published in 1025: "These two shall sit at Tables...". Tables
was probably brought to England by men returning backgammon line from the Crusades. Nard
or Tables was

played throughout Europe during the middle ages and became
very popular in English Taverns, although Chess overtook it as the more
popular game in the fifteenth century. By the 501 backgammon problem end of the sixteenth century,
Tables had, for some reason, become a generic term for backgammon download any backgammon game played
on a flat surface or table. Like many games played for money, it became
unpopular with the authorities in backgammon davids England and, until the reign of Elizabeth
I, laws prohibiting the playing of Tables in licensed establishments were
in force.
Modern Backgammon
In the early seventeenth backgammon book century, download however, following some modifications
to the rules, the game underwent a revival and it swept across Europe
again under a variety of different names which have mostly stayed the
same until today:
Image is of backgammon free a board from the author's

backgammon download parents collection.
England - backgammon boot camp Backgammon
Scotland - Gammon
France - Tric-Trac
Germany - Puff
Spain - Tablas Reales
Italy - Tavole Reale
Czech - Vrhc?�by
Israel and Arabic - Shesh Besh
Image is of a board from the backgammon game money online play author's collection
It is a subject of debate as to whether the term Backgammon is derived
from the Welsh 'back' (little) and 'gammon' (battle) backgammon motif play or from the Saxon
'bac' (back) 'gamen' (game).
Backgammon underwent another revival before the first World War but waned
during the middle of the twentieth century only to recover again in the
1970s to backgammon piece become the popular game it 501 backgammon problem is today. It is still widely played
in the Middle East as Tric-trac.
There are a whole family of variants: Chouette (3 or 4 player version),
Partnership backgammon, Sixey-Acey, Dutch Backgammon, Turkish Backgammon
(Moultezim), Greek Backgammon (Plakato), Gioul (from the Middle East),
Acey Deucey (US Forces version of Dutch Backgammon), European Acey Deucey,
Russian Backgammon, Tabard Backgammon and Icelandic Backgammon (Kotra).
Where to Play On-line
There
are many on-line backgammon websites around where play other people from
around the world for real money. Some play for fun; others play for high
stakes. One of the leading Backgammon sites is Play 65 - click on their
logo to give it a try.
Where to Buy
You can buy an wooden
inlaid Backgammon set and also a rather nice wooden Senet
game from Masters Traditional Games.
Rules
Masters Traditional Games also
supplies free game rules for traditional games.
Links
Markus
Kantz has a detailed page on Senet. The Translator
website might help you to understand some of it if you don't speak
German.
Chicago Point Backgammon
On-line - An excellent links page from Mel Leifer
GammonVillage - An interesting
Internet Backgammon magazine
A Japanese
translation of this page.
A Spanish translation
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