The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 52
Abacus. the men can be moved in any orderthe player chooses. History. The origin of backgam-mon is unknown. It is said to havebeen invented about the loth century,though a similar game was playedby the ancients on a board called anAbacus. It was first called Tables, … Backgammon in the 13th Century. and is mentioned under this nameby Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Bacon.In monkish Latin it was called Tab-tdarum Ludtts (Game of Tables).The tables were not always as theyare now. In the illustration, show-ing two players of the 13th century, BAGATELLE 44 BAGATELLE the…
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