Tabula (game) Tabula were reconstructed in the 19th century by Becq de Fouquières based upon this epigram. The game was played on a board nearly identical to a modern backgammon board with 24 points, 12 on each side. Two players had 15 pieces each, and moved them in opposing directions around the board, according to the roll of three dice. A piece resting alone in a space on the board was vulnerable to being hit. Hitting a blot, reentering a piece from the bar, and bearing off, all had the same rules as today. The only differences with modern backgammon were the
Phantom Blot both Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse, the Blot was voiced by John O'Hurley. The character (known as "Mancha Negra" in Disney's Brazilian and Portuguese comics – Portuguese for "Black Stain") is used as a symbol by various Brazilian associations of soccer fans (or torcidas organizadas) in order to feature their team colors, like Palmeiras' "Mancha Alviverde", which features a green Phantom Blot, Cruzeiro's "Mancha Azul" (a blue one) and Vasco da Gama's "Mancha Negra" (where Phantom Blot keeps his original black color). There is also a samba school named "Mancha Verde", also associated with Palmeiras, that uses also