Number of players: 4 Type of game: Dice Period: 12083

El Mundo – Four Player Backgammon

History of El Mundo

History El Mundo (lit. The World) aka Tables of the Four Seasons aka Four Player Backgammon is a tables game from the 13th century. This reconstruction is based off of the rules found in Alfonso X’s Book of Games (1283) as translated by Sonja Musser Golladay (2007).
The Book of Games is the only known description of how this game is played, and the only known reference to the game. Each colour in the game not only corresponds to a season but also one of the four elements and humours. Green represents spring, air, and blood; Red represents summer, fire, and choler; Black represents autumn, earth, and melancholy; White represents winter, water, and phlegm.

Number of players: 2 Type of game: Dice Period: 100+

Tables is an ancient board game dating back to at least the Roman Empire, considered a direct predecessor to modern backgammon. It combines luck and strategy with dice rolls to move pieces around a board with the goal of bearing them off first.

History of Tables

• Origins: The game’s earliest forms appear in Roman times (around 1st century CE), called Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum (“Game of Twelve Lines”).