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Evidence for Quinze Tablas
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1465
Type Rules text
Location Alfonso X
Date 1283-01-01 - 1283-12-31
Rules 2x12 board, divided in half. Spaces on each side take the form of semi-circular sockets, into which the pieces fit. Fifteen pieces per player. Pieces begin on one half of a player's side of the board (the half to the left of one player, and to the right of the other player), two per space, then two on the next space and one on the space following that one. Three six-sided dice. Pieces move in a track the long way around the board toward the portion where the opponent begins. No more than two pieces can occupy a space at a time. When a piece lands on a space occupied by a single piece of the opponent, the opponent's piece is removed from the board. Players attempt to bear off their pieces by rolling the exact number of spaces left on the board, plus one. The first player to bear off all their pieces wins.
Content "This is the first game that they call the quinze tablas (fifteen pieces). The first game of tables is this one that they call fifteen pieces or six and however many they can place there from fifteen to one." Golladay's translation of Alfonso X's Libro de los Juegos 73-74. Accompanied by an illustration of two men playing with the pieces in the starting position and three dice on the table.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Non-Elite, Nobility
Genders Male
Source Golladay, S. M. n.d. Alfonso X’s Book of Games. Translated by Sonja Musser Golladay.
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