The Badminton Magazine 1896-10: Vol 3 Iss 15 (1896)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 58
the player, who receives from his antagonists five times the amount of the stake. Backgammon is played in Korea (under the name of ‘ Double- sixes’) exactly as it is played in the English variety of the game, as far as the number of the men and their arrangement upon the board are concerned. But… … the presence of an additional piece, the p’dw or cannon. The equivalents for the pieces common to both games are general (king), counsellor (queen), chariot (rook), elephant (bishop), horse (knight), foot-soldier (pawn). In the centre on each side of the board is a ‘camp,’ with nine squares, and…
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