Backgammon to bear off all of one's checkers, was also the same. Hitting a blot, reentering a piece from the bar, and bearing off, all followed the modern rules. The only differences with modern backgammon were the use of an extra die (three rather than two) and the starting of all pieces off the board (with them entering in the same way that pieces on the bar enter in modern backgammon). The name τάβλη is still used for backgammon in Greece, where it is frequently played in town plateias and cafes. The epigram of Zeno describes a particularly bad dice roll
Tim Holland (backgammon) to his daughter. Models Joanna Ulrich and Simone Terweij were two of his former spouses. He fathered two children: his son, Joe predeceased him; his daughter, Vanessa is the mother of one granddaughter, Stephanie. Holland married the former Nancy Zorn in 1982, and they were still married at the time of his death. Tim Holland died on March 10, 2010 of emphysema at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Tim Holland (backgammon) Tim Holland (March 3, 1931 – March 10, 2010) was a world-champion backgammon player, highly paid teacher of the game, author of three backgammon books and successful