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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.
Jacquet is a tables game played on a backgammon-like board and which was once very popular in France and several other parts of Europe. [1] It probably emerged around 1800, but is attested by 1827. [2]
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Move: same as jan de deux tables. Jan de mézéas Feat: awarded when, having released only two men from the talon which occupy his resting corner while that of the opponent is empty, the player rolls one or two aces. Score: 4 points (singleton) or 6 points (doublet). Move: same as jan de deux tables. Contre-jan de mezeas
The term tafl (pronounced; Old Norse for 'table') [4] [5] is the original Norse name of the game.. Hnefatafl (roughly , [5] plausibly realised as [n̥ɛvatavl]), became the preferred term for the game in Scandinavia by the end of the Viking Age, to distinguish it from other board games, such as skáktafl (), kvatrutafl and halatafl (), as these became known. [2]
Cluedo (/ ˈ k l uː d oʊ /), known as Clue in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt.
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.
Scoring according to Dixit revised rules. The original rules were revised after publication. [6]The storyteller scores points if some, but not all, players guess correctly; the other players score points individually for having correctly guessed the storyteller's card, or if another player or players select the card they originally gave to the storyteller.