Tabula (game)

Medieval illustration of tabula players from the 13th century Carmina Burana.

Tabula (Byzantine Greek: τάβλι), meaning a plank or board,[1] was a Greco-Roman board game for two players that has given its name to the tables family of games of which backgammon is a member.

  1. ^ Rich 1881, p. 641: "TAB'ULA (πλάξ, σανίς, πίναξ). A plank or board..."