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    What board game was called Tric-Trac by the French and Germans in the 17th Century?

    Question #1901. Asked by abba. (Apr 21 00 6:28 PM)


    Roxanne33

    		The answer is : Backgammon

    Apr 21 00, 7:58 PM
    zbeckabee

    		"One game that they played was called "tables." This was a different name for what the Germans and French called "tric-trac" and what the medieval Europe called Tabula."

    Tables, Tric-Trac and Tabula are thought to be direct ancestors of Backgammon.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tables_%28board_game%29

    http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/wjhs/depts/socialst/mwh/magazine/darwin/mauritiusframe.html

    Jan 31 08, 5:56 PM

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