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) and his final volume was 1977's "Backgammon for People who Hate to Lose", which addresses the psychological aspects of the game. He also created a teaching aid for the game, "Autobackgammon". The "Park 65 Backgammon Club" opened in 1978 with Tim Holland as president. Park 65, as well as most other backgammon clubs, closed or shifted to card games towards the end of the twentieth century as backgammon’s popularity again faded. Tim Holland returned to the game of bridge which he learned as a child, and played professionally until his death. Tim Holland was divorced four or five times, according