Puffspiel

Japanese: Puffspiel
Puffspiel

...It was introduced westward by the Roman Empire to the whole of Europe and England, and became popular among all classes after the Middle Ages. The squares changed to elongated triangles, and it was called table, tavola, tricktrack, puffspiel, table, and backgammon after the 17th century, but they are all the same game. Backgammon is still the most commonly played board game in Europe and the Middle East.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Puffspiel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西方へはローマ帝国によりヨーロッパ全域とイギリスに伝えられ,中世以後すべての階層に流行した。升目は細長い三角形に変化しターブルtable,タボラtavola,トリックトラックtrictrac,プッフシュピールPuffspiel,テーブルtable,17世紀以後はバックギャモンbackgammonなどと異なった名称で呼ばれているが,すべて同一のゲームである。バックギャモンは,現在でもヨーロッパから中近東にかけて最もよく行われている盤上ゲームである。…

※「Puffspiel」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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