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The player rolls the dice. For each number on a die, the player must move either one man (piece, checker) forward by the same number of points on one die and a second man by the number on the second die; or one man by the sum of the two dice, provided that the intermediate point (corresponding to a single move based on one of the dice) is not ...
A gameboard with no pieces, or one piece, in play. Typically for demonstration or instruction. order of play See direction of play. orthogonal A horizontal (straight left or right) or vertical (straight forward or backward) direction a piece moves on a gameboard. out of play A piece not active on the main board, it might be in hand or in a ...
Cards dealt to the table as a skat or widow. blocking Blocking a suit is keeping a high card back so that the player with a number of smaller cards cannot win tricks with them. [22] bluff. To attempt to deceive one's opponent(s) about the value of cards in one's hand. [23]
A piece completes its trip around the board by moving back up its central column. Returning pieces may be placed on their side in order to distinguish them from pieces that have just entered. A piece can only return to the Charkoni by a direct throw. Four of the castle squares are placed so they are exactly 25 moves from the Charkoni.
The word 'tables' is derived from the Latin tabula which primarily meant 'board' or 'plank', but also referred to this genre of game. From its plural form, tabulae, come the names in other languages for this family of games including the Anglo-Saxon toefel, German [wurf]zabel, Greek tavli, Italian tavoli, Scandinavian tafl, Spanish tablas and, of course, English and French tables.
Cards lifted after a riffle shuffle, forming what is called a bridge which puts the cards back into place After a riffle shuffle, the cards cascade. A common shuffling technique is called the riffle, or dovetail shuffle or leafing the cards, in which half of the deck is held in each hand with the thumbs inward, then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table interleaved.
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The cards may be dealt one at a time, or in batches of more than one card; and either the entire pack or a determined number of cards are dealt out. The undealt cards, if any, are left face down in the middle of the table, forming the stock (also called the talon, widow, skat or kitty depending on the game and region).