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Most games use a standardized and unchanging board ( chess, Go, and backgammon each have such a board ), but many games use a modular board whose component tiles or cards can assume varying layouts from one session to another, or even while the game is played.
The Murphy rule is not an official rule in backgammon and is rarely, if ever, seen in use at officially sanctioned tournaments.
Acey-deucey is a variant of backgammon in which players start with no checkers on the board, and must bear them on at the beginning of the game.
The text is a treatise that addresses the playing of three games: a game of skill, or chess ; a game of chance, or dice ; and a third game, backgammon, which combines elements of both skill and chance.
One notable entry is todas tablas, which has an identical starting position to modern backgammon and follows the same rules for movement and bearoff.
In both folios, both pairs of players are playing backgammon and seem to be well-dressed, although there is no addition of gold detailing to their robes as seen in the wardrobes of aristocratic players in other miniatures.
In the miniatures of this style, the emphasis seems to be more on the posture of the player than the detail of their faces ; this crossed, lounging style is only found in the folios of the Libro de tablas, the third section of the Libro de juegos which explicates the game of backgammon, again perhaps indicative of the work of a particular artist.
A feature of the narrative is a continuing reference to the boardgame of backgammon which is played by the patrons of the Why Not?
* 1283 – The Libro de los juegos, an early European treatise on board games ( including chess, dice, and a version of backgammon ), is commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile between 1251 and 1283.
* The Libro de los juegos, an early European treatise on board games ( including chess, dice, and a version of backgammon ), is commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile between 1251 and 1283.
The game tabula is thought to be a descendant of this game, and both are similar to modern backgammon.
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The game known in the West as backgammon is played widely in the Middle East and Central Asia.
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The starting position is identical to that of backgammon.
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