Talk:Tables (board game)
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[edit] In the Middle East and Central Asia
I think this section needs to be better organized, with clearer descriptions of some of the rules. Without a familiarity with how the games are played in these regions, there's only so much I can do. If you have anything to add to this section, by all means, please do :-) —ptk✰fgs 01:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brädspel
From sv:Brädspel: "Brädspel är också det svenska namnet på ett gammalt spel som spelas på samma spelplan som Backgammon, men med andra regler."
Now, I can't read Swedish, but the article looks to me like brädspel is the general name for what we call "board games". The sentence quoted above, however, looks like it is saying something along the lines of "brädspel is also the Swedish name for a game (played? something similar to?) backgammon (in the middle ages?)"?
Then there's this, at the Vasa Museum website.
Is it a generic term, or a word for backgammon, or both? —ptk✰fgs 13:07, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, I poked around some more and found this. It looks like the name of the game is "svensk brädspel". —ptk✰fgs 13:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I know I'm a bit late on the uptake here, but the passage above in Swedish says, "Brädspel (Tables, lit. board game) is also the Swedish name for an old game which was played on the same gameboard as Backgammon, but with different rules." As for the term "Brädspel", it means "board game" in Swedish, and this game is called "Bräde". Wilhelm meis (talk) 00:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Narde
I don't know what the source is for information on Georgia, but in my experience the version of backgammon they play there is equivalent to the western one. They just do not use the doubling cube, or (obviously) Jacoby rule or Crawford rule. Also, long nardi is played there by plenty of people. I am changing the article to reflect this. Brw12 02:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mancala?
why no mention of Mancala here? Mancala games seem to me to be pretty darn similar to Backgammon games. Pieces go round a board, the aim is to get them all off the board off to one side, and capturing involves catching your opponent when they have a certain amount of pieces on a bar/in a pit. The only big differences are the use of seeding instead of dice and the distinguishing pieces based on position rather than color. I can't be the only person to notice this, surely? --81.129.137.170 02:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trictrac
I'm not sure what the English equivalent is to (French) Trictrac (Italian) Trich-trach, but this is apparently a Tables game dating to medieval Europe. Machiavelli mentioned it in his 1513 letter to Francesco Vettori. Wilhelm meis (talk) 07:00, 5 April 2008 (UTC) Here's an interesting page: Rules - Home page. Wilhelm meis (talk) 07:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
