Seven-Sided Backgammon

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AKA Astronomical Tables

Variant of Tables

A curious but fun seven-player Tables game from the Alfonso MS. Moderately popular in the SCA, since it is a relatively social variant.

Making Seven-Sided Dice (Equipment) -- A description of how to make a well-constructed pentagonal-prism die, for use with Astrological Tables or Decimal Chess. (The article says that it also applies to Game of the Four Seasons, but that doesn't appear to be correct based on the Musser-Golladay translation.) (more)
Justin's reconstruction of Seven-Sided Backgammon (Reconstruction, Equipment) -- One of my prouder achievements, this reconstruction has caught on pretty widely. (more)
Photo of a very nice Seven-Sided Backgammon Board (Equipment) -- (more)
Roselyne's translation of Astronomical Games (Translation) -- An early translation of a chunk of the Alfonso MS, done by a friend of mine. (more)