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  2. Tables game - Wikipedia

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    The jeux de tables ('Games of Tables') first appeared in France during the 11th century and became a favorite pastime of gamblers. In 1254, Louis IX issued a decree prohibiting his court officials and subjects from playing. [8] [37] Tables games were played in Germany in the 12th century, and had reached Iceland by the 13th century.

  3. Category:Tables games - Wikipedia

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    Tables is a generic name given to an ancient class of board games of which there are many examples, but the best known in the Western world today is Backgammon Main article: Tables game Subcategories

  4. Doublets (tables game) - Wikipedia

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    Doublets or queen's game is an historical English tables game for two people which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although played on a board similar to that now used for backgammon, it is a simple game of hazard bearing little resemblance to backgammon.

  5. 2027 Jeux de la Francophonie - Wikipedia

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    The 2027 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as Xes Jeux de la Francophonie (French for 10th Francophone Games), informally Yerevan 2027 (Erevan 2027), is a planned edition of the Jeux de la Francophonie to be held in Yerevan, Armenia in 2027.

  6. Pichenotte - Wikipedia

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    The game board is a square smooth flat wooden board often about 30 inches side to side with a raised wooden rail or bumper surrounding the game board. 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.

  7. Tabula (game) - Wikipedia

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    Medieval illustration of tabula players from the 13th century Carmina Burana.. Tabula (Byzantine Greek: τάβλι), meaning a plank or board, [1] was a Greco-Roman board game for two players that has given its name to the tables family of games of which backgammon is a member.

  8. Jeux de la Francophonie - Wikipedia

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    An all-time Jeux de la Francophonie Medal Table from 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie to 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, is tabulated below. The table is the sum of the medal tables of the various editions of the Jeux de la Francophonie. [2]

  9. Bagatelle - Wikipedia

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    A game of bagatelle in progress. Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over.