Glossary Of Tables Game Terms
The following is a glossary of terms used in tables games, essentially games played on a Backgammon-type board. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to a single game like Backgammon or Acey-deucey), but applicable to a range of tables games. A ; ace # A die #roll, roll of one. # The face of a #die, die with one #pip, pip. (Historically, 2=''deuce'', 3=''trey'', 4=''quater'', 5=''cinc'', 6=''sice''; though these terms are now obsolete.Murray (1941), p. 59.Parlett (2018), p. 28.) ; ace point : The player's first #point, point on the #board, board. Also home point or one point. B ; backgammon : A game in which the loser has not only failed to #bear off, bear any #piece, pieces off, but has pieces in the opponent's #home table, home table or on the #bar, bar. It is worth triple. ; bar : The central strip separating the left and right halves of the #board, board, usually formed by the raised edges or rails of each half board. The raised partit ...
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Jeu Jacquet
Jeu (French for "game") may refer to: * Jeu (film), ''Jeu'' (film), a 2006 Canadian animated short * Le Jeu (2018 film), ''Le Jeu'' (2018 film), a French film * Books of Jeu, two 3rd century Gnostic texts * Jeu van Bun (1918–2002), Dutch footballer nicknamed "Jeu" * Jeu Sprengers (1938–2008), nicknamed "Jeu", Dutch chairman of the Royal Dutch Football Association * jeu, ISO 639-3 code for the Jonkor language, spoken in Chad See also

* Choe Je-u (1824–1864), Korean religious leader * Félicité Du Jeu, French actress * ''Jeux'', a ballet written by Claude Debussy {{nickname ...
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