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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.
The Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 55 member nations, 3 associate member nations and 12 observer nations of the Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec , New Brunswick (the only officially bilingual Canadian province), and a team representing the remainder of Canada.
Trictrac equipment, Le Salon des Jeux, p. 146, Emile Guérin editor, n.d. (c. 1900) The equipment needed to play comprises: [ 28 ] A board ( tablier ), similar to that of backgammon, but with twenty-four holes drilled in the rails ( bandes ) forming the longer edges of the board at the base of each of the twenty-four points ( flèches = "arrows ...
In each corner is an oblong hole, often about four inches long by three inches wide, and underneath each hole is a net to catch the pieces, much like the pockets on a pool table. Game pieces are round wooden disks about the size of checkers (draughts) pieces.
Roulette ball "Gwendolen at the roulette table" – 1910 illustration to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda. Roulette (named after the French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi.
Le Rosaire, a collection of verses, with a foreword by Mr. Ch. de Pomairols. Besançon, Imprimerie de l'Est, 1912. Les Lointains s'éclairent, a novel. Gautier, 1912. [6] Moisson, an idyll that received an accolade at the Jeux floraux; Eulogy of Clémence Isaure delivered by Berthe de Puybusque, Master of the Floral games. [7]
La Française des Jeux (FDJ, French pronunciation: [la fʁɑ̃sɛz de ʒø]) is the operator of France's and the Republic of Ireland's [1] national lottery games, and the title sponsor of the FDJ cycling team. The name of the company loosely translates as The French Company of Games. The company was previously owned and operated by the French ...
Maléfices is set in France during the years of the Belle Époque (1870–1914), [1] and is a mixture of horror fantasy and Jules Verne technology. [1] All player characters belong to le club Pythagore (The Pythagorean Club) in Paris, which is designed to resemble Golden Dawn, the historical British secret society that was devoted to the study and practice of the occult, metaphysics, and ...