Alex Doppelgänger<p>In the second half of the XIIIth Century, Alfonso X of Castille, Galicia and Leon, a great admirer of board games, comissioned the creation of "Libro de los Juegos" ("The Book of Games"). This work was finished in 1283 and is basically a compendium of games played in the Middle Ages; mainly about three types of games: one of skill (chess), one of luck (dice games) and one that combines both of these (backgammon). (1/3)</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGames</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Backgammon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backgammon</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/dice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dice</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a></p>