Nard (game)
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Nard is a historical Persian tables game for two players that is sometimes considered ancestral to backgammon. It is still played today, albeit in a different form. As in other tables games, the playi
Bozorgmehr demonstrates the game of Nardshir to the Indian rajas
Persian Nard board made in Khatam technique.
Long Nardy opening layout
Backgammon
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Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back at least 1
Nard (game)
…nardshir; from Middle Persian: nywʾlthšyl nēw-ardaxšīr) is a historical Persian tables game for two players that is sometimes considered ancestral to backgammon. It is still played today, albeit in a different form. As in other tables games, the playing pieces are moved around a board according to rolls of dice…
One of the gameboards found by Sir Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur (British Museum)
Roman Ludus duodecim scriptorum board from the 2nd century, Aphrodisias
Poet Herr Goeli playing in the 14c, Codex Manesse, Heidelberg University Library
A Georgian noblewoman Darnica Gurieli with backgammon in the foreground, circa 1635