A short treatise on the game of back-gammon
containing a table of the thirty-six chances with directions how to find out the odds of being hit upon single or double dice, rules whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to playing it well, the several stages for carrying your men home in order to lose no point, how to find out who is forwardest to win a hit, cases stated for back-games with directions how to play for one, cases stated how to know when you may have the better of saving a gammon by running, variety of cases of curiosity and instruction, the laws of the game
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Contributions
- McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Contributor
Publication
1745 - Printed for T. Osborne ... J. Hildyard ... M. Bryson ... and J. Leake, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
15,250 words, Guess
Page Count
61 pages
Identifiers
- Library of Congress Control Number93105535
- Open LibraryOL1452641M
Classifications
- LCCGV1277 .H89 1747
- LCCGV1469.B2 .H89 1747
- LCCGV1469.B2
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