In this video from The Historic Games Shop we discuss the evolution of games played on the tables board; from their origins in the Roman period through to the eighteenth century, during which Hoyle's "A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon" moreorless formalized the rules to the most wellknown of the tables games. You can find out more about many of these and other games on our website, at https://www.thehistoricgamesshop.co.uk​​.