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Tables game

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Tables games are a family of board games that includes backgammon, played on a tables board typically marked with two rows of twelve vertical points divided into four quadrants. Players roll dice and move their pieces, usually fifteen per side, racing them around the board in a contest that combines strategy with the chance of the dice. Tables games are among the oldest known board games, with roots reaching back to the third millennium BC, and many distinct regional varieties have been played across the world from antiquity to the present day.

Facts
Playing Time Band
Under 30 Minutes 1
Skill or Luck
Mixed 1
Classification
Player Count
Two-Player 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Dice Game 1
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Coan ki, Games
Source Coan ki (Wikipedia)
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1. Tables games (Wikipedia)
  • Lead and infobox
    Players roll dice to determine the movement of pieces
  • Infobox, Players
    2 (or more in some variants)
  • Infobox: random_chance
    Dice
  • Infobox: playing_time
    5-30 minutes
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Coan ki (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Coan ki, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Coan ki, Lead section
is a Chinese board game similar to western tables games.
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