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-Earl Rognvaldr Kali [1] These were the accomplishments of the noble of Viking Age Scandinavia. Before the introduction of Chess (Old Norse Skak-Tafl) in the XIth and XIIth centuries, Scandinavians sharpened their wits by playing a game known as Tafl [2]. Tafl in Old Norse means "table" and by the end of the period referred to a variety of board games, such as Chess (Skak-Tafl or "check-table"), Tabula (the medieval ancestor of Backgammon, introduced from the French as Quatre and thus Kvatru-Tafl [3]), Fox and Geese (Ref-Skak, "fox chess", Hala-Tafl or Freys-Tafl), Three Men's Morris (Hræ_-Tafl "Quick-Tafl" [4]) and Nine Men's Morris [5]. However, the term Tafl was most commonly used to refer to a game known as Hnefa-Tafl or "King's Table" [6]. Tabula (Roman Backgammon) Backgammon Variants Tabula (Roman Backgammon) Tabula is a Roman game dating back several centuries BCE.
The game later spread to Europe and became popular in England where it was known as Tables. The word "tables" also became the generic term for any game played on a backgammon board, similar to the way "cards" is used today. Our knowledge of the rules of Tabula comes primarily from records kept by Emperor Zeno in 480 CE. Setup: The equipment for Tabula is the same as in backgammon except that each player has three dice instead of two. All checkers start off the board. Object: The object of the game is to move all of your checkers to the finishing table and then bear them off.
To start: Each player rolls one die. Entering checkers: You enter a checker onto the board by placing it on a point in the starting table corresponding to a number rolled. Once you have entered one or more checkers, you may use subsequent rolls to move those checkers forward, to enter more checkers, or both. :: evolution :: round 5.